Ahern declares Bougainville vote for independence

Chairman of the Bougainville Referendum Commission, former taoiseach Bertie Ahern, declared 176,928 people - around 98% of voters - had backed independence with just 3,043 supporting the option of remaining part of Papua New Guinea with more autonomy.

"Now, at least psychologically, we feel liberated," said John Momis, the priest-turned-leader of the autonomous region's government. But the scale of the victory for the pro-independence side will heap pressure on Port Moresby to endorse the outcome. Puka Temu, Port Moresby's minister for Bougainville affairs, said "the outcome is a credible one" but asked that voters "allow the rest of Papua New Guinea sufficient time to absorb this result".

Since French explorer Louis de Bougainville arrived on this palm-fringed Melanesian archipelago more than 200 years ago, control has passed from Germany to Australia to Japan to the United Nations and to Papua New Guinea.

Bertie who? bertietherat

Shoud've said they won it on the horses.

S'pose he gets another few hundred grand for this gig 😡😡

eh eh eh eh eh this is a great wee number.

What

Another gravy train job for Bertie .

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