Autonomous Bougainville Government

The Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG; Tok Pisin: Otonomos Bogenvil Gavman^[1]) is the government of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.

Structure

The Constitution of Bougainville specifies that the Autonomous Bougainville Government shall consist of three branches:^[2]

Executive – the President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, who chairs the Bougainville Executive Council
Legislative – the Bougainville House of Representatives (39 elected members and 2 ex officio members).
Judicial – the Bougainville Courts, including a Supreme Court and High Court.

History

The government was established in 2000 following a peace agreement between the government of Papua New Guinea and the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA), a guerrilla movement.

Elections for the first autonomous government were held in May and June 2005; Joseph Kabui was elected president, with Joseph Watawi selected by the House of Representatives as vice-president.

A non-binding referendum for independence from Papua New Guinea was held in December 2019.^[3] This was in accordance with the terms of the Bougainville Peace Agreement, which requires such a referendum to be held by 2020.^[4] There were concerns that the referendum could result in violence due to unresolved tensions from the Bougainville conflict.^[5] In this referendum, 98% of voters voted in favour of independence.^[6]

Constitutional amendments proposed in February 2020, would see the Autonomous Bougainville Government renamed as the "Bougainville Constitutional Transitional Government".^[7]

References

^ Autonomous Bougainville Government (April 2019). Referendum TOKSAVE (PDF). Fact Sheet No. 3 (in Tok Pisin). Retrieved 4 December 2019.
^ The Constitution of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (PDF). p. 28, S41 – via Autonomous Bougainville Government.
^ "Target Date Set for Bougainville Referendum". ABC News. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
^ Boungainville Peace Agreement (PDF). p. 1, S2 – via Autonomous Bougainville Government.
^ Woodbury, Jo (2015). The Bougainville Independence Referendum: Assessing the Risks and Challenges Before, During and After the Referendum (PDF). Indo-Pacific Strategic Papers. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2015.
^ Yeung, Jessie; Watson, Angus (11 December 2019). "Bougainville Independence Vote Delivers Emphatic Demand to Become World's Newest Nation". CNN. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
^ Tulo, Meriba (19 February 2020). "Bougainville Proposing Constitution Amendments, Rejects 'Process' Claim". Asia Pacific Report. Retrieved 11 September 2020.

External links

[1] Autonomous Bougainville Government (April 2019). Referendum TOKSAVE (PDF). Fact Sheet No. 3 (in Tok Pisin). Retrieved 4 December 2019.

[2] The Constitution of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (PDF). p. 28, S41 – via Autonomous Bougainville Government.

[3] "Target Date Set for Bougainville Referendum". ABC News. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2017.

[4] Boungainville Peace Agreement (PDF). p. 1, S2 – via Autonomous Bougainville Government.

[5] Woodbury, Jo (2015). The Bougainville Independence Referendum: Assessing the Risks and Challenges Before, During and After the Referendum (PDF). Indo-Pacific Strategic Papers. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2015.

[6] Yeung, Jessie; Watson, Angus (11 December 2019). "Bougainville Independence Vote Delivers Emphatic Demand to Become World's Newest Nation". CNN. Retrieved 11 December 2019.

[7] Tulo, Meriba (19 February 2020). "Bougainville Proposing Constitution Amendments, Rejects 'Process' Claim". Asia Pacific Report. Retrieved 11 September 2020.

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