Grant Bougainville its wishes

BOUGAINVILLE conducts its referendum in three months time when PNG turned 44 years old.
In 2001, when PNG was only 26 years old, it granted Bougainville the option whether to become independent or to stay with PNG.
That right to determine a political future given to Bougainville was made through the Bougainville Peace Agreement (BPA) and subsequently through the Bougainville and PNG Constitutions.
Today, PNG is 44 years and I think being a 44-year-old year old nation, PNG is old enough to let go of Bougainville if Bougainville votes for Independence other than Greater Autonomy.
What do you expect a 44-year-old man to do to his son who wants to get married and live on his own?
If the son of a 44-year-old man wants to get married, but his father does not allow him to get married – despite giving him the right to make his decision, you will expect to see a rebellious son.
Yes, you will expect a rebellious son who in return will cause more inconveniences to his father if his father does not allow him to live on his own. Obviously this will cause more instability between the father and the son.
On the other hand, if the 44-year-old father lets the son to live on his own it will create peace between both of them.
The son will still remain a son of the 44-year-old man although living as a separate married man.
Obviously, the son will always try to assist the father if the father needs any assistance from the married son.
This means an independent Bougainville will surely assist PNG if PNG needs help. Furthermore, the father will still assist his married son if his son requests some form of assistance from his father despite both living separately.
That is why PNG, being a 44-year-old nation, is old enough to let its son – Bougainville – live an independent life in order to satisfy the wishes of the son (Bougainville) if Bougainville decides to live on its own.

Pau Piahe, Aitara Village
South Bougainville