PRESIDENT Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for the first time received Acehs newly elected Governor Irwandi Yusuf and his deputy Muhammad Nazar in Jakarta last Thursday. Irwandi, running on an independent ticket, won the first ever direct gubernatorial election in the province last December with 39 percent of the vote.

Acting Governor Mustafa Abubakar, who accompanied Irwandi and Nazar, said the President promised he would back up the duet in running the