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

Implementations

Reintegration – 2005

As per the MoU, along with prisoners and victims, 3,000 GAM combatants were expected to go through a reintegration program. The reintegration program for combatants was not established. As provided, the AMM was established in September 2005. Among other responsibilities, the AMM monitored the reintegration process. The AMM established the multiparty mechanism, the Commission on Security Arrangements (COSA), to deal with issues related to the peace process. In the COSA meeting in October, GAM and the government reached an agreement on the disbursement of payments to GAM regional commanders, who in turn would distribute the money. According to a report, the government made two rounds of payments to GAM for the short-term reintegration of GAM combatants.¹ The long-term reintegration would involve access to suitable farmland.

“Aceh: So Far, So Good,” International Crisis Group Asia Briefing N°44, December 13, 2005.

Reintegration – 2006

In February 2006 the National Reintegration Agency (Badan Reintegrasi Aceh, BRA) was established by another governor decree to oversee the reintegration process and Forbes Bersama was integrated into the BRA. After the creation of BRA, ex-GAM combatants received reintegration packages. Empowerment projects were also funded.²

No concrete steps on the distribution of farm lands to ex-combatants were observed.

“Aceh: Now for the Hard Part,” International Crisis Group Asia Briefing N°48, March 29, 2006.

Reintegration – 2007

The government ran a reintegration program through BRA. While combatants received short-term reintegration support, including projects for empowerment, farming land was not given.