Devolution may also have helped restore a degree of social harmony in places such as Poso (in Sulawesi) and Ambon (in Maluku) which had been riven by sectarian violence between Muslims and Christians.

• 权力下放也对恢复一些地区的社会和谐起到了一定作用，如苏拉威西（Sulawesi）的波索（Poso）和马鲁古（Maluku）的安汶（Ambon）等遭受穆斯林和基督徒教派暴力冲突蹂躏的地区。