TMR congratulates the people on
elections
Suara Timor Lorosae (cover page)
President of the Republic Taur Matan Ruak (TMR) extended congratulations to the people of Timor-Leste on their participation in the elections.
"Political campaigns and the legislative election were run in peace and the situation is stable; therefore, as president of the republic express congratulation to all the people of the country," said Ruak.
Matan Ruak said that the process of democracy in the country was observed by the international community; he therefore called on the people to strengthen the democratic process in Timor-Leste.
“The people of Timor-Leste are waiting for the maturity of the political parties, especially the political party leaders; this is not the time for defeat. Now all the Timorese people are together to show the international community that Timor-Leste has a fatherly ability to bring this country to a better future,” said Ruak
TMR: the people win the elections
Timor Post (cover page)
President of the Republic Taur Matan Ruak said that some parties won and others lost in the election but the only winners were the Timorese people.
"All the people should know that we have done well and already succeeded in some important events in our country through the end (today) and we will step forward. Therefore we should all be together, so that we can end these events with one mind," said Ruak.
Ruak said that it is important for the people to continue maintaining security and stability in the country, and that people should accept the result of the legislative election because it was the result of people's choice.
CNRT takes lead in Timor-Leste's legislative election
Timornewsline
Xanana Gusmão's Party, CNRT is currently taking the lead in last Saturday’s legislative elections with 172,831 votes or 36.66 %.
The Fretilin Party is in second place with 140,786 or 29, 87%, while the Democratic Party (PD) received 48,581 votes or 10.31% and new party Frenti-Mudança received 14,648 votes or 3.11%.
This will translate into 30 or 31 seats for Gusmão's party, 24 or 25 for Fretilin, eight for the Democratic Party and two for Frenti-Mudança.
No party has won the majority of votes in the elections; therefore a collation is predicted to be set up.
According to Timor Post (9/7), PD Party's Secretary-General Mariano "Asanami" Sabino and Frenti Mudança's President José Luís Guterres have met with CNRT's President Xanana Gusmão, talking about the coalition, but no decision has been yet taken.
Gusmão said that he had not made any decision to form a coalition as the national counting process was not yet finished.
Lu-Olo calls on Fretilin followers to accept election result
Diário Nacional (cover page)
Fretilin Party President Francisco "Lu-Olo" Guterres called on the party's followers to accept the result of the parliamentary election.
Lu-Olo said that Fretilin's followers should accept the result of the elections and should maintain peace and stability within the country.
"This is very important moment to the Timorese people, especially my party's followers to accept the result of the elections," said Lu-Olo.
Monteiro: People should accept election result
Timornewsline
The Timorese National Police (PNTL) Commander Longuinhos Monteiro said that all the people in the country should accept the result of legislative election.
"People should accept the result of election as any parties which will win the election will be the victory of all the Timorese people," said Monteiro.
The commander made the comments on Saturday (7/7) after appearing at Lecidere Polling Centre.
He added that the PNTL would not tolerate the groups which want to create instability in the country because the people of the country want to remain calm.
One PNTL officer killed and another seriously injured in car accident
Diário Nacional (cover page)
A National Police officer was killed in a car accident when escorting ballot boxes from Lolotoe Sub district to Bobonaro District. The accident also left another police officer seriously wounded, said the Bobonaro District Police Commander.
Police officer Arsenio Noronha died and Joao dos Reis was seriously wounded and is now receiving intensive medical treatment at Guido Valadares National Hospital (HNGV) with other victims, said the Commander.
"It is true that our Police Officer Arsenio Noronha died after this fatal accident," said the Commander.
Monteiro: Zero crime in general elections
Timor Post (page 3)
Timorese National Police Commander Longuinhos Monteiro said that no acts of crimes appeared during the legislative election.
Monteiro made the statements based on the observation of PNTL and the United Nations Police in the field and stated that the security situation in the 13 districts was under control on the Election Day.
"PNTL and UN Police observed the general situation in the territory and at all the polling centres, but there has been no problem and the general situation is calm and no impediments appeared at the polling centres," said Monteiro.
CNE to hold national tabulation today
Timor Post (cover page)
The National Election Commission Election (CNE) will hold the national tabulation of ballot papers from the legislative election today.
CNE will hold the national tabulation for 72 hours or three days, based on law No.7/2006.
The ballot papers are tabulated by the staff of the Technical Secretariat for Electoral Administration (STAE) and accompanied by the Electoral United Nations Volunteers, and are secured by the Timorese National Police (PNTL) and UN Police.
Monteiro: Security situation under control
Suara Timor Lorosae (cover page)
Timorese National Police (PNTL) Commander Longuinhos Monteiro said that the security situation was under control on the day of the legislative election.
"Our security situation in the territory of Timor-Leste is under control and remains in a peaceful situation," said Monteiro.
Timor-Leste position in ASEAN has not changed
Suara Timor Lorosae (cover page)
Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Zacarias Albano da Costa said that no change will take place to Timor-Leste's position about joining ASEAN.
"Although, I will not be minister again in the new government, Timor-Leste will keep its position to join ASEAN," said Da Costa.
He said that for five years he had to work hard to take Timor-Leste to join ASEAN; therefore the country should display strong commitment to join ASEAN.
International News
E. Timor PM set to stay in power, coalition likely
Agence France-Presse, 8 July 2012, by Meagan Weymes
DILI — East Timor resistance hero Xanana Gusmão is set for a new term as premier after his party won most seats in parliamentary polls, but will have to form a coalition, preliminary results showed Sunday.
His centre-left National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT) was expected to take 31 of the 65 seats in parliament, just two shy of the absolute majority needed to govern alone, the electoral administration said.
The results set the stage for negotiations to form a coalition, amid concerns that drawn-out, post-election wrangling could reignite violence in the energy-rich but deeply poor state.
The vote is a key test for the fragile democracy, which celebrated a decade of formal independence in May, and is also likely to determine whether the UN will pull out their peacekeepers by the end of the year, as planned.
The main opposition left-wing Fretilin party was expected to take 24 seats, Saturnino Babo, spokesman of the Timorese Technical Secretariat for Election Administration (STAE), told AFP.
The Democratic Party (PD), a member of the current ruling coalition would take eight seats, while Frente-Mudanca will get two, he said.
The tally was based on a provisional count of 100 percent of ballots but a final official result was not expected for several days.
PD vice president Lurdes Bessa said talks about forming a coalition with the CNRT had already begun, adding her party was likely to support 66-year-old Gusmão, a hero of East Timor's struggle against Indonesian occupation.
"Discussions started just last night, the contact has been initiated but it's going to be very difficult to make a decision," she said, but added that "I think PD will end up supporting Xanana."
Commenting on how long negotiations could last, she added "it should happen pretty quickly, probably over the next couple of days".
Wrangling over a coalition generated weeks of tensions after the 2007 elections.
Gusmão was thrust into the world of politics after his landslide victory in the 2002 presidential election.
The United Nations sees the polls -- and their aftermath -- as the last big test that will decide whether its remaining 1,300 peacekeepers and other security staff can withdraw as planned within six months.
Its Integrated Mission in East Timor (UNMIT) -- with a total current military, police and civilian force of about 3,000 -- was deployed in 2006 with a mandate to restore security after a political crisis in which dozens were killed and tens of thousands displaced.
Presidential polls that were held over two rounds in March and April passed off peacefully, and there has been no major violence linked to the parliamentary polls.
In the last legislative elections in 2007, the CNRT won three fewer seats than Fretilin, but Gusmão's party won out in the post-election horse-trading to lead a coalition government with three smaller parties.
According to the provisional results from Saturday's vote CNRT had won 36.6 percent of the vote, Fretilin was in second place with 29.8 percent and PD took 10.3 percent.
Following the end of Portuguese rule in 1975, East Timor was occupied by Indonesia for 24 years. Some 183,000 people died from fighting, disease and starvation before the half-island state voted for independence in 1999.
The country has offshore fields of oil and natural gas and its Petroleum Fund has swelled to $10 billion, but half the 1.1 million people are officially classified as living in poverty.
"The biggest risk is poverty," President Tamar Matan Ruak, who has backed the CNRT, said Saturday after casting his vote. He beat Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta in the recent presidential polls.
CNRT campaigned on a platform of longer-term investment on major infrastructure projects such as roads, electricity and water.
Fretilin, which is synonymous with the pro-independence struggle, pledged to spend oil revenues to lift income and education levels.
East Timor PM's party wins parliamentary election: provisional result
Reuters, 8 July 2012, by Tito Belo
DILI - The party of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão has won East Timor's parliamentary election, but was short of a majority, provisional results showed on Sunday, raising the prospect of a coalition government in Asia's youngest nation.
With all the ballots counted from Saturday's poll, the National Council of Timorese Resistance (CNRT) party led by Gusmão, a former guerrilla leader, had 36.7 percent of the vote, election commission official Tomas Cabral said.
The opposition Fretilin Party, also a key player in securing independence from Indonesia, scored 29.9 percent. The Democratic Party lay third with 10.3 percent, placing it in a key position in any bid to form a government.
"The result makes us even more curious about who would form the government," said Antonio dos Reis, a veteran independence fighter. "But for me, these parties should unite and form a united government so that we can start developing this country."
With negotiations on a coalition almost certainly ahead, voters huddled around radios to hear the latest tallies, while many followed results posted on Facebook and Twitter.
"What we will see in the next two or three weeks is a lot of discussion between CNRT and the Fretilin about the potential arrangements for the foundation of the government," said Silas Everett, country representative for the Asia Foundation.
"The discussions will probably result in either a coalition or a minority government."
The CNRT based its platform on seeking foreign loans to build infrastructure in one of Asia's poorest country with high youth unemployment. Fretilin opposes resorting to loans.
However, Everett said that if the parties could bridge their differences, the resulting coalition would produce a more stable government able to proceed with economic development.
CNRT is open for talks following the result announcement, said Dionisio Babo Soares, the party's secretary general.
The party targeted to win 44 seats but would only get around 30 of the 65-seat parliament based on the result.
Official results are expected on July 17. The government has said a new administration will be formed by August 8.
Indonesia invaded East Timor, a former Portuguese colony occupying half an island at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago, in 1975.
It spent decades trying to crush opposition to its rule before the territory won independence following a U.N. sponsored referendum. A U.N. mission promoting stability remains to this day.
East Timor has enjoyed stability and peace in the past five years, following a factional conflict in 2006 and attempts to assassinate then-president Jose Ramos-Horta and Gusmão in 2008.
The United Nations, which has said its mission will end in December, lauded Saturday's election as peaceful and orderly.
Timor-Leste election results in hung parliament
The Guardian (UK), 8 July 2012
Ruling party of Xanana Gusmao has the most votes in East Timor election but faces coalition or minority government
The ruling party in Timor-Leste has fallen short of a parliamentary majority, raising the prospect of a coalition government in Asia's youngest nation, also known as East Timor.
With all the ballots counted from the weekend poll, the National Council of Timorese Resistance party (CNRT) led by Xanana Gusmao, a former guerrilla leader who beca,e prime minister, had 36.7% of the vote, election commission official Tomas Cabral said.
The opposition Fretilin party, also a key player in securing independence from Indonesia, scored 29.9%. The Democratic party lay third with 10.3%, placing it in a key position in any bid to form a government.
"The result makes us even more curious about who would form the government," said Antonio dos Reis, a veteran independence fighter. "But for me these parties should unite and form a united government so that we can start developing this country."
Silas Everett, country representative for the Asia Foundation, said: "What we will see in the next two or three weeks is a lot of discussion between CNRT and the Fretilin about the potential arrangements for the foundation of the government.
"The discussions will probably result in either a coalition or a minority government."
The CNRT based its platform on seeking foreign loans to build infrastructure. Timor-Leste is one of Asia's poorest countries and youth unemployment is high. Fretilin opposes resorting to loans.
Everett said that if the parties could bridge their differences the resulting coalition would produce a more stable government able to proceed with economic development.
CNRT was open for talks following the result announcement, said Dionisio Babo Soares, the party's secretary general. It had aimed to win 44 seats but would only get around 30 out of the 65-seat parliament based on the result.
Official results are expected on 17 July. The government has said a new administration will be formed by 8 August.
Indonesia invaded Timor-Leste in 1975. It spent decades trying to crush opposition to its rule before the territory won independence following a UN-sponsored referendum. A UN mission promoting stability remains to this day.
Timor-Leste has enjoyed stability and peace in the past five years, following a factional conflict in 2006 and attempts to assassinate the then president Jose Ramos-Horta and Gusmao in 2008.
The UN, which is aiming to end its mission in December, said the weekend elections were peaceful and orderly.
Suara Timor Lorosae (cover page)
President of the Republic Taur Matan Ruak (TMR) extended congratulations to the people of Timor-Leste on their participation in the elections.
"Political campaigns and the legislative election were run in peace and the situation is stable; therefore, as president of the republic express congratulation to all the people of the country," said Ruak.
Matan Ruak said that the process of democracy in the country was observed by the international community; he therefore called on the people to strengthen the democratic process in Timor-Leste.
“The people of Timor-Leste are waiting for the maturity of the political parties, especially the political party leaders; this is not the time for defeat. Now all the Timorese people are together to show the international community that Timor-Leste has a fatherly ability to bring this country to a better future,” said Ruak
TMR: the people win the elections
Timor Post (cover page)
President of the Republic Taur Matan Ruak said that some parties won and others lost in the election but the only winners were the Timorese people.
"All the people should know that we have done well and already succeeded in some important events in our country through the end (today) and we will step forward. Therefore we should all be together, so that we can end these events with one mind," said Ruak.
Ruak said that it is important for the people to continue maintaining security and stability in the country, and that people should accept the result of the legislative election because it was the result of people's choice.
CNRT takes lead in Timor-Leste's legislative election
Timornewsline
Xanana Gusmão's Party, CNRT is currently taking the lead in last Saturday’s legislative elections with 172,831 votes or 36.66 %.
The Fretilin Party is in second place with 140,786 or 29, 87%, while the Democratic Party (PD) received 48,581 votes or 10.31% and new party Frenti-Mudança received 14,648 votes or 3.11%.
This will translate into 30 or 31 seats for Gusmão's party, 24 or 25 for Fretilin, eight for the Democratic Party and two for Frenti-Mudança.
No party has won the majority of votes in the elections; therefore a collation is predicted to be set up.
According to Timor Post (9/7), PD Party's Secretary-General Mariano "Asanami" Sabino and Frenti Mudança's President José Luís Guterres have met with CNRT's President Xanana Gusmão, talking about the coalition, but no decision has been yet taken.
Gusmão said that he had not made any decision to form a coalition as the national counting process was not yet finished.
Lu-Olo calls on Fretilin followers to accept election result
Diário Nacional (cover page)
Fretilin Party President Francisco "Lu-Olo" Guterres called on the party's followers to accept the result of the parliamentary election.
Lu-Olo said that Fretilin's followers should accept the result of the elections and should maintain peace and stability within the country.
"This is very important moment to the Timorese people, especially my party's followers to accept the result of the elections," said Lu-Olo.
Monteiro: People should accept election result
Timornewsline
The Timorese National Police (PNTL) Commander Longuinhos Monteiro said that all the people in the country should accept the result of legislative election.
"People should accept the result of election as any parties which will win the election will be the victory of all the Timorese people," said Monteiro.
The commander made the comments on Saturday (7/7) after appearing at Lecidere Polling Centre.
He added that the PNTL would not tolerate the groups which want to create instability in the country because the people of the country want to remain calm.
One PNTL officer killed and another seriously injured in car accident
Diário Nacional (cover page)
A National Police officer was killed in a car accident when escorting ballot boxes from Lolotoe Sub district to Bobonaro District. The accident also left another police officer seriously wounded, said the Bobonaro District Police Commander.
Police officer Arsenio Noronha died and Joao dos Reis was seriously wounded and is now receiving intensive medical treatment at Guido Valadares National Hospital (HNGV) with other victims, said the Commander.
"It is true that our Police Officer Arsenio Noronha died after this fatal accident," said the Commander.
Monteiro: Zero crime in general elections
Timor Post (page 3)
Timorese National Police Commander Longuinhos Monteiro said that no acts of crimes appeared during the legislative election.
Monteiro made the statements based on the observation of PNTL and the United Nations Police in the field and stated that the security situation in the 13 districts was under control on the Election Day.
"PNTL and UN Police observed the general situation in the territory and at all the polling centres, but there has been no problem and the general situation is calm and no impediments appeared at the polling centres," said Monteiro.
CNE to hold national tabulation today
Timor Post (cover page)
The National Election Commission Election (CNE) will hold the national tabulation of ballot papers from the legislative election today.
CNE will hold the national tabulation for 72 hours or three days, based on law No.7/2006.
The ballot papers are tabulated by the staff of the Technical Secretariat for Electoral Administration (STAE) and accompanied by the Electoral United Nations Volunteers, and are secured by the Timorese National Police (PNTL) and UN Police.
Monteiro: Security situation under control
Suara Timor Lorosae (cover page)
Timorese National Police (PNTL) Commander Longuinhos Monteiro said that the security situation was under control on the day of the legislative election.
"Our security situation in the territory of Timor-Leste is under control and remains in a peaceful situation," said Monteiro.
Timor-Leste position in ASEAN has not changed
Suara Timor Lorosae (cover page)
Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Zacarias Albano da Costa said that no change will take place to Timor-Leste's position about joining ASEAN.
"Although, I will not be minister again in the new government, Timor-Leste will keep its position to join ASEAN," said Da Costa.
He said that for five years he had to work hard to take Timor-Leste to join ASEAN; therefore the country should display strong commitment to join ASEAN.
International News
E. Timor PM set to stay in power, coalition likely
Agence France-Presse, 8 July 2012, by Meagan Weymes
DILI — East Timor resistance hero Xanana Gusmão is set for a new term as premier after his party won most seats in parliamentary polls, but will have to form a coalition, preliminary results showed Sunday.
His centre-left National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT) was expected to take 31 of the 65 seats in parliament, just two shy of the absolute majority needed to govern alone, the electoral administration said.
The results set the stage for negotiations to form a coalition, amid concerns that drawn-out, post-election wrangling could reignite violence in the energy-rich but deeply poor state.
The vote is a key test for the fragile democracy, which celebrated a decade of formal independence in May, and is also likely to determine whether the UN will pull out their peacekeepers by the end of the year, as planned.
The main opposition left-wing Fretilin party was expected to take 24 seats, Saturnino Babo, spokesman of the Timorese Technical Secretariat for Election Administration (STAE), told AFP.
The Democratic Party (PD), a member of the current ruling coalition would take eight seats, while Frente-Mudanca will get two, he said.
The tally was based on a provisional count of 100 percent of ballots but a final official result was not expected for several days.
PD vice president Lurdes Bessa said talks about forming a coalition with the CNRT had already begun, adding her party was likely to support 66-year-old Gusmão, a hero of East Timor's struggle against Indonesian occupation.
"Discussions started just last night, the contact has been initiated but it's going to be very difficult to make a decision," she said, but added that "I think PD will end up supporting Xanana."
Commenting on how long negotiations could last, she added "it should happen pretty quickly, probably over the next couple of days".
Wrangling over a coalition generated weeks of tensions after the 2007 elections.
Gusmão was thrust into the world of politics after his landslide victory in the 2002 presidential election.
The United Nations sees the polls -- and their aftermath -- as the last big test that will decide whether its remaining 1,300 peacekeepers and other security staff can withdraw as planned within six months.
Its Integrated Mission in East Timor (UNMIT) -- with a total current military, police and civilian force of about 3,000 -- was deployed in 2006 with a mandate to restore security after a political crisis in which dozens were killed and tens of thousands displaced.
Presidential polls that were held over two rounds in March and April passed off peacefully, and there has been no major violence linked to the parliamentary polls.
In the last legislative elections in 2007, the CNRT won three fewer seats than Fretilin, but Gusmão's party won out in the post-election horse-trading to lead a coalition government with three smaller parties.
According to the provisional results from Saturday's vote CNRT had won 36.6 percent of the vote, Fretilin was in second place with 29.8 percent and PD took 10.3 percent.
Following the end of Portuguese rule in 1975, East Timor was occupied by Indonesia for 24 years. Some 183,000 people died from fighting, disease and starvation before the half-island state voted for independence in 1999.
The country has offshore fields of oil and natural gas and its Petroleum Fund has swelled to $10 billion, but half the 1.1 million people are officially classified as living in poverty.
"The biggest risk is poverty," President Tamar Matan Ruak, who has backed the CNRT, said Saturday after casting his vote. He beat Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta in the recent presidential polls.
CNRT campaigned on a platform of longer-term investment on major infrastructure projects such as roads, electricity and water.
Fretilin, which is synonymous with the pro-independence struggle, pledged to spend oil revenues to lift income and education levels.
East Timor PM's party wins parliamentary election: provisional result
Reuters, 8 July 2012, by Tito Belo
DILI - The party of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão has won East Timor's parliamentary election, but was short of a majority, provisional results showed on Sunday, raising the prospect of a coalition government in Asia's youngest nation.
With all the ballots counted from Saturday's poll, the National Council of Timorese Resistance (CNRT) party led by Gusmão, a former guerrilla leader, had 36.7 percent of the vote, election commission official Tomas Cabral said.
The opposition Fretilin Party, also a key player in securing independence from Indonesia, scored 29.9 percent. The Democratic Party lay third with 10.3 percent, placing it in a key position in any bid to form a government.
"The result makes us even more curious about who would form the government," said Antonio dos Reis, a veteran independence fighter. "But for me, these parties should unite and form a united government so that we can start developing this country."
With negotiations on a coalition almost certainly ahead, voters huddled around radios to hear the latest tallies, while many followed results posted on Facebook and Twitter.
"What we will see in the next two or three weeks is a lot of discussion between CNRT and the Fretilin about the potential arrangements for the foundation of the government," said Silas Everett, country representative for the Asia Foundation.
"The discussions will probably result in either a coalition or a minority government."
The CNRT based its platform on seeking foreign loans to build infrastructure in one of Asia's poorest country with high youth unemployment. Fretilin opposes resorting to loans.
However, Everett said that if the parties could bridge their differences, the resulting coalition would produce a more stable government able to proceed with economic development.
CNRT is open for talks following the result announcement, said Dionisio Babo Soares, the party's secretary general.
The party targeted to win 44 seats but would only get around 30 of the 65-seat parliament based on the result.
Official results are expected on July 17. The government has said a new administration will be formed by August 8.
Indonesia invaded East Timor, a former Portuguese colony occupying half an island at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago, in 1975.
It spent decades trying to crush opposition to its rule before the territory won independence following a U.N. sponsored referendum. A U.N. mission promoting stability remains to this day.
East Timor has enjoyed stability and peace in the past five years, following a factional conflict in 2006 and attempts to assassinate then-president Jose Ramos-Horta and Gusmão in 2008.
The United Nations, which has said its mission will end in December, lauded Saturday's election as peaceful and orderly.
Timor-Leste election results in hung parliament
The Guardian (UK), 8 July 2012
Ruling party of Xanana Gusmao has the most votes in East Timor election but faces coalition or minority government
The ruling party in Timor-Leste has fallen short of a parliamentary majority, raising the prospect of a coalition government in Asia's youngest nation, also known as East Timor.
With all the ballots counted from the weekend poll, the National Council of Timorese Resistance party (CNRT) led by Xanana Gusmao, a former guerrilla leader who beca,e prime minister, had 36.7% of the vote, election commission official Tomas Cabral said.
The opposition Fretilin party, also a key player in securing independence from Indonesia, scored 29.9%. The Democratic party lay third with 10.3%, placing it in a key position in any bid to form a government.
"The result makes us even more curious about who would form the government," said Antonio dos Reis, a veteran independence fighter. "But for me these parties should unite and form a united government so that we can start developing this country."
Silas Everett, country representative for the Asia Foundation, said: "What we will see in the next two or three weeks is a lot of discussion between CNRT and the Fretilin about the potential arrangements for the foundation of the government.
"The discussions will probably result in either a coalition or a minority government."
The CNRT based its platform on seeking foreign loans to build infrastructure. Timor-Leste is one of Asia's poorest countries and youth unemployment is high. Fretilin opposes resorting to loans.
Everett said that if the parties could bridge their differences the resulting coalition would produce a more stable government able to proceed with economic development.
CNRT was open for talks following the result announcement, said Dionisio Babo Soares, the party's secretary general. It had aimed to win 44 seats but would only get around 30 out of the 65-seat parliament based on the result.
Official results are expected on 17 July. The government has said a new administration will be formed by 8 August.
Indonesia invaded Timor-Leste in 1975. It spent decades trying to crush opposition to its rule before the territory won independence following a UN-sponsored referendum. A UN mission promoting stability remains to this day.
Timor-Leste has enjoyed stability and peace in the past five years, following a factional conflict in 2006 and attempts to assassinate the then president Jose Ramos-Horta and Gusmao in 2008.
The UN, which is aiming to end its mission in December, said the weekend elections were peaceful and orderly.
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