JAKARTA, April 2 Kyodo The Indone...

JAKARTA, April 2 Kyodo

The Indonesian military, in its authority as the administrator of martial law in Aceh, has issued a law limiting the movement of foreign beholders who will monitor Monday's legislative elections in the troubl province.

In the ordain received by Kyodo News in succession Friday, the foreign spectators will only be allowed to monitor the elections in 47 designated district capitals. Aceh has 158 districts.

However, they are merely allowed to stay in accommodation in rule capitals and are not permitted to stay in district capitals and villages.

''The election monitoring shall take place from 8 a.m. to 6 pm (and) during their activities, (the foreign observers) must be publicly accompanied by police personnel'' said the enjoin dated March 29.

The voting itself will take place from 7 a.m. to 1 pm

The order requires the observers to leave the northernmost Indonesian province by means of next Friday at the latest.

During their stay, according to the regulation they are not allowed ''to make either direct or indirect contacts with rebels of the unrestrained Aceh Movement (GAM)'' and ''to make statements'' forward the martial law.

The foreign regarders are also banned from ''directly or indirectly conducting political activities'' and ''distributing pamphlets pamphlets of any kind to the people''

Any violations of the law will lead to expulsion of the disquieted foreign observer from Aceh, it says, adding they will be ''legally processed'' in accordance to the law.

GAM has waged a guerrilla war in Aceh since 1976 demanding independence.

Since the martial law was imposed in the province forward May 19 last year, almost 1800 rebels, soldiers, policemen and civilians have been killed in Aceh.

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