From PMIZ Watcher

Community leaders from the site of the troubled proposed Pacific Marine Industrial Zone have reacted angrily to newspaper stories that their communities have agreed to allow the project to procede, as reported on Monday.

Ebert Kaing who is the Program Manager-Education at Sumkar District living in Rempi village and a landowner said, "there are more issues which needs to be addressed before the PMIZ agreement signing". 

"The two umbrella company chairman did not talk to us and they went of their own to impress the govt and the company and not rest of the people in our community". 

”In reality we got organized and registered the Rehammb Investment Ltd,but it has not being serving its puposes, the Rempi Landowner Company has been politicized so the people were brushed aside. We the people saw we cannot benefit at all, the local level government leaders and the Provincial and National Government did not do their work to effectively facilitate for the PMIZ Project.

"Rempi community has two Local Level Government areas and these two councilors are now running the Landowner company and people are confused if their two LLG members fully represent them at all.”

"The two men Ayu and Miai have not been honest and transparent from the beginning.There is a meeting this Saturday to replace the Landowner Company Chairman".

From Vidar-Seg Clan elder: Adolf Skarmai said," the newspaper story from the first week of Sept and the National on Monday is not true".

"The two umbrella company chairmen are not letting the community know how their seed money was spent etc.. And Monday's newspaper involved NO Written agreement on the Paper but it has been a verbal agreement involving the Amet Lawyers to formalize the involvement of the people,the Provincial and National Govt with the current O'Neill Govt."

Skarmai said the community will meet this Saturday to get rid of the current chairman.