GAMs New Battle for Ballots

The new Bill on Aceh is nearing completion. GAM representatives Hasbi Abdullah and Kamaruzzaman will reportedly run in the local and provincial elections.

January 10, 2006

Former members of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) have laid down their arms, but they seem ready to fight another battle. This time, it will be in the political arena, where they will be armed, not with bullets but with ballots. The speculation came in the wake of a meeting last Friday between ex-GAM negotiator, Teuku Kamaruzzaman with Human Rights Minister Hamid Awaludin in Jakarta. On that occasion, Kamaruzzaman submitted a neatly bound documen

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