There are many reasons for being optimistic about the "Meeting for Poso", which was held between December 19 and 21 in Malino, a small town some 77 kilometers from Makassar. Principal among these is the fact that this meeting has issued a peace declaration.

It is common knowledge that peace has been very costly to Poso regency in Central Sulawesi over the past three years, or, to be exact, since a drunken young man, Roy Runtu, ga