Bougainville objects to mixed marriage
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mixed marriage
Kieta Council passed a motion advocating a ban on mixed marriages between white men and Bougainville girls in February. The motion said that white men must only come to work in Bougainville, not marry local girls.
The motion called on the three Bougainville MHAs to raise this at the next meeting of the House of Assembly. One councillor said: “The Bougainville people are happy with the colour of their skin and they want to stay the way they are.”
The council said it was worried about the number of white men and other Papuans and New Guineans marrying or befriending Bougainville girls. It said most of these men were employees of companies working on the Bougainville copper project.