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        "msgid": "pgi-formulates-plan-to-end-maluku-conflict-1447893297",
        "date": "2000-03-28 00:00:00",
        "title": "PGI formulates plan to end Maluku conflict",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "PGI formulates plan to end Maluku conflict JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Communion of Churches (PGI) congress in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, is drafting a wide- ranging proposal to end the prolonged violence in Maluku and North Maluku, a church official said on Monday. PGI secretary-general JE Pattiasina said a Protestant church peace blueprint currently being drafted at the congress would help efforts to restore peace and security in the two riot torn provinces.",
        "content": "<p>PGI formulates plan to end Maluku conflict<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Communion of Churches (PGI)<br>\ncongress in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, is drafting a wide-<br>\nranging proposal to end the prolonged violence in Maluku and<br>\nNorth Maluku, a church official said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>PGI secretary-general JE Pattiasina said a Protestant church<br>\npeace blueprint currently being drafted at the congress would<br>\nhelp efforts to restore peace and security in the two riot torn<br>\nprovinces.<\/p>\n<p>\"The basic principle of our peace outline is a nonviolent<br>\napproach,\" Pattiasina told The Jakarta Post by telephone from<br>\nPalangkaraya.<\/p>\n<p>PGI is currently convening an eight-day congress in<br>\nPalangkaraya. It was opened by President Abdurrahman Wahid on<br>\nFriday and is due to be closed by Coordinating Minister for<br>\nPeople's Welfare and Poverty Eradication Basri Hasanuddin.<\/p>\n<p>Pattiasina underlined the importance of ending the clashes<br>\nbetween Christians and Muslims in the two provinces which have<br>\ndragged on for over a year and claimed the lives of over 3,000<br>\npeople.<\/p>\n<p>He added that PGI would also cooperate with the Indonesian<br>\nUlemas Council (MUI) and the Bishops Council of Indonesia (KWI)<br>\nin finding the most acceptable solution to end the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\"We do hope our suggestion will be able to convince the<br>\nconflicting parties to end this tragedy,\" said Pattiasina, who<br>\nhas been tipped to replace incumbent chairman Sularso Sopater.<\/p>\n<p>The congress is also looking into a five-year plan to<br>\nencourage nonmember churches like the Baptist Church to join PGI,<br>\nwhich has 74 member churches.<\/p>\n<p>\"We want the united church plan to be realized by 2005,\" said<br>\nPattiasina without elaborating on the plan.<\/p>\n<p>According to Pattiasina, the congress is also discussing the<br>\nincreasing destruction of places worship in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed that at least 700 churches had been burned or<br>\ndestroyed since 1996, including 14 since the election of a new<br>\ngovernment in October.<\/p>\n<p>\"However, we are very encouraged with the President's<br>\nleadership and we believe that under his leadership all religions<br>\nwill develop favorably in our country,\" Pattiasina said. (prb)<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/pgi-formulates-plan-to-end-maluku-conflict-1447893297",
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