Hundreds of people in Aceh Barat district, Aceh province hold prayers and remembrance commemorate the 12th anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki MoU peace agreement in Meulaboh, Tuesday (15/8). The Aceh Barat District Attorney Division Commander (Satgas PA) of West Aceh District, Nurdin S said the event was not to evoke old wounds, but rather an appeal to jointly nurture the already established peace.
"No more Acehnese people want the conflict as it has been, the momentum today we invite us all the people in Aceh, let us guard, we take care and we fill this peace with positive activities," he said.
The peace agreement of Helsinki MoU signed in Finland on August 15, 2005, all parties must be obliged to foster the peace with activities that lead to the improvement of people's welfare. The MoU result, Nurdin said, is one of the joint efforts to improve the image of Aceh Province from the negative perception of business, thus one item in Mou regarding the authority to bring in the investors themselves can be realized.
Nurdin said that through a peace agreement signed, de facto Aceh has been able to recognize "independence" by being designated as an autonomous region so that it can take care of the region, under the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI). "We also expect the central government, to realize all the promises contained in the points of the Helsinki MoU.With the spirit of this peace day, we hope our leaders, try to continue to build this Aceh better," he said.
He said that currently through the Aceh Party political coalition in the DPRA and Aceh leaders, all the points of agreement in the Helsinki MoU will continue to be guarded and strive so that the government's goodwill with GAM 12 years ago is not in vain. Nurdin asserted, the community and former GAM in the area are also prohibited to fly the flag of Aceh because they have not received permission, it is also their joint commitment in caring for peace that has been built.
At the ceremony, the Aceh Barat Aceh Satgas PA also sponsored dozens of orphans in Ujong Simpang village, Arongan Lambalek Subdistrict, in the village there was also the grave of their religious leader or teacher, Abu Wahab. "This event was also attended by TNI, Polri, we invited all, then flower or water flush to Abu Wahab tomb as a form of our homage to our teacher, he also struggled that time," he said, adding