Fiji, June 3 -- Bougainville Vice President and Minister responsible for the Bougainville Independence Mission, Ezekiel Masatt, has accused Papua New Guinea parliamentarians of debating Bougainville's ratification process without understanding key negotiations still underway between the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) and the National Government.

In a strongly worded statement, Masatt questioned whether the National Government was attempting to shift discussions on the Bipartisan Committee Report into a ratification debate before critical consultation processes had been completed.

"I hope it wasn't a National Government strategy to turn the Bipartisan Committee Report session into a Ratification session like what happened in Pa...