www.postcourier.com.pg/20130313/ispost01.htm
By WINTERFORD TOREAS
THE members of the New Zealand police based in Bougainville will soon be seeing the arrival of their new Team Leader.
This was revealed by the vice president of the Autonomous Bougainville Government Patrick Nisira following his return from New Zealand last week.
This new Team Leader, whose identity is yet to be revealed, is expected to take up the posting sometimes this month.
He will be replacing the outgoing NZ police head in Bougainville, Supt Murray Lewis who will be leaving soon after completing his five years contract on Bougainville.
Mr Nisira’s trip to New Zealand follows an invitation from the New Zealand government’s Ministry of Police to become a member of the five member panel tasked to select the best and suitable candidate to succeed Supt Lewis.
This was the first time that the ABG was involved in the panel to select the NZ police team leader on Bougainville, which according to Mr Nisira is a sign that New Zealand, through their police personnel are serious in carrying out their roles in policing matters on Bougainville.
Mr Nisira said after conducting the interview on the three top applicants, the panel agreed with his choice on Supt Lewis’ successor.
The New Zealand police personnel are mainly involved in training and assisting the Community Auxiliary Police (CAP) and also in providing other advisory roles within the Bougainville Police Service (BPS).
However, Mr Nisira said this new team leader would now be working on a new program to integrate CAPs into the BPS.
He said this, once implemented, would now see some CAPs becoming regular members of the BPS.
Mr Nisira, who is also the ABG police minister, said during his trip he was also able to relay ABG President John Momis’ request for a New Zealander to be appointed the Assistant Commissioner for Bougainville police.
He said this request was “not out of line”, but “within the context of the Bougainville Peace Agreement which provides for consultations”.
He said if the PNG Government wanted to post their appointed ACP personal in Bougainville they must first consult the ABG, a thing which Mr Nisira revealed was not the case as the ABG was never consulted regarding the appointments for Bougainville’s ACP post over the years.
He said the NZ government was now considering this request and once they had submitted their suitable candidate, the ABG would then proceed with consultation with the National Government on this issue.
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