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"I do not know if she understands what she is talking about.
Panguna will reopen and at what time and day, all of us
Bougainvilleans will be made aware of it. Those who oppose, please
give me an altternative."
"Fair enough for Lynette to take her stand. BUT......and I agreed with Eric T. Give ABG
an alternative. Give ABG some answers.
To me the known Panguna copper-gold-silver resource, stands high on
Bougainville"s "Resource Inventory" and Panguna deposit should indeed be on top of
the "resource inventory" for the ABG. It's an assesst if Bougianville plays
it's "cards well" could bring back the stand of living Bougainvilleans once have and
one Bougainville deprive it's on children and young mothers. Panguna is an assest that
could propel Bougainville well infront it's road to economic recovery, regain some
economic independence and hopefully political independence.
Also agreed with number of your commentatries, stating development is not a "crystal
clear", development as we all appreciate must have some scarifices, there must be
some "pain". Having said that we as custodians to todays environment (physical or
social) must be also consensus that we all have only one environment, one earth, one
life. In the period of that one life we all have I hope we conribute in our own way the
love of our environment for future lives.
At end day it's all about balancing issues."
"The "finances" of Governing Bougainville (i.e. the ABG which insists on having about half a dozen times as many public servants and politicians per head of population than the mainland) are approximately K5M Of local revenue (taxes, fees etc). and about K120M in aid. There is likely to come a point where the donors of that aid, will start to lose interest in providing it, particular as it tends to fund "We will do it" half completed projects, which more often than not, end up with money in the pocket of the wantok of the person signing off on the deal. (Suprisingly, there is a whole bunch more aid money out there, but the cumbersome bureacracy of the ABG lacks the knowledge, worldliness, and negotiating prowess to bring in any of that "other" aid money.
As Lawrence has pointed out, the currently proposed re-evaluation of the BCA based on figures a while back, would have some K600M per year (in taxes and royalties) going into the Bougainville economy. That is without the side benefits such as jobs, support industries, fairer prices for imported goods, and so on.
And of course, there is the talk of environmental impact. I am often bemused by the people that complained about BCL, which maintained a team of scientists to monitor and manage environmental impact, and insisted themselves that rehabilitation was part of the BCA. It's so easy to forget the $100M tunnel that was being dug to allow the Jaba to be cleared of sendiment and so on.
As Eric says... Give me an alternative? The only foreseeable one is one where there is no education, no roads, no health care, no law and order. Please explain, Ms Ona, the relative benefits of that. Ms Ona, sounds remarkably like a Vikki John Mouthpiece.
The true indication of a public representative (President or Minister) that is committed to the people of Bougainville is one that will do what ever is needed to fast track bringing Panguna back on line. Given the rampant and unnecessary destruction by Ms Ona's relatives and others, this is not an easy task - 3-5 years of work, to get production running again (During which time, there are lots of jobs etc), and a couple of Billion dollars. The sooner this gets started, the sooner, bougainvilleans can feel comfortable, that they have law and order, education, health care, and general prosperity.
There have been some peripheral ideas thrown around regarding other revenue sources - none of them are on the scale that is needed (Palm Oil, lumber). We have seen the fly by nighters (INvincible, Kauona, Atsir, Musingku etc, ) come and go, talk lots of Mauswara, and nothing happens. It's time to pull the finger out, and vote for Prosperity on Bougainville. (All of it, not just the Valley either side of Panguna). " |
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