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Locals, TNI disagree on GAM commemoration.

Asia Africa Intelligence Wire

| November 30, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From The Jakarta Post)

Acehnese leaders and the Indonesian Military (TNI) are still at loggerheads over the Aceh "independence day" the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) wants to commemorate on Dec. 4.

Tengku Imam Suja, a community leader, said the planned celebration of the GAM-declared 26th anniversary of Aceh's "independence" would not necessarily disrupt the peace accord scheduled to be signed on Dec. 9, as long as the celebration did not involve the Acehnese people.

"The independence celebration is an internal matter of GAM and is not a problem as long as the Acehnese people do not join in. The ongoing peace process will likely be threatened if we …

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