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DILI - Timor-Leste’s eighth constitutional government will be inaugurated in parliament on June 13, bringing to an end nine months of political gridlock and an unprecedented dissolved parliament. This week the Court of Appeal passed down an outright victory to the coalition Change for Progress Alliance, or AMP.
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Timor-Leste has held a series of successful and competitive elections in the last year; one for president, and two separate parliamentary elections. The country also has gone through peaceful transfers of power despite experiencing political impasse since July 2017.
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DILI: Former popular Timor-Leste President Taur Matan Ruak looks set to become the eighth Prime Minister of Timor-Leste following a high profile meeting of leaders for the Alliance for Change and Progress (AMP) party on Monday.
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AMP is ready to swear on Mount Ramelau
Artur da Luz
May 30, 2018
DILI: Timor-Leste’s new coalition government will be sworn in at sacred Mount Ramelau, according to a suggestion by Khunto Party Advisor Jose dos Santos Namori Bukar.
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DILI: Out going Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri has called for an end to the targeting of Oecusse street vendors in Dili, amid a spate of violent attacks.
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DILI: People found sharing photos of Muslim people living in Timor-Leste and labeling them as terrorists will be arrested, the head of Timor-Leste’s national police Julio Hornai said on Thursday.
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DILI: Timor-Leste’s top court of appeal has dismissed the Fretilin party’s petition for a recount of votes after losing power in the May 12 general election. Fretilin had called to have votes in four districts recounted after it suffered a heavy swing against it from voters switching to the new…
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Police Identify Suspects in Oecusse Beating
Tomé Amado
May 25, 2018
DILI: Timor-Leste police have identified suspects in the beating of young street vendors from Oecusse in Tasi Tolu last week. Police are hunting for the perpetrators after a spate of alleged attacks on people from Oecusse working in the capital of Dili.
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DILI:Xanana Gusmao has called on Timor-Leste’s President Francisco Lu Olo Guterres to cease his Fretilin party influence, in a bid to end a prolonged political impasse that has stalled parliament since January. A legislative stalemate has dominated Timor-Leste’s politics since a coalition of opposition parties, led by Gusmao and with…
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AMP to Announce New Prime Minister
Jose Sarito Amaral
May 18, 2018
DILI: The Alliance for Change and Progress (AMP) party has distanced itself from setting a date when it will announce its Prime Minister choice, as commentators put it down to a two man race between Xanana Gusmao and Taur Matan Ruak.
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FRETILIN Questions Oecusse Vote Count
INDEPENDENTE
May 16, 2018
DILI:The head of the Fretilin Party has called for an investigation into vote counting in Oecusse after the party saw a large swing against it on Saturday’s parliamentary vote.
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