Demobilization – 2005

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Demobilization – 2005

2005

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In October 2005, GAM created a new National Assembly (Majelis Nasional) in Banda Aceh as its supreme political authority, as well as the Aceh Transition Committee (KPA) to supervise the demobilization of combatants.1 By the end of 2005, 3,000 GAM combatants were demobilized and the military wing was dissolved.2

As stipulated in the MoU, demobilization of Indonesian military and police and reduce their presence to 14,700 and 9,100, respectively. A total of 31,681 military and police personnel were demobilized from Aceh or redeployed in four different phases that took place in September, October, November and December of 2005.3

  1. Guswandi and Judith Large, “Reconfiguring politics: the Indonesia — Aceh peace process,” Accord 20 (2008):101, accessed May 1, 2010, http://www.c-r.org/our-work/accord/aceh/contents.php.
  2. “Indonesia: Free Aceh Movement announces dissolution of military wing,” BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific, December 27, 2005.
  3. Christine Beeck, “Re-Paving the Road to Peace: Analysis of the Implementation of DD&R in Aceh Province, Indonesia,” Bonn: BICC Brief No. 35 (2007), accessed March 27, 2013, http://www.bicc.de.