Papua New Guinea referendum Bougainville independence is overwhelming majority December 11 19:59

In Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific, a referendum was held to ask the independence of the eastern Bougainville Autonomous Region, and the voting committee announced that the independence vote accounted for the overwhelming majority. Parliament's approval is required for actual independence, but it is pointed out that the results of the vote may not be respected, and there are concerns that the situation will become unstable.

In Bougainville Autonomous Region in eastern Papua New Guinea, about 15,000 people died in a civil war that lasted for 10 years from 1988, and a referendum was held to ask for the independence of two weeks until this month according to the peace agreement. I was broken.

On the 11th, the voting committee announced the results, and the vote for independence showed an overwhelming majority of 176,928 votes, nearly 98% of the total number of votes, but the vote to choose to expand autonomy It means that it remained in 3043 votes.

However, in order to actually become independent, the Papua New Guinea government and the autonomous state must negotiate specific procedures and schedules, and then obtain approval from the Papua New Guinea Parliament.

Since autonomous provinces have abundant mining resources, it has been pointed out that negotiations may be prolonged, and voting results showing the will of residents may not be respected. It is.

On the other hand, in the case of independence, it is expected that China, which has a strong presence in the countries of the South Pacific, will expand its influence with the help of a huge amount of money.