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Kalla questions curfew in Banda Aceh
Vice President Jusuf Kalla asked the Banda Aceh municipal administration to review the imposition of a curfew on women in the city
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Vice President Jusuf Kalla asked the Banda Aceh municipal administration to review the imposition of a curfew on women in the city.
'Of course Aceh has its authority in dealing with its domestic affairs under the Special Autonomy Law. But what is the urgency to impose the curfew?' he said on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of an Indonesian Ulema Association (MUI) meeting in Tegal, Central Java, on Monday.
'We cannot just assume that women encounter trouble at night. This assumption should be taken into consideration. Acehnese society has to be smart in managing itself and it should be wise in managing this,' he said.
The curfew, which was issued by Banda Aceh Mayor Illiza Sa'aduddin, took effect on June 6 and aimed to minimize violence against women, limiting the activities of women employed in textile, recreation and entertainment centers to 11:00 p.m. (rms)(++++)
