アチェで政治に関わる犯罪が増えていると聞きます。
夜中もあまり外に出ない方がいいとか、まわりにも緊張感が広がり始めています。
というのも、4月9日のインドネシア総選挙のため。
あまり総選挙に関する不安は多くのアチェ市民の間にまだ毅然と残っています。
そう簡単に抜け切れるものではないでしょう。
その一方で、この平和になった今のアチェで、それを謳歌している人々をたくさんみかけます。
たとえば、夜中に皆で夜空の喫茶店に集まって、話したり、欧州のサッカーをみたり。
州都のバンダアチェから故郷にも身体のキケンを犯すことなく、自由に帰ることだってできます。
そういういわば当たり前のことが、30年以上もの間制約され続けていたのだから、平和の開放的な雰囲気がこのバンダアチェの街にはあふれているように感じます。
このアチェでは、紛争は「制約」という意味に近いように感じます。話を聞く限り色々な行動が制約されてとても窮屈だったことが誰の話を聞いても印象的です。
今、またアチェは小さな岐路にあります。
4月の選挙で、選挙プロセスが不明瞭であったり、何らかの恣意的な行動が表面化すればすぐに紛争に舞い戻りそうな、そんな緊張感を感じます。
紛争したいならすればいい。けど、そこに利益とは無関係の被害者がいるならば、その紛争を絶対に正当化することはできない。…というのは、僕が紛争を勉強し始めた最近から思うことです。
一つ朗報ですが、
EU委員会（EU comission) のアチェ事務所は4月で閉鎖の予定でしたが、（おそらく州知事の要請で？）選挙期間中も活動を継続するそうです。これは良かったですね。
はたして、外的な選挙監督機関として認知された活動ができるのか、するのかは、よくわかりませんが今後に注目です。
AFPのニュースを下にのっけたのでよかったらどうぞ。
そうそう、その関係で、EUのホームページを除いて見ましたが、とてもポップな感じで驚きました。笑
プレスリリースには、ポッドキャスティングやRSSも使われていてビックリ。
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JAKARTA, March 1 (AFP) -- A European Union delegation visiting
Aceh said Sunday the EU was ready to send electoral observers to
the Indonesian province's poll next month.
"I think observers are important to monitor elections in Aceh,
to support a sustainable peace process," said EU parliamentarian
Hartmut Nassauer, on a visit with other members of the European
parliament and Commission.
"We hope that (upcoming) elections in Aceh will be held in fair,
free and without intimidation and hope that police can secure
the process of election in the province," he told reporters.
The deal between Aceh rebels and Jakarta -- which was reached in
the aftermath of the 2004 Asian tsunami -- ended nearly three
decades of separatist conflict that cost around 15,000 lives.
It brought former rebels into power in local government and
allowed the establishment of provincial political parties, but
unemployment is high and foreign aid money is running out after
the tsunami rebuilding effort.
The province on the northern tip of Sumatra island saw a spate
of low-level political and criminal violence, including
kidnappings, shootings and grenade attacks on Aceh's party
offices.
Aceh will choose a new provincial parliament on April 9, when
legislative elections are held across Indonesia.
"The (European) Commission has said that we are ready to send
observers to Aceh but we're still waiting for the invitation
from the (Indonesian) government," Nassauer added.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said during a
recent visit to Aceh that foreign monitors would be allowed into
the province to observe the polls and report on any intimidation
or violence.
Aceh said Sunday the EU was ready to send electoral observers to
the Indonesian province's poll next month.
"I think observers are important to monitor elections in Aceh,
to support a sustainable peace process," said EU parliamentarian
Hartmut Nassauer, on a visit with other members of the European
parliament and Commission.
"We hope that (upcoming) elections in Aceh will be held in fair,
free and without intimidation and hope that police can secure
the process of election in the province," he told reporters.
The deal between Aceh rebels and Jakarta -- which was reached in
the aftermath of the 2004 Asian tsunami -- ended nearly three
decades of separatist conflict that cost around 15,000 lives.
It brought former rebels into power in local government and
allowed the establishment of provincial political parties, but
unemployment is high and foreign aid money is running out after
the tsunami rebuilding effort.
The province on the northern tip of Sumatra island saw a spate
of low-level political and criminal violence, including
kidnappings, shootings and grenade attacks on Aceh's party
offices.
Aceh will choose a new provincial parliament on April 9, when
legislative elections are held across Indonesia.
"The (European) Commission has said that we are ready to send
observers to Aceh but we're still waiting for the invitation
from the (Indonesian) government," Nassauer added.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said during a
recent visit to Aceh that foreign monitors would be allowed into
the province to observe the polls and report on any intimidation
or violence.
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