280611 ACTING PRESIDENT CALLS FOR UNITY
By Aloysius Laukai
Acting ABG President Patrick Nisira today called on the Bougainville former fighters to unite and support their government in its endeavours to develop Bougainville.
He acknowledged all factions in the conflict and thanked them for making time available to attend this important meeting. He conveyed the Presidents comment who was in Port Moresby.
He said you were called as you are major stakeholder in solving conflicts and in implementing the peace agreement.
The peace agreement stated that weapons disposal is a pre condition to referendum. That is why we are calling on you again to implement weapons disposal.
If we still have weapons we can not realise economic fiscal self reliance. That is why we are here again.
The meeting ended this afternoon with a resolution on how they would tackle the problems in South Bougainville.
Tonight the members would discuss issues within their districts and further discuss in the morning before a final resolution on the meeting is announced.
The meeting is being attended by Ex combatant heavies like Ishmael Toroama and Sam Kauona in Central Bougainville, Peter Naguo and Michael Komoiki in South Bougainville and in North we have Damian Kora,Marchelling Getsi, Benn Korus and other Combatants totalling One hundred and two.

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