Panguna Peace Building Strategy


It is interesting to see that out of nowhere Bougainville government, the Panguna landowners and the ausaid (no sure if its really you?) came about with the strategy to build unity, make peace and reconciliation in Bougainville. This is only a thought that made me wanted to write this article to ask anybody to help me find answer to my question.

"Why did the government came up with this initiative to reconcile Bougainville alongside the talk on the re-opening of the mine? "

First of all the government did not prioritized reconciliation in Bougainville. Although people were talking about it but it was not that strong. It was only the church who tried it best to carry out reconcilation in Bougainville, not even the current Bougainville government president was interested although he is said to be a Bougainvillean. Now with the strategy which came about as a fairy tale (unbelievable indeed) the contracted team are earning K200 per day just to go into the villages trying to mediate between the divided faction. There are church based organizations established already who can be engaged by the government. Empowering already established organizations is better than anything because it is less costly.

It is very much interesting to see money been pumped in Bougainville like no-body's business.I am very much interested to know if that money is really coming from the tax payers of Australia or there is someone  playing games from the back with motives no-human would know.

Reconciliation in Bougainville will take over 50 years (Pat Howly). The reason is because a post traumatic region like Bougainville went through a lot of dreadful experiences. Thus, it does not need a fast tracked strategy because dealing with a single human person is the most difficult thing to do. Over 25 000 people died in the Bougainville issue and imagine how many were left traumatized? The government cannot push for reconciliation and unity after all using money as the peace making tool. Coming from a victim's point of view i can say that only an idiot will fall for money and deny the blood of his or her own flesh that was laid in the war in the name of justice. And it is justice that i want to see prevailing in Bougainville, not the second conflict. By the way Bougainville is going the future is not known.

The constitution of course is not inclusive, let you be reminded. The constitution is a denial for the victims and a victory to the warlords. So many loopholes there are in the constitution. Yet the Bougainville issue is said to be a Bougainville peoples' issue. In reality it is not, s in Bougainville where do we the victims belong? I would be very much thankful if somebody can answer this question for me..