Separatist rebels in Aceh have accused the Indonesian government of violating an already fragile peace agreement by strengthening its troops in the province.
"It is deplorable that while people are considering how to settle the conflict of sovereignty between the state of Aceh and the colonialist Repbulic of Indonesia, Jakarta is reinforcing its fighting troops," said Free Aceh Movement (GAM) military spokesman Sofyan Dawod.
"On one side they say they continue to respect the COHA but the Republic of Indonesia is also very significantly reinforcing its troops, which of course runs against the COHA," Dawod said in a statement.
The Cessation of Hostilities Agreement was signed in Geneva on December 9 but is close to collapse. Jakarta has given GAM until next week to accept its terms for a meeting aimed at saving the deal but the rebels say they will ignore the deadline.
The government says the rebels must abandon their push for independence and must start disarming. Otherwise it has threatened military action to settle the conflict, which has been going on since 1976 and has claimed an estimated 10,000 lives.
Indonesia has sent 1,200 servicemen to Aceh to take part in a "humanitarian operation" to repair public facilities. Thousands more troops and fighter aircraaft are being readied outside Aceh for any new offensive. Police have 12,000 men and the armed forces another 23,000 in the province already, according to media reports. Civilians rather than fighters have always borne the brunt of casualties.
Several analysts say elements in both the military and GAM have no interest in peace because they make too much money from illegal logging, marijuana, extorting money from travellers and "protecting" local businesses.
GAM has told the government it is willing to hold talks after May 12 in Switzerland. Jakarta has said any meeting must be inside Indonesia before then. Rebel spokesman Dawod said threats of military operations are nothing new for Acehnese.
"For the time being, even though Jakarta has already sounded the drums of war, the Acehnese National Forces and the people of Aceh do not yet feel the need to unsheath their rencong," Dawod said referring to the traditional Acehnese dagger.