House to summon Susilo over Aceh

JAKARTA: The House of Representatives' Commission I for defense and political affairs will summon Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono over the troubled province of Aceh.

The legislators expect to quiz the minister on the progress of the cessation of hostilities agreement signed by the government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) on Dec. 9.

"We have not yet received any official report on the agreement. We only read papers to monitor the Aceh development," commission chairman Ibrahim Ambong said after an internal meeting here.

During the meeting, legislators expressed concern over the lack of information to the public about the agreement.

The accord encourages a local election, open to GAM to participation in. But Ambong said the government had never elaborated on details of the election. -- JP