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National scene: Kalla questions curfew in Banda Aceh
Vice President Jusuf Kalla is asking the Banda Aceh municipal administration to review the imposition of a curfew on women in the city
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ice President Jusuf Kalla is asking the Banda Aceh municipal administration to review the imposition of a curfew on women in the city.
'Of course Aceh has the authority to deal with its domestic affairs under the Special Autonomy Law, but what is the urgency to impose the curfew?' he asked on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of an Indonesian Ulema Council (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 as quoted by kompas.com.
The curfew, which was issued by Banda Aceh Mayor Illiza Sa'aduddin, took effect on June 6 and is aimed at minimizing violence against women by limiting the activities of women employed in textile, recreation and entertainment centers to 11:00 p.m.
