Aceh accord bodies plan meeting to lay ground rules<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Two joint committees established under the Aceh
\naccord signed by the Indonesian government and Free Aceh Movement
\n(GAM) will hold their first meeting in Banda Aceh on Wednesday to
\nset up the ground rules for implementing the Joint Understanding
\non Humanitarian Pause.<\/p>\n
\"We expect there will be concrete basic rules to implement the
\nhumanitarian pause before Friday (June 2),\" Hassan Wirajuda
\nIndonesia's chief negotiator with GAM said here on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The Joint Understanding on a Humanitarian Pause was signed in
\nGeneva, Switzerland, on May 12.<\/p>\n
To carry out the accord, two joint committees and a monitoring
\nteam will be set up in Aceh.<\/p>\n
The first committee, the Joint Committee on Humanitarian
\nAction, focuses on the effective delivery of humanitarian relief,
\nwhile the second, the Joint Committee on Security Modalities,
\nfocuses on reducing violence.<\/p>\n
The security committee will set up the ground rules for
\nhumanitarian activities, guarantee the halt of military action
\nand ensure the police's function of maintaining law and order.<\/p>\n
Each committee will comprise a maximum of 10 members while the
\nMonitoring Team will consist of five members.<\/p>\n
Hassan said the composition of the joint committees was agreed
\nupon. However, he would not reveal their names.<\/p>\n
\"The Joint Committee on Humanitarian action will consist of
\nour people in Aceh since it will be established there,\" he added.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian representatives to fill the Security Modalities
\nCommittee are five senior officials from the Indonesian Military.
\n\"They are two senior officers of the National Police and three
\nofficers from the Indonesian Military (TNI),\" Hassan said.<\/p>\n
From the GAM side, the security modalities members will be
\nsubordinate to Tengku Abdullah Syafei, the GAM armed forces
\ncommander, he said.<\/p>\n
The Joint Forum, which was set up in Geneva as the highest
\ndecision-making body, consists of all the top negotiators of the
\naccord in Geneva.<\/p>\n
\"The Joint Forum consists of people who sat in the preceding
\ndialogs. It will consist of myself and Pak Hassan Tiro along with
\nhis close aides,\" Hassan said, referring to the self-exiled GAM
\nleader.<\/p>\n
In preparation for the accord implementation, Coordinating
\nMinister for People's Welfare and Poverty Eradication Basri
\nHasanuddin separately held a meeting on Tuesday to draft a
\nprogram on humanitarian assistance for Aceh.<\/p>\n
However, no details were released.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile from Aceh, it was reported that gunmen shot dead
\nSamudera Military chief Lt. Katimin at about 4:30 p.m. on Monday,
\nNorth Aceh Police chief Lt. Col. Syafei Aksal told journalists on
\nTuesday.<\/p>\n
\"The officer was in a VCD rental shop in Kede Gedong village
\nwhen two gunmen approached and shot him at point-blank range in
\nthe forehead, cheek and chest,\" Syafei said.<\/p>\n
The incident took place only 500 meters from Samudera Military
\ndistrict office on the main road from Banda Aceh to Medan.<\/p>\n
Witnesses said sweeping operations immediately took place
\nfollowing the fatal shooting.<\/p>\n
In West Aceh, a convoy of Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob)
\nsoldiers were ambushed at Patek village in Sampoiniet district on
\nMonday evening, local police chief Lt. Col. Satrya Hari Prasetya
\nsaid on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
No fatalities were reported after the police's Kijang van ran
\nover an assembled bomb which was planted on the bridge in the
\nvillage by an armed gang. The attackers fled the scene.
\n(08\/50\/dja\/edt)<\/p>",
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