ESBC und Axel Sturm Negativ in der Presse vor Ort.
Bougainville MP wants to scrap mining, focus on agriculture Quelle: Radio New Zealand/PNG Mine Watch, 21.10.2013
The Papua New Guinea national MP for central Bougainville, Jimmy Miningtoro, wants the province to emulate New Zealand and put the focus on agriculture to develop its economy.
The provincial government, and many other groups in Bougainville, want to re-start mining, but Mr Miningtoro, who comes from the area where the controversial Panguna mine is located, says mining is not the answer to the province’s economic woes. He says the people do not want mining and the province lacks the capacity to deal with it.
Instead he wants a concentration on agriculture and says New Zealand is a country that has succeeded by following this route. "I don’t think in New Zealand that you have a very big mining industry. You have an agriculture industry. So if we develop proper agriculture systems, bring cash crops that can meet international needs then we can be able to sustain our economy. Now I don’t see the future here for mining activity at this point in time.”
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joshuaGEN, 21.10.2013, 10:11 am: Thank you Mr Miningtoro. At least somebody is thinking straight and long term as well as inclusive – agriculture if harnessed properly can be the ‘thing’ for Bougainville. With it’s rich volcanic soils, it can reap a lot of benefits. Looking at New Zealand is the way to go. I hope more Bougainville MPs also come to their ‘sense’.
Axel G. Sturm - President of ESBC, 21.10.2013,12:12 pm: Laugh out loud! Radio New Zealand International is taking the mickey of PNG MP Jimmy Miringtoro! The RNZI Network calls him “Miningtoro” what means “mining bull”! Mining bull, an excellent nickname for a politician who – unfortunately – spoke out a lot of “bullshit” during the past weeks! “Miningtoro” is simply undermining Bougainville’s independence . that’s all !
Dave Nani, 22.10.2013, 6:35 am: When will you greedy foreign capitalists learn? If you come onto OUR land, abuse our leaders, and rape our earth, we will frog march you the **** out of our island and kick you back to your tax havens. Go ruin someone else’s country – like say, your own.
Hon. Jimmy Miringtoro, MP, 23.10.2013,10:20 am: Axel Sturm, I am terribly sorry to have destroyed your dreams and plans to re-open Panguna mine which of course is our ticket to empty Independence like the one PNG got back in 1975. By the way I hope you realize now that you are history. Your company was routed out of the Bougainville because they stuffed up big time when they were given the chance. Even now and there has not been any change of attitude by them. You hold a view that Bougainvilleans are stupid and you can sell them lies about mining and independence. What makes you think you are the big messiah who is going to grant independence to Bougainville? Equating mining with independence is a poor ploy which will only work for those like you who are think of else but mining and money. What do you care about the people? Its like saying money equates happiness. The way you express yourself here only shows that you are an ignorant and arrogant person who does not care what happens after you have gotten what you wanted out of Bougainville. Get this into your head my dear sir, We will only open mining if we want to and when we want to. Not when you tell us to and we will deal with who we want and it most probably won’t with your people. We will not entertain oppressive mining bill by ABG which favours you and not us.
Hon. Jimmy Miringtoro, MP, 23.10.2013, 3:16 pm: Thank you Mr. Sturm for your intelligent outbursts. I refrain from making any further comments because I have no time for people who use threatening and abusive language. All is not lost though, I am sure there many other places that have minerals 6 feet and down or even nearer the surface if you look carefully. I recommend “google search” if not a Chinese metal detector.
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