Reconciliation ceremony

THERE has been recent reports that a reconciliation ceremony between PNG and Bougainville is planned to be held in Buin, South Bougainville, next month.
In a Melanesian society, any reconciliation must include traditional monetary payments or goods being paid by one party often to a victimised party.
Without any form of traditional monetary payments or traditional wealth’s being given by one party to the victimised party, this does not amount to a genuine reconciliation ceremony.
Look at the Highlands where Prime Minister James Marape comes from.
During reconciliations ceremonies between warring parties, pigs and huge amount of cash are normally paid by one party to the victimised party.
Applying this to the Bougainville situation, how much money is the prime minister going to pay to the 20,000 lives that were lost in Bougainville during the reconciliation ceremony?
How much money will PM and Sir Puka Temu pay to Bougainville for the damages done to the land, oceans, forests and the air by BCL?
How much will be paid to Bougainville for the pain and suffering experienced in Bougainville for 10 years during the blockade period?
Why having this reconciliation ceremony just before the Referendum votes?
After the reconciliation is held in Buin next month (without any compensation payments from PNG), will Bougainvilleans and Papua new Guineans really reconcile from within their hearts?
No.
To the people of Bougainville, who are victims of the Bougainville crisis, this will be seen as the highest form of INSULT ever made from the PNG Government.
Therefore, it is best to defer this reconciliation ceremony in Buin after the ratification of the referendum results by the PNG National Parliament.

Rerua Porua