Post Referendum consultation progress
The Autonomous Bougainville Government has made steady progress in its preparations for the Joint Post Referendum Consultations with the National Government.
President Ishmael Toroama said that the ABG has already initiated the first steps to the process by the reinvention of the former Department of Peace Agreement Implementation.
The department will now be known as the Department of Bougainville Independence Mission and will be the key department in facilitating the Bougainville Consultation Team during the joint consultations.
The Department in turn has been in overdrive as it prepares the Bougainville Consultation Team for the consultations scheduled for the 8th and 9th of next month.
“With the progress the government has achieved I must also urge the people of Bougainville to play their part to help Bougainville attain political independence,” President Toroama said.
“This is not the time for us to be mere spectators of the political changes and progress that is currently underway on Bougainville,” President Toroama added.
“Our vote during the referendum has created a political revolution that we must all be a part of because the 97.8 percent has become the identity of our choice to be politically independent as a sovereign nation,” President Toroama said.
President Toroama is adamant that Bougainville’s independence aspirations will be realized during his term as President of Bougainville.
President Toroama revealed that the tentative dates for the consultations next month may change due to the upsurge of COVID cases in the country over the last two months.
He said this may also affect the dates for the planned Joint Supervisory Body Meeting in Enga Province.
The final itinerary for the meeting and consultation will be decided upon Prime Minister James Marape and President Toroama agreeing on specific dates for the meetings.
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