PNG: Governor of Manus Province Sees Advantages of Autonomy

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source - N.BRAumann@tu-bs.de  Thu Apr 27 06:17:57 2000

Governor of Manus Province in PNG sees advantages in greater autonomy

The Governor of Manus Province in Papua New Guinea agrees provincial
goverments may want a high degree of autonomy, similar to that of
Bougainville.
 
The national government has agreed to set up a Bougainville government with
a high degree of autonomy, as part of the Loloata Agreement, signed last
month.
 
The governor of Manus Province, Steven Pokawin, says the prime objective is
to settle the Bougainville issue as soon as possible.
 
He says while Manus benefits greatly from PNG's international links, there
are advantages in having greater autonomy.
 
"If the law allows us to do a lot more things for ourselves we should be
able to get things done than if we had to wait for authority or decisions to
be made by someone else, somewhere else."

(c) 2000 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
 
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