The islands have a population of around 300,000, and 206,731 people enrolled to vote in the referendum. Jo Woodbury: The Bougainville independence referendum: Assessing the risks and challenges before, during and after the referendum, Indo-Pacific Strategic Papers, Australian Defence College, Januar 2015 . In October 2018, the question that would be posed in the referendum was made official, giving voters the choice between greater autonomy or independence, with no option to maintain the status quo. The end of the fighting led to the Bougainville Peace Agreement, the creation of the Autonomous Bougainville Government, and the promise of a non-binding referendum on independence. Earlier this month the date of the Bougainville independence referendum was pushed back.Initially — although tentatively — scheduled for June 15, the poll will now be held in October. The islands have a population of around 300,000, and 206,731 people enrolled to vote in the referendum. Tensions between Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) have again arisen concerning Bougainville’s independence referendum scheduled for June 2019. Nevertheless, the landslide victory will put pressure on PNG to grant Bougainville independence. What Bougainville lacks at this point, though, is an international network of sympathisers and activists capable of mobilising opinion to support its cause. Bougainville Referendum News : As we celebrate Independence Day today for 2019, Simon Pentanu MHR GCL reflects on the upcoming referendum and the future political path of the Autonomous Region of #Bougainville. The referendum is non-binding and the vote for independence will now need to be negotiated between leaders from Bougainville and Papua New Guinea. Un référendum sur l'indépendance de la Région autonome de Bougainville est organisé du 23 novembre au 7 décembre 2019 dans cette région de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée.Le vote découle de l'accord de paix de 2001, qui a mis fin à dix années de conflit armé sur ce territoire [1].. More than 181,000 people voted in the independence referendum in Bougainville, a group of islands that sit on one of the world's largest copper mines, off … FILE PHOTO: Residents hold a Bougainville flag at a polling station during a non-binding independence referendum in Arawa, on the Papua New Guinea island of Bougainville November 26, 2019. Le résultat du scrutin est légalement non contraignant. Nevertheless, the landslide victory will put pressure on PNG to grant Bougainville independence. Even in colonial times, Bougainville was an outpost. Bougainville and Papua New Guinea have agreed on what question will be posed in a referendum on independence tentatively set for June next year. Weblinks. The contrast with East Timor in the period prior to its own independence referendum is stark.
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Bougainville has sought independence for years, with lingering bitterness over the civil conflict that claimed between 10,000 and 20,000 lives. Fully 97.7% of voters on the Pacific island of Bougainville opted for independence from Papua New Guinea (PNG) in a referendum … Offizielle Website der Bougainville Referendum Commission (englisch) A ceremony to announce the results of Bougainville's historic referendum opened with a chorus of the Bougainville anthem. This comes after a much delayed meeting of the Joint Supervisory Board, involving the PNG Prime Minister, Peter O'Neill and Bougainville President John Momis, was held last week in Port Moresby. Bougainville has sought independence for years, with lingering bitterness over the civil conflict that claimed between 10,000 and 20,000 lives. In October 2018, the question that would be posed in the referendum was made official, giving voters the choice between greater autonomy or independence, with no option to maintain the status quo. FILE PHOTO: Residents hold a Bougainville flag at a polling station during a non-binding independence referendum in Arawa, on the Papua New Guinea island of Bougainville …