「布干維爾獨立領導人協商論壇」2025年3月建議將2027年9月1日定為獨立日期。
Pacific Bougainville12 Mar 2025
Bougainville Leaders Forum recommends September 2027 for independence
5:25 pm on 12 March 2025
Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent
People queue to vote in Bougainville’s independence referendum from Papua New Guinea in Buka, the capital of the autonomous region, pictured on 23 November 2019.Bougainvilleans overwhelming voted for independence in a 2019 referendum.
The Bougainville Independence Leaders Consultation Forum has passed key resolutions and recommended 1 September 2027 as the date for Bougainville's independence.
This recommendation comes ahead of the consultations between Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Bougainville leaders led by an independent moderator, former New Zealand Governor General Sir Jerry Mataparae.
In a 2019 referendum, over 97 percent of Bougainvilleans voted in favour of independence.
The vote was non-binding and required ratification by PNG's national parliament to come into effect.
In a statement on Wednesday, signed by 14 representatives including President Ishmael Toroama, the Forum said the Constituent Assembly's decisions will not be influenced by the moderation process and that Bougainville leaders will define Bougainville's relationship with PNG as a sovereign nation.
"We endorse that: The work of the Constituent Assembly is NOT(sic) dependent on the moderation consultation process.
"The focus of the moderation shall be on defining the new relationship between Bougainville and PNG as two independent sovereign countries.
"The moderation process a is crucial mechanism for advancing Bougainville's independence through a peaceful Melanesian approach centred on constructive dialogue and respect.
The Forum goes further to say that the PNG national government holds no authority to veto the referendum results and is required to collaborate in implementing the Bougainville Peace Agreement and referendum outcome for Independence.
Statement - dated 11 March 2025 - from the Bougainville Independence Leaders Consultation Forum recommending 1 September 2027 as the date Bougainville should become independent from Papua New Guinea. 12 March 2025Statement - dated 11 March 2025 - from the Bougainville Independence Leaders Consultation Forum recommending 1 September 2027 as the date Bougainville should become independent from Papua New Guinea. 12 March 2025
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