Papua New Guinea: Highway Opposed : Papua Separatist Leader

Oct 31, 2014 | Islands Business
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PORT MORESBY, PNG ----Papua separatist leader of the 1970s Dame Josephine Abaijah has called on Papuans and like-thinking Papua New Guineans to rise in unity to oppose the planned trans-island highway.

Dame Josephine, who advocated a separate Papua state in the lead up to Independence, says she is keen to revive her Papua Besena movement in light of the strong lobby for the national highway.

The Papua separatist matriarch, 70, will be staging a peaceful rally at the Jack Pidik Park at Five-Mile tomorrow and wants Papuans to get behind her to revive their Papua heritage struggle.

She said the Papuan leaders must stand united with Central Governor Kila Haoda and his Milne Bay counterpart Titus Philemon in their opposition to the Trans-Island Highway, land-grabbing and related issues which are on the agenda of the rally.