Delegation seeks Aceh's partition

JAKARTA: A delegation of people living in Aceh are seeking support from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) for the partition of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam into three provinces.

They met with House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Soetardjo Soerjogoeritno from the PDI-P on Friday to seek political support for the division of Aceh into three provinces, with the new provinces being Aceh Leuser Antara and Aceh Barat Selatan.

The members of the delegation said they would hold an event in Jakarta on Sunday to push for the establishment of the new provinces. Any agreement in this regard, however, will be contentious given the recent peace agreement between the government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM). --JP