The Presidential Instruction—Laden With Uncertainty?
Tuesday, April 17, 2001
Finally, the president has issued his much-awaited instruction to ‘solve’ the Aceh crisis. But the military has given it a cold response. They say it gives them too little protection from future legal action.
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Thanks to Presidential Instruction Number 4 of 2001, signed by President Abdurrahman Wahid last Wednesday, soldiers from the Rajawali Task Force are grateful for the chance "to show what they can do". Finally, they can leave for Aceh with aspirations to help crush the separatist rebellion there.
Before the ‘order’ was issued, soldiers complained that they were lounging around in uncertainty, unsure what they were training for. The task
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