Wednesday, May 09, 2007



Timor-Leste votes (again)

The people of East Timor are voting today in the second round of their presidential election, which pits Fretilin's Francisco Guterres against anti-Fretilin candidate José Ramos Horta. Given the results of the first round, in which anti-Fretilin candidates captured 60% of the vote, it seems Ramos Horta will win easily, but we won't know until the ballots are counted. We should have preliminary results sometime on Friday.

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Fretilin are complaining that their election activists have faced daily harrassment from Anzac forces:
http://indymedia.org.nz/newswire/display/72773/index.php
The incursion of armed troops into Fretilin rallies and the buzzing of these rallies with choppers follows an earlier 'holdup' of a Fretilin election convoy by Anzac troops waving guns:
http://readingthemaps.blogspot.com/2007/04/anzacs-against-democracy.html

This blog should support the http://www.nztroopsoutnow.org campaign against the Anzac occupations in Afghanistan, the Solomons and East Timor.

Posted by Anonymous : 5/09/2007 11:00:00 PM