Pelambang – People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) chairman Amien Rais has said that it would be "useless" to continue depending on the Swiss-based Henry Dunant Center (HDC) in finding a peaceful solution to the prolonged armed conflict in Aceh.

"I have received information that the HDC is a 'trouble-maker'. We should not dump them into the ocean but just say thank you for your readiness to help Aceh," Amien said as quoted by Antara upon arriving here on Saturday. Asking a foreign party to help solve the conflict will only worsen the situation in the country, he added.

The Indonesian government and the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) signed the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement in Geneva on December 9 last year, largely due to the mediation of the HDC.

The government and the GAM however have categorically failed to implement the peace deal fully.

"We should find a solution to the Aceh conflict on our own. The HDC has never sided with Indonesia, only with GAM. Don't forget the HDC chairman is a friend of Hassan Tiro. That is why it is impossible for the HDC to defend us [the government]," the Assembly speaker said.

Native Acehnese Hassan Tiro, the GAM leader, has become a Swedish citizen. GAM has for decades been fighting for an independent state in oil-rich but underdeveloped Aceh.