A team made up of PNG government and the Autonomous Bougainville Government will be recommending to the National Government and A-B-G on the process under which the referendum will be carried out and which organization will conduct the referendum.
At the meeting in Kokopo at the weekend, the Bouganville Referendum committee chaired by the Chief Secretary Of the National government, Sir Manasupe Zurenouc is reported to have decided on which organization should conduct and oversee the referendum process which scheduled to take place in about 5 years from now. However Co-chairman of the Referendum committee and Chief Administrator for the Autonomous Bouganville Government, Chris Siriosi told NBC News yesterday that it will be up to the JSB and the National government and the ABG to make the final decision in selecting an organization to conduct the referendum He said their main task now before referendum time is to ensure that all parts of the autonomous region are free from any firearm and that an effective weapon disposal program is carried out before the referendum. Comments are closed.
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