Publication

This Briefing looks at how the upcoming elections are deepening an old rivalry between Governor Irwandi Yusuf, who seeks to run for a second term as an independent candidate, and Partai Aceh, the GAM political party, led by its ex-“prime minister” Malik Mahmud. The Partai Aceh ticket consists of gubernatorial candidate Zaini Abdullah, former GAM “foreign minister” who for 25 years lived in exile in Sweden, and his running mate, former guerrilla commander Muzakkir Manaf.