Rp 100 billion allocated for rehabilitation program in Aceh<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): At least Rp 100 billion has been allocated by
\nthe Aceh provincial administration for a rehabilitation program
\nduring the humanitarian pause in the strife-torn territory.<\/p>\n
Spokesman for the Aceh administration Teuku Pribadi said on
\nSaturday that the rehabilitation program would replace
\ndevelopment projects funded by the state and provincial budgets.<\/p>\n
"We have revised the projects and reallocated funds for the
\nmore urgent humanitarian pause," Teuku told Antara on Saturday.<\/p>\n
He said the fund was expected to increase because at least 50
\npercent from the provincial budget of Rp 250 billion for this
\nfiscal year was to be reallocated to the rehabilitation program.
\nApproval from Jakarta is needed, he said, because some of the
\nmoney comes from the central government.<\/p>\n
The rehabilitation program will cover cultivation of
\nfoodstuff, education, health, housing and resettlement.<\/p>\n
Pribadi said the programs should start immediately as the
\nhumanitarian pause would end in 45 days.<\/p>\n
The joint understanding on a three-month humanitarian pause
\nwas signed by representatives of the Indonesian government and
\nthe Free Aceh Movement (GAM) on May 12. After an evaluation, it
\ncould be extended for another three months.<\/p>\n
The objectives of the pause include delivery of humanitarian
\nassistance to Acehnese affected by the conflict and the provision
\nof security modalities to support relief operations and reduce
\noverall tension.<\/p>\n
Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare and Poverty
\nEradication Basri Hasanuddin requested the United Nation
\nDevelopment Program (UNDP) on Friday to organize international
\naid for Aceh.<\/p>\n
Without unveiling the sum of aid commitment, UNDP
\nrepresentative in Indonesia Ravi Rajan told Basri that a number
\nof countries wish to help the Acehnese.<\/p>\n
Basri and his entourage, along with UNDP project officers,
\nwill fly to Aceh on July 14 to hand the aid over to the Acehnese
\nto rebuild the province's infrastructure.<\/p>\n
Abduction<\/p>\n
Despite the implementation of the humanitarian pause, arrest
\nand abduction cases remain rampant.<\/p>\n
Some 70 women from the Meurah Mulia district in North Aceh
\ntook to the streets in the regency capital of Lhokseumawe on
\nFriday to protest what they called the arbitrary arrest of three
\nneighbors.<\/p>\n
"They're not (members of) GAM so why arrest them!" Aisyah Amin
\ncried in front of the North Aceh Police Headquarters.<\/p>\n
M. Daud Jalil, 45, Abdullah Usman, 38, and Muliadi Cut Ali,
\n27, were nabbed by patrolling police on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Head of the North Aceh Police Supt. Syafei Aksal said the
\nthree men were apprehended for running from security officers and
\nfor possessing a pair of handcuffs.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile in Banda Aceh, 22 people, mostly women, protested at
\nthe headquarters of the Joint Committee for the Humanitarian
\nPause at the Kuala Tripa Hotel, demanding the whereabouts of
\nmissing relatives allegedly kidnapped by disputing parties.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian representative in the joint committee, Col.
\nSulaiman AB, told the protesters that the committee would help
\nfind the missing people.<\/p>\n
The Aceh Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of
\nViolence (Kontras) and Banda Aceh Legal Aid Institute (LBH)
\nannounced 37 people had been abducted since the humanitarian
\npause was signed. The majority of cases, numbering 27, were
\nconducted by security personnel. (09\/10\/49)<\/p>",
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