I just came back from the field for my regular visit to Poso, used to have communal conflict, which people from different villages were killing each other. It was worsen when religious element fueled the conflict resulting great exodus of thousand families from both Christian and Muslim to resettle to new community having similar religion. My recent visit on October 11-14 to Poso was to meet three prominent women organization called Aisyiah, WIA and KWS to understand their program and contribution to development agenda in post conflict era. I was lucky to meet Ms. Ruwaidah, peace activist recently as vice head of Aisyiah on my silaturahmi (visit) on October 13, 2013 for 3 hours meeting. Ms. Ruwaidah was the only representative from Muslim women sitting on peace agreement that in some document her name is not recognized. There were other three women from Christian side namely Liesing Lippo, Nelly Silance dan Yanti (name perhaps written differently) who also jointed during final peace talk in December 2001.
What make shocked during my conversation with Ms. Ruwaidah was about disconnection between peace agreement and post conflict development. According to her, the head of district did not pay attention on the result of peace agreement, moreover did not use it as main reference for post conflict development. As a result, there are so many disconnection and inefficient program implementing in post conflict period. She gave me an indicator of failure is increasing fundamentalism in Poso indicating by more Muslim women wearing full body cover, which never been familiar before and during the conflict. Ibu Ani, secretary of muslim woman of Al-Khirat (WIA) added that her neighbor is starting wearing full covered hijab gradually. This situation has become major concern inside Al-Khairat, one of major islamic mass organization in Eastern Indonesia.
If we look at the ten agenda many of them are implementing well or event just ignored by the development. Partly, because the Pokja (working group or Commission) who supposed to implement the ten agreement has been ignored and dis-functioned since the beginning, therefore there is no monitoring by the Pokja. Moreover, the members of Pokja are now active in their own organization and focus on implementing organizational program. "Why dont you try to reactivate the Pokja?", i asked curiously to Ibu Ruwaidah. She said that it is too political because government and rivalry group may read differently.
The possible way to do is to ensure that element of reconciliation in the development agenda in post conflict area has to be highlight strongly. Because the elite may have open minded perspective right now, but people at grass root level has strong prejudice against different religion. One of Muslim women in Malei Lage, where AMAN Indonesia has been working on increasing women's participation in peacebuilding, is still hesitate drinking or eating food from the christian family. I am sure that it is because of the influence of fundamentalism inside Aiysiah as Ms. Ruwaidah confirmed. If government pay attention on the content of peace agreement, they will ensure that any movement that indicate to segregate society should consider threat for "negative peace" in Poso. ***
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