Have you seen any analysis of why he’s not declaring it? All I’ve seen is the “local authorities are handling it capably” claim

I am!

Less urgent than basic needs, but we’re just entering the peak of the coffee harvest, so this will negatively impact the 25%+ of Indonesian arabica coffee grown in Gayo (and now stuck there with no path to market in the foreseeable future), along with the more than 30%+ grown in North Sumatra

Flights are the only way to get supplies in — only one road up to Aceh Tengah and Bener Meriah is passable by foot only. It’s raining again, and commercial flights to the only airport were regularly cancelled for mild fog and rain, though the military prob has higher risk tolerance than Wings Air

This significantly understates the impending gov-made humanitarian disaster unfolding in the Gayo highlands — 400k+ residents. Friends in Takengon report that their families are down to a few days of rice and that local market prices are spiking

True Alpha Energy is calling it a “deck”

The funny thing about this "words matter" argument is that the current situation clearly meets the UN's (or any other) definition of genocide. Whether those defs are unreasonably broad is certainly debatable, but the unwillingness to do that lays bare that those objecting just don't like the vibes