moefakat is a subject named in General Swart, Pacifier of Atjeh (1943) by M. H. du Croo, in connection with the history of Atjeh and the governorship of H. N. A. Swart.
Account in du Croo’s Generaal Swart (1943)
From J. C. Lamster
On method he wrote: “In entirely new districts, consultation was first held with the chiefs and the population. When weighty decisions have to be taken, there is nothing on which the Acehnese sets so much store as on moefakat (deliberation to consensus). The administrator who knows how to make skilful use of this, and who takes the trouble to talk for hours where necessary even with the simplest village man, almost always achieves a good result in the end. Little by little the population itself began to see the advantage of more regulated conditions, of pleasant villages with neatly maintained roads; it began to take pleasure in co-operating in all these improvements.”
From Het Pacificeerende Bestuurswerk 1908-1918
“Administrators and constabulary patrols were unceasingly at work to bring improvement in the condition of the neglected and unhygienic villages. In entirely new districts, consultation was first held with the chiefs and the population. When weighty decisions have to be taken, there is nothing on which the Acehnese sets so much store as on moefakat (deliberation to consensus). The administrator who knows how to make skilful use of this, and who takes the trouble to talk for hours where necessary even with the simplest village man, almost always achieves a good result in the end.”
See Also
- J. C. Lamster
- Het Pacificeerende Bestuurswerk 1908-1918
- H. N. A. Swart
- General Swart, Pacifier of Atjeh (1943)
- Atjeh
Source
Generaal Swart, Pacificator van Atjeh (“General Swart, Pacifier of Atjeh”), by M. H. du Croo, Colonel K.N.I.L. (retired), with the collaboration of H. J. Schmidt, Titular Colonel K.N.I.L. (retired), with a foreword by His Excellency Lieutenant-General K.N.I.L. (retired) G. K. Dijkstra (Maastricht: N.V. Leiter-Nypels, 1943), passim.