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Houses burned in East Timor's latest violence
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 10 - 08 - 2007


East Timor's Fretilin Party was Friday urged to
abide by its pre-poll commitment to accept the outcome of the June 30
general election, pull its supporters into line and form the
opposition in parliament, according to DPA.
The call came after marauding gangs of aggrieved Fretilin
supporters burned hundreds of houses and fought running battles with
the 3,000 international peacekeepers and police drafted in a year
ago.
The foreign troops were brought in when Fretilin leader Mari
Alkatiri was forced to stand down as prime minister after losing
control of South-east Asia's poorest country.
Fretilin this week boycotted the swearing in of former president
Xanana Gusmao as prime minister of the world's newest country.
Fretilin won the most votes of any single party at the polls and
turned the most candidates, but its numbers in parliament were
trumped by a coalition of four parties led by Gusmao.
Alkatiri is refusing to accept the result and has been accused of
fomenting violence.
"Civil disobedience is legal," Alkatiri told Australia's ABC
Radio. "We hope it will not lead to a people-power (uprising), but we
cannot stop the people protesting for their rights."
Some residents in Baucau and Viqueque in the eastern part of the
country where Fretilin is strongest have left their homes and fled to
the hills. There have been more than 50 arrests.
President Jose Ramos Horta, who swore in Gusmao's new government,
urged Fretilin to accept the will of the people and said pro-Fretilin
civil servants should return to work or risk being sacked.
Fretilin saw its share of the vote slide to 29 per cent from its
57 per cent in 2001 and has been unwilling to accept its fall from
power.
In a move intended to further sideline Alkatiri, Gusmao persuaded
former Fretilin powerbroker Jose Guterres to accept the post of
deputy prime minister.
The elevation of Gusmao was a second bitter defeat for Fretilin
after its candidate in May's presidential election was handily beaten
by Gusmao ally Ramos Horta.


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