Waiting for the Golden Bridge

It is feared that parliament will ratify the Aceh Government Bill only after the province is split.

April 11, 2006

THE threat was finally made at the parliament (House of Representatives, DPR) building in Senayan, Wednesday a fortnight ago. Feeling as though their protests had fallen on deaf ears, community leaders from the foot of the Bukit Barisan mountain range traveled to Jakarta, to the national parliament. Forming the Preparatory Committee for the Establishment of Aceh Leuser Province, the group demanded to be heard.

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