BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Dec 18 Kyodo...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Dec 18 Kyodo

Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri injury up her two-day visit to Aceh onward Wednesday with vows to rebuild the war-torn province.

''We will rebuild those things that have been postponed'' Megawati said in a meeting between her delegation and local leaders.

Megawati is the first president at all times to stay overnight in Aceh and her latest visit to the troubl province is her third since becoming president in July last year.

The president said she has instructed Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and 13 other ministers to travel across the northernmost province.

The ministers will visit Aceh's regencies to ''socialize'' the special autonomy package deal signed between the management and the separatist at liberty Aceh Movement (GAM) earlier this month Megawati said.

She also urg any parties not to incite violence, saying the restraint will uphold the implementation of the existing law in the oil-rich province.

''Whoever did (the violation), either armed or unarmed, which could trigger unrest within society and disturb the region's stability should be considered as committing criminal acts,'' she said.

After arriving Tuesday evening, Megawati joined a 2,000 people in a prayer for peace in the capital Banda Aceh's grand mahometan temple Baiturrahman.

In her dialect during the prayer, Megawati said she awaits Aceh to recover in sum of two units years if peace can be maintained.

Political analysts predict that peace in Aceh will be common of the key issues in the 2004 presidential election, which Megawati is awaited to run in.

GAM has been striving for independence since 1976 and the ensuing aim has claimed the lives of more than 12000 civilians, police and military personnel

This year alone, fighting in the province is believed to have left 1307 the bulk of mankind dead and 377 others missing.

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