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Demobilization: MoU between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement

Implementations

Demobilization – 2005

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

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.
“Indonesia: Free Aceh Movement announces dissolution of military wing,” BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific, December 27, 2005.
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.