Jakarta – A number of noted Acehnese figures urged the government on Wednesday to reopen dialog with the Free Aceh Movement to help settle the prolonged conflict amicably.

"Dialogs are tiring, time consuming and a large amount of funds is needed, but that is the only appropriate means to settle the conflict, diligently and judiciously in a civilized way," Ghazali Abas, one of the figures, said.

The former legislator said that extension of the civil emergency in the restless province would only lengthen the list of failures on the part of the government in handling the conflicts which have taken place for decades.

The sign of the government's failure could be seen from the increasing number of local people who had become poorer, he said, adding that more civilians, soldiers and GAM members were killed.

Moreover, corruption was also becoming uncontrollably rampant, thereby depleting the government's funds for handling the conflict, he added.

In a related development President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to make his first visit later this week to Aceh where Indonesian troops are involved in a major campaign against rebels.

Susilo's scheduled trip would coincide with the revocation on Tuesday of travel restrictions on three additional districts in Aceh by civil emergency administrator Bachrumsyah Kasman.