Ratify referendum results in Parliament

I WANT to raise this concern in relation the recent Joint Supervisory Body (JSB) consultation between Prime Minister James Marape and his counterpart – Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama.
Both parties resolved to find a political settlement for Bougainville not less than 2025 and not later than 2027.
The question is whether this JSB resolution is consistent with the Bougainville Peace Agreement and the PNG and the Autonomous Bougainville Government constitutions. The two governments should cease discussing political settlement for Bougainville.
They should continue discussing the shortest possible time frame for Parliament to ratify the results of the referendum.
Fix a time for this current parliament to ratify the results of the referendum.
Propose an act of parliament to specify a manner in which parliament will ratify the referendum results.
Get parliament to convene to ratify the referendum results. If parliament fails to master enough numbers to ratify the results of the referendum, the people of Bougainville should accept the parliament’s decision.
If none of the above takes place, JSB needs to reconvene consultation that will result in reaching a political settlement similar to the ones enjoyed by Palau and the United States or the Cook Islands and New Zealand.
This is the settlement that will cater for 98 per cent for independence in which Bougainville and PNG will remain as associated states.

Pau Piahe,
Kangu Beach