Danke
Erste Reaktionen darauf aus Boug.
.............Yes, this paid advertisement appeared in the papers last month.
I believe, from what I read, is that these two gentlemen are supporters of the BRDC concept which they were a party to when they were in government.
Our so called leaders should not fall into the PNG politics of taking out full page paid advertisements to criticise the government of the day.
.................Right on, These two guys were at the forefront of the brown envelope brigade.The only thing former minister for mining was mining was his opportunity to cash in. These two were foremost (with one other) in pushing ahead the Invincible deal.
Da haben sich die Civellis,Semple, Morumbis und co wieder mal in Unkosten gestürzt, die 1 Seite des National als Anzeige dürfte so einiges gekostet haben.Kommt Momis mit seiner "Mining Policy durch so dürfte das das Aus für die Morumbi Pläne bedeuten.
Hier die Transcription der Anzeige mit automatischer Texterkennung, zwar mit einigen Fehlern,insgesamt aber gut lesbar.
The National - Wednesday, April 17, 2013
REGAN/MOMIS MINING POLICY TAKES AWAY
BOUGAINVILLEAN CUSTOMARY RESOURCES AND
THE FUTURE OF BOUGAINVILLE
The current ABG leadership and their foreign advisor are setting the
stage to take ownership, control and all decision making away from the
customary landowners of Bougainville. Their policy, if enacted into law,
is designed to give them two years, enough time to deal off the
resources of Bougainville before the next elections. However, their
plans are likely to leave a 50 year mess.
The latest Mining Draft, which incorporates the advice they received
from the former .colonialmasters and Kiaps in Canberra on their Feb 14th
trip has just become available-and is a total top down approach:
Emboldenedby the encouragement they received from Canberra, their second
draft polic-ybares its fangs. Nobody had seen it, even the Members, and
yet thetwo-man show (Regan/Momis) intended to force it through the
recent legislature.ln fairness to the Members, they have probably been
given only carefully selected information about the contents of the
policy from the top down. And even if they had read the latest draft
policy, it is silffyly-driffid-tffat they may not have seen the true
intent lurking there. There is 11,z'
ordinary members and even the Bougainville-ixecutive Couner Wilbert-
would reject it out of hand if they had correct technical advice. For
some reason Regan/Momis did not present it for a vote, and a lucky thing
indeed for Bougainville that it was not passed into law..
On close reading the policy is niodeledon Russia and Venezuela where the
presidents have complete control over the development of resources: they
choose their partners and do the deals on the terms that they set. That
is why it is written that Putin, the President of Russia, is by far the
richest man in the world.
Of course the ABG leaders were elected in,a democratic process. But they
also swore an oath to uphold the laws of PNG and Bougainville under the
Constitution. Section 23 requires that the ownership is returned to the
customary landowners, which would prevent the ABG from doing mining
deals. They throw out Section 23, so what they are trying to do is
UNCONSTITUTIONAL They were elected to operate within the Constitution
not outside the Constitution. They have no mandate to operate outside
the laws of Bougainville. Their policy is an attempt to fool the
Bougainville people and the majority of the Members. It treats
Bougainvilleans,including the Members, and most of the Ministers,as
unintelligent fools that have no business being involved about decisions
that will affect the future of Bougainville. Section 23 stops their
Russian model cold so they have to ignore it.
The Regan/Momis Policy
It decreesin Section 10 Joint-ownership of minerals on Bougainville -
Unconstitutional. This allows the ABG to get its name on the titleof all
minerals, which then allows them the naked power to take absolute
control over all aspects of mining without any checks and balances. What
is notable is that the policy cleverly handicaps the customary
landowners from getting licences over their own lands and paves the way
for the ABG and its selected foreign mining companies to take total
control into the future. The problem isthat the current political
perpetrators will be gone leaving the future of Bougainville under a
dark cloud of more crises to come.
The key Sections and what they do
For the benefit of Bougainvilleans and the Members who have not been
given the correct technical advice, some of the key sections are addressed.
Even though the majority of Etougainvilleans fought for the return of
their stolen mineral rights,which were to be recovered by
implementingSection 23 of the Constitution, nowhere in the Regan/Mamis
policy is Section 23 referred to. Here is what it does contain:
Section 36 gives the ABG the right,as being on the title to ownership,
to get into the mining business and enter into joint venture deals with
selected partners - but not just any partners: their partners will be
those that they "select" from the "competitive tender process"
(auction). This auction process is spelled out in Section 40.
Let us comment on this: Governments throughout the democratic world stay
away from doing business. Most governments have realized over time that
most politicians and bureaucrats bad business people and are open to
corruption. As an example, the USA government is not in any business
deals and is the richest country in the world. In Communist countries
and other Dictatorships, they certainly do control the resources, and
enrich themselves and their friends at the direct expense of their
citizens. Russia, as an example, is the richest resource country in the
world with a very rich Presidentand famous billionaire oligarchs that,
with the Russian Government as partners, together they plunder the
country's resources, while over 100 million Russians live near or below
the poverty level.
What does the policy say about the Bougainville customary landowners who
thought they were getting their resources back? After all Section 23. is
the foundation for the ownership of resources on Bougainville; after all
it is what the majority of Bougainvilleans fought and sacrificed for
-the return of their stolen mineral Rights.What do they get?
Section 12of the Regan/Momis policy signals to the customary landowners
what they can expect to get out of mining - the right to be "consulted".
To make sure that the landowners feel as though they are involved, the
policy provides for a forum and mediation in the event that the
landowners object to the ABG and its foreign partner showing up down
their road to start exploration.But, even if the landowners object and
can say no to the ABG/Foreign mining partners, there is a hammer decree
in Section 26(2) which reads bluntly:
(2) The Autonomous Bougainville Government is by force of this section
empowered to override the requirement for the consents -...
It couldn't be more clearly put - no matter what the landowners of
Panguna say or the landowners of the other resources on Bougainville
say, the Momis/Regan policy reserves the right to bring the hammer down
on any opposition and to give the go ahead no matter what they say. What
happened to the "Right to Say NO"?
Under the Regan/Momis plan it is easy to see what they have planned over
the next two years until the next elections. They are under a time
constraint and will take any shortcut they can. We set out some facts:
- BCL is Rio Tinto - Fact
- Rio- Tinto's biggest shareholder is Chalco as to 12.93% - Chalco is a
giant worldwide Chinese State owned Mining Company - Fact.
- MOU's exist between the President and China; their content is secret- Fact
- Regan/Momis have .produced a mining policy to get BCL back on
Bougainville and to allow the ABG to select joint-venture partners over
all'of the mineral resources of Bougainville -this could include Chalco
or its affiliates - Fact
So it is not hard to imagine what the Regan/Mornis team have in mind for
RIO/BCL on the one hand and with other companies and players known to be
lurking just out of sight that have "cordial" relations with the two-man
team.
Only a scenario resembling the above can explain the Regan/Momis mining
policy that savages the customary landowners of Bougainville and its
people. It treats them and their last 24 years with contempt: so much so
that in Section 19, before a Bougainville Landowner company can apply
for a licence over its resources it is required to undertake preliminary
social mapping and to submit it to the Secretary for the Bougainville
Executive Council to consider it for approval. Regan/Momis, and every
Papua New Guinean knows how long it takes to carry out social mapping. A
legitimately formed company with the major clan and sub-clan chiefs as
directors would be adequate to get a licence; the expensive and
extensive Social Mapping studies couldbe done as positive exploration
results flow. This arbitrary requirement is like cutting the leg off a
runner before the race to make sure he can't win. It is designed to stop
Bougainvilleans. With them having the last say on who can apply for
exploration licences, it gives the Regan/Momis two-man team the two
years it needs wittiout any competition from customary landowners to
auction and joint- venture Oft the minerals of Bougainville.
By the time the customary landowners present their Social Mapping and
get it approved by the BEC, their resources will likely have been
join-ventured off - their resources will be owned by someone else. The
current Government has two years left - just enough time to block the
landowners, do their deals and leave town. And they will leave 50 years
of crisis for the coming generations of Bougainvilleans. Under Section
23, none of the above plunder could take place.
Two boots to trample the late President Kabul's grave
There are other sections of the Regan/Momis policy that are amateurish
and unworkable, and illustrate that the drafters have no experience or
knowledge of real world mining exploration; but two(particularly evil
sections are strategically placed at the end in Sections 203 and 204
that we as Bougainvilleans should be aware of.
Section 203 repeals the BRDC Act and is reproduced here for all
Bougainvilleans to see:
"The Bogenvil Resources Development Corporation (ARCM) Ltd (Kabui Model)
Authorization Act 2008 is repealed."
This throws out the Kabui Model; a model that recognizes the rights of
the customary landowners and the Government's limited role to ensure
fair development and participation for all Bougainvilleans. The late
President was very strong on this - he had a great unselfish vision for
the people of Bougainville; and the people are only now fully realizing
the bravery, wisdom and true love of Bougainville that the late
President had, especially in the light of what they have seen since.
Section 204 grants all the mineral "rights" BCL had and ever dreamed of
over Panguna and the surrounding areas, despite the
fact that the Bougainville Constitution under section 23 for the
resources-returns them to the customary landowners. This is an intended
illegal grant and is unconstitutional.
On one single page, and in consecutive sections 203 and 204,the
Regan/Momis policy manages to place two boots on the late President's
grave to trampleand spoil it. The one boot 203 repeals the Kabui Model
Act while the other boot, 204, welcomes back SCI to the President and
his wife's hereditary lands and where his grave lies. Revenge,
Bougainvilleans are sayingl
Bougainvilleans should be aware what the Regan/Momis top-down policy has
in store for them; the platform for a corrupt Bougainville and the
robbing of Bougainville's future.Section 23 is bigger than mining. It is
a bottom-up Melanesian culture approach where everyone shares. Section
23 restores the stolen mineral rights to where they have always been
until the colonial masters appeared. Section 23 prevents corruption and
guarantees a proud and brilliant future for Bougainville.
The world is watching and ready to cheer if Bougainville can break away
from its old colonial past and adopt the new model that Section 23
stipulates. The Regan/Momis policy attempts to return to the past. It is
old thinking andis unconstitutional.
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