| Social
Democrats say no to government of national unity AdnKronos International July 19, 2007 Denpasar [Indonesia] - In the wake of East Timor's inconclusive elections, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) has said it has no interest in joining a government of national unity. |
| Wobbly
democracy for East Timor Asia Times July 11, 2007 Dili - Democracy is taking hold in East Timor, but the inconclusive result of recent parliamentary elections is raising the spectre of new political confrontation rather than resolution. |
| Fretilin
threatens legal battle The South China Morning Post July 10, 2007 Dili - The fate of East Timor's next government could be decided by a judge, with Fretilin arguing it has the constitutional right to appoint the prime minister. |
| Appeal
for unity after East Timor poll split The South China Morning Post July 6, 2007 Dili - East Timor's president yesterday called for a government of national unity following inconclusive elections in the tiny nation, saying he feared that a coalition that did not include all major parties would collapse after several months. |
| Minnow
could be key to Gusmao's future The South China Morning Post July 4, 2007 Dili - With about half the vote counted in East Timor's parliamentary elections, the crucial role of the minor parties has become clearer - and the head of the small Democrat Party is emerging as the potential key to Xanana Gusmao's future. |
| East
Timor observers cheer smooth elections but fear trouble ahead The South China Morning Post July 2, 2007 Dili - East Timor has emerged unscathed from what many feared would be an election day marred by violence - but as vote counting got under way yesterday, many feared the most dangerous part of the electoral process was still ahead. |
| East
Timor needs fresh faces at helm: bishop The South China Morning Post June 30, 2007 Dili - As East Timorese vote for a new parliament and pundits predict a close race between the country's historic leaders, the outspoken Bishop of Dili slams the old guard and calls for a generational change at the top of the political echelon. |
| Challenger
blames old leaders for violence The South China Morning Post June 30, 2007 Dili - Fernanda Borges, 38, is not the conventional East Timorese politician. In a country impregnated with machismo and where the wounds from the 24-year war for independence from Indonesia still have not healed, the Australia-educated economist is striving to offer an alternative. |
| Hopes
dim for political peace in E Timor The South China Morning Post June 29, 2007 Dili - East Timor's two main parties keep blaming each other for last year's chaos and refuse even to contemplate working together under the current leadership. |
| East
Timor divided over how to spend badly needed oil revenue The South China Morning Post June 28, 2007 Dili - As Saturday's first post-independence parliamentary vote approaches, East Timor's main parties are at loggerheads over what to do with the money put aside in the Petroleum Fund, a US Federal Reserve account in which the country has saved more than US$1.4 billion since September 2005. |
| Faith,
hope and charity The South China Morning Post June 26, 2007 Dili - East Timorese lose heart as leaders put point-scoring above poverty reduction on the campaign trail. |
| Indonesia-East
Timor: NGOs call for closure of 'not-credible' Truth Commission AdnKronos International May 25, 2007 Denpasar [Indonesia] - A coalition of human rights groups have called on Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta to close the bilateral Commission for Truth and Friendship (CTF), because it is "not-credible." |
| Calm
returns ahead of Horta swearing in AdnKronos International May 18, 2007 Denpasar [Indonesia]/Dili - After days of scattered clashes, a semblance of calm has returned to Dili where Jose Ramos-Horta is due to be sworn in as the second president of the tiny state in a ceremony on Sunday. |
| We
want peace, people say ahead of presidential runoff AdnKronos International May 7, 2007 Denpasar [Indonesia]/Dili- As East Timor's presidential runoff draws nearer, the citizens of the tiny Southeast Asian nation are split as who to vote for, but are united in a communal wish for peace. |
| Catholic
election official should be sacked, says observer AdnKronos International April 17, 2007 Denpasar [Indonesia] -The Catholic church's representative in East Timor's electoral commission, Martinho Gusmao, is biased and should be removed from his position, according to Damien Kingsbury, an Australian academic and expert on East Timor. |
| Horta
leads but run-off likely AdnKronos International April 10, 2007 Denpasar [Indonesia]/Dili -East Timor's current prime minister and Noble Peace Prize winner, Jose Ramos-Horta, is leading the country's first post-independence presidential race. But the final result is far from certain and a run-off looks likely. |
| Politics
and poverty The South China Morning Post April 7, 2007 Denpasar [Indonesia] - Hopes rest firmly on East Timor's first post-independence elections to restore stability to a country riven by despair and lawlessness. |
| Presidential
candidates should uphold human rights, watchdog says AdnKronos International April 4, 2007 Denpasar [Indonesia] - Candidates in East Timor's presidential election on April 9 should commit to addressing the country's human rights problems and propose needed institutional reforms, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. |
| PM
likely new president says expert AdnKronos International February 28, 2007 Denpasar [Indonesia] - Former prime minister Mari Alkatiri is out of the running, and the current prime minister will likely be the new president, thus swapping roles with Xanana Gusmao who could head the government. This is what Damien Kingsbury, an Australian academic and expert on East Timor, thinks. |
| Leaders
order hunt for renegade major AdnKronos International February 27, 2007 Denpasar [Indonesia]/Dil i- East Timor's prime minister Jose Ramos-Horta, and president Xanana Gusmao have confirmed that the time for talks is over and that a military operation is underway to arrest fugitive Major Alfredo Reinado, who is accused of an attack on a military post during the weekend. |
| Indonesia-East
Timor: Truth Commission on 1999 massacre opens AdnKronos International February 19, 2007 Denpasar [Indonesia] - Former Indonesian foreign minister Ali Alatas was the first witness to appear in front of the Indonesia-East Timor Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF), which convened on the Indonesian island of Bali on Monday. |
| Former
PM says he's been found innocent AdnKronos International February 5, 2007 Denpasar [Indonesia]/Dili - Former prime minister of East Timor, Mari Alkatiri, has said that he has been cleared of any wrongdoing in regards to his alleged involvement in arming a civilian militia in the small Southeast Asian country. |
| We
should blame ourselves and not Australians, says PM AdnKronos International October 31, 2006 Denpasar [Indonesia]/Dili - As the debate about the conduct of Australian troops in East Timor escalates, prime minister Jose Ramos-Horta said that the problem lies with the East Timorese who are unable to resolve their own crisis. |
| Deadly
clashes terrorise residents AdnKronos International October 26, 2006 Denpasar [Indonesia]/Dili - Residents of a village involved in ethnic fighting in East Timor, talk of fear, as the death toll has mounted since the latest outbreak of violence on Tuesday. |
| People
should receive UN report calmly, says UN envoy AdnKronos International October 12, 2006 Denpasar [Indonesia]/Dili - The United Nation urged the people of East Timor to receive the final report of the UN Independent Special Commission of Inquiry, calmly and "with an open heart". |
| New
premier sworn in AdnKronos International July 10, 2006 Denpasar [Indonesia] - After a brief ceremony at the presidential palace on Monday, Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta was sworn in as East Timor's new prime minister. |
| Analysts
upbeat at PM's resignation AdnKronos International June 29, 2006 Denpasar [Indonesia] - Political analysts believe that Alkatiri's departure is a positive development. |
| Prime
minister may quit as requested by president AdnKronos International June 21, 2006 Denpasar [Indonesia] - East Timor prime minister Mari Alkatiri is "ready" to comply with a call for him to resign made by the country's president Xanana Gusmao, but not before consulting with his political allies, a source close to the premier said. |
| Warrant
issued for ex-interior minister AdnKronos International June 20, 2006 Denpasar [Indonesia] - East Timor's chief prosecutor Longuinhos Monteiro has issued an arrest warrant for former interior minister Rogerio Lobato for allegedly having provided weapons to civilians, UN sources revealed on Tuesday. |
| President
will not push prime minister to step down AdnKronos International June 14, 2006 Denpasar [Indonesia] - East Timor president Xanana Gusmao will not try to dismiss prime minister Mari Alkatiri, whom most of analysts and various members of the local political establishment blame for the present crisis. |
| Australian
troops arrive in bid to end clashes AdnKronos International May 26, 2006 Denpasar [Indonesia] - The situation in East Timor appeared critical on Thursday as the first units of a 1,300-strong Australian contingent arrived on the island in a bid to avoid it to slide into civil war. |
| Pro-Jakarta
militia leader jailed as violence erupts in Dili AdnKronos International May 4, 2006 Denpasar [Indonesia] - Former East Timor militia leader Eurico Guterres will begin serving a 10-year jail sentence for human rights abuses soon, after the Indonesian Supreme Court rejected his appeal. The news of his prison term came after the worst week of violence in the brief history of the former Indonesian colony. |