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Date Posted: 00:11:13 01/17/00 Mon
Author: Anonymous
Subject: Its a Farce!!
In reply to: 's message, "Husait save situation long Bougainville?" on 09:24:01 01/14/00 Fri

Thank you for asking.

The BRA will attempt to honour the Supreme Courts decision. But the whole thing is a farce because while the BPC was popularlry elected the Courts Decision also means that everything else agreed upon since the suspension of the BPG is meaningless. I do not know why the BRA agreed to the court's decsion other than that they knew it wouldn't work as has now come to pass. The National government must legalise the BPC, the peoples government if the Peace Process is to continue. Nothing else will work and the Government cannot afford a resumption of hostilities. I just wish that the Politicians can do a bit of home work next time. The BRA/BIG certainly have done theirs....the result? Read below to find out more.

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Post Courier 17/01/00

No quorum in B'ville provincial assembly
GOVERNANCE on Bougainville is in mega trouble following the recent Supreme Court ruling to have the Organic Law on Provincial and Local level Government applies on Bougainville.
This is because no local level government member was elected in the 1997 election, Bougainville was still then under transitional government arrangements as a result of a constitutional amendment and did not have to comply.

The result is that while Bougainvillea legally comes under the Organic Law, the four national parliamentarians are the only provincial assembly members with John Momis as Bougainville Regional MP is automatic governor and the other members are Sam Akoitai (Central Bougainville), Michael Ogio (North Bougainville) and Michael Laimo (South Bougainville).

There is no quorum to appoint a provincial executive council so no policy can be endorsed.
That in turn means no money can be spent as the PEC cannot endorse a provincial budget and there's no provincial assembly quorum to pass it.

The issue came to light following Bougainville leader reaction to a premature declaration by a key Government Member Jimson Sauk in Canberra early this week that Bougainville would soon enjoy autonomy.
The Bougainville Peoples Congress Leader Joseph Kabui has threatened to boycott the upcoming talks if Sir Michael Somare's attendance would merely be to "brief" Bougainville leaders on autonomy rather than for a negotiation. This threat is fueled by the lack of government and developmental activity on island province.
Former Bougainvillea Affairs Minister Mr Akoitai has called on the Prime Minister Sir Mekere Morauta to discipline his ministers or at the very least know what they are going to say in public forums on sensitive issues.
"The Bougainville Crisis has caused loss of 15,000 lives - both Bougainvilleans and soldiers and policemen and it is not settled yet,'' said Mr Akoitai, adding that continued sensitivity was vital.

He said that there's an allowance in Section 105 of the Organic Law for provinces to use one third of the total budget from the previous year but even that cannot be accessed as it requires a PEC endorsement.

"Everywhere you turn, there's no option. There's a brickwall,'' he said, adding that fear of contempt of the Supreme Court is a key binding factor ion creative, legal solutions.
He suggested that the national Government fast track the revival of the Bougainville Transitional Government through a constitutional amendment to remedy this situation.
That will require several sittings of Parliament.
"This problem has not been created by bureaucrats or the Organic Law; it's created by politicians so it must be remedied by politicians as quickly as possible,'' he said.

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