Fiji, June 17 -- Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama has accused Papua New Guinea's National Parliament of breaching the Melanesian Agreement (MA) and undermining the Bougainville peace process after lawmakers adopted a draft sessional order on the Bougainville Referendum results without the consent of the Speaker of the Bougainville House of Representatives.

Toroama said the decision taken by the National Parliament on 09 June 2026 contravened commitments made under the Melanesian Agreement and threatened the principles that have guided the Bougainville peace process since the signing of the Bougainville Peace Agreement.

"The decision by the National Parliament on Tuesday 9 June 2026 to adopt a draft sessional order on the results o...