100112Chief System review

By New Dawn Media:

ABG minister for Local Level Government (LLG), Traditional Authorities and Communication Joseph Nopei says the Autonomous Bougainville Government supports the village chief system.

He said this is evident in their decision to empower traditional leadership structure below the Council of Elders (COE) and village assembly level.

He said the ABG will empower the chiefs so that they will effectively deal with issues at the village level.

He said as the Autonomous Region of Bougainville moves towards autonomy and referendum in 2015, the ABG would like to ensure that the lower level of government are fully functional and operating effectively before 2015.

Nopei added that this was going to be very challenging but assured that work would start this year in conjunction with the review of the COE system.

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