---------------------------------------------------------- FREE Subscribe/UNsubscribe Indonesia Daily News Online go to: http://www.indo-news.com/subscribe.html - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - Please Visit Our Sponsor http://www.indo-news.com/cgi-bin/ads1 -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 Free Email @KotakPos.com visit: http://my.kotakpos.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------- Antara, January 18, 2000 MALUKU COMMUNITY AGREES TO STOP CLASHES Jakarta, Jan 18 (ANTARA) - The Maluku community ended a reconciliation meeting here on Tuesday with an agreement to put an immediate halt to communal clashes in their province. They also agreed to foster genuine brotherhood and reconciliation in their efforts to rehabilitate facilities damage in riots as well as to build local people's mentality. In the agreement read by Maluku Governor M. Saleh Latuconcina flanked by the Religious Affairs Ministy's Secretary General Marwan Sarijo, chief of the Indonesia Ulemas Council (MUI)'s branch in Maluku KH RR Hasanussi, Amboina diocese bishop Mgr. PC Mandagi Msc, the participant of the meeting agreed to immedialetly end clashes, hostilities and riots which claimed many people and inflictid material losses. The Maluku community supported the steps and policies being taken the govenrment and the National Defence Forces (TNI) to immediately put an end to riots and clashes in the province. The religious figure who attend the meeting called on all Maluku residents to support the steps and policies, for instance, by handling their sharp weapons to security personnel. In addition, religious adherents in the province were also asked to firmly stick to the norms of their respective religion, offer mutual apologies and pray for God Almighty to be able to rebuild true brotherhood on the basis of noble religious norms. They also asked the central government to take step and policies conducive for the creation of brotherhood among Maluku residents anywhere and give material support to rehabilitate public utilities and restore the life of nationhood and statehood in Maluku immediately. They also called on all state leaders, social figures, experts and the mass media to help the local administration create peaceful situation by adopting wise attitudes and refraining from making any statement that may worsen the unrest in Maluku. They also asked the authorized parties to take measures against any body found mastermind on inciting riots in Maluku, irrespective of their religion. The agreement also called on the entire Indonesian nation not be easily influence by news about riot in Maluku that may triggers fresh riots both in Maluku and other parts of the country, which will eventually lead to national dissintegration. They expected the religious affairs minister and religious council to encourage and initiate the creation of healthy religious life based on the true religious norms. Governor Latuconcina said the peace agreement served as moral one theat the Maluku community must follow up on. But violations of the agreement were not subject to penalty, expect moral sanction. "Hence, we need to follow up on the agreement by holding a number of meetings at provincial level, especially in riot-prone areas in Maluku," he said. He also underscored the need to identify a number of problems that trigger conflicts by forming an investigating team to establish their causes. "By doing so there will be pressure from the local people to avoid problems (that may trigger riots)," he said. Meanwhile, chairman of MUI's branch in Maluku, KH RR Hasanussi said his party felt obliged to socialize the peace agreement among Moslems. He said his party had tried to curb emotions among Moslems not to get involved in conflicts. "Islam teaches its followers not to make any destruction on earth. That's why, we will try to curb any effort made by Moslem to cause destruction," he said. Amboina diocese bishop Mgr. PC Mandagi Msc meanwhile offered an apology to Moslems and Christians because, however small, Chatolics also shared blame in the Maluku conflict. "We hope that the conflict in Maluku can be immediately stopped so that life in the area can return to normal and peace be created," he said. Chief of the Maluku Protestant Churches Synod SP Titaley STh expressed his commitment as part of efforts to put a halt to conflicts in Maluku. (F.PU03/SU04/NN01/22:49/INT-AJM-23:55/NN01/00:05/TB06) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 25 Jan 2000 jam 10:23:17 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
