Following the failure to reach a peace pact over Aceh, and the deadlock in negotiations between the Republic of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in Switzerland earlier this year, the Indonesian government has provided its most recent solution to the Aceh crisis. Last Wednesday, the Indonesian government issued Presidential Instruction No. 4/2001.

Judging from the number of officials involved, the Abdurrahman Wahid administration is ser