ADEKSI to hold national meeting

ADEKSI to hold national meeting

AMBON, Maluku: The Association of Regional Legislative
Councils (ADEKSI) is slated to hold a five-day meeting in the
Maluku capital of Ambon to discuss the implementation of Law No.
22/1999 on regional autonomy.

The meeting is set to start on Wednesday, and will be attended
by some 250 councillors from across the country.

Lucky Wattimury, the chairman of ADEKSI, said the meeting was
being held in Maluku to illustrate to the public and to investors
that Maluku had returned to normal and was safe.

Sectarian conflict broke out in Maluku in 1999 and raged for
three years. Thousands of people lost their lives and thousands
of others took refuge in other provinces.

Peace returned to Maluku after warring parties agreed to bury
the hatchet through the Malino Peace Accord, which was signed
last year.

Lucky said that Maluku Governor Albert Karel Rahalalu was set
to kick off the meeting. -- Antara