North Bougainville MP joins Namah

By ABIGAIL APINA
NORTH Bougainville MP-elect Louta Atoi is at the PNG party’s camp in Kokopo, East New Britain, because he believes in Belden Namah’s leadership.
“I believe in his style of leadership and I also believe that as leaders, we need to make tough choices this time around,” he said.
Namah is on the sidelines as People’s National Congress party leader and caretaker Prime Minister Peter O’Neill stitches up a coalition capable of forming the next government without his former deputy.
A PNC party candidate Atoi said yesterday he switched camps because he believed in his principles.
“I believe in good governance, transparency and accountability and I believe this team will see this way forward for this country,” he said.
He added it was important for leaders to make ethical choices in their lives as representatives of their people.
He said he was explaining his move because it was important the people of North Bougainville knew why he made the move.
“I believe that Namah is the right choice for the autonomous arrangements for Bougainville as I believe he can help us achieve more in our quest,” he said.
Bougainville’s autonomous arrangements has never been addressed in the past 10 years and he strongly believed that a Namah-led government would address the issue.
“There is nothing for the people of Bougainville to be afraid of and my switching camps is the right move,” he said.