UNDER the bright lights of Anjong Mon Mata, the Governors Office in Banda Aceh, the event took place smoothly Thursday last week. Acehs officials and political figures were present. On that particular day, the House of Representatives (DPR) envoy symbolically handed over the official text of the Aceh Administration Law to them.

Ratified by the parliament in Jakarta two days earlier, the law had experienced an uphill struggle. In the wake of the fi