From the Battlefield to the Ballot Box

YULIYANTI, 33, is waiting expectantly for next week to arrive. On Monday, December 11, she along with some 2.6 million Acehnese will deliver the land of their birth into a new political era by voting in the provinces first direct election of regional heads (Pilkada). Through their hands, a governor and 19 regents and mayors will be elected in the largest Pilkada in Indonesian history.

The hopes of this resident of Dayah Baroe village in the Matang

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