Subject: LUSA: Indonesia 'Obligated' to Aid Smooth
Transition, Resistance Spokesman Says
From: "Sharon R.A. Scharfe" <pet@web.net>03 FEV 99 - 12:40 East Timor:
Indonesia 'Obligated' to Aid Smooth Transition, Resistance Spokesman Says
Braga, Portugal, Feb. 3 (Lusa) - The Portugal-based representative of the National
Council of Timorese Resistance (CNRT) said Wednesday that Indonesia should not abandon
East Timor abruptly and downplayed the possibility of civil war. Speaking to a national
gathering of Portuguese teachers, Roque Rodrigues said Jakarta had the "obligation of
remaining in Timor, participating in its co-management, until its total
independence." He set aside scenarios of civil war between pro- and anti-independence
groups, claiming that "90 percent of the Timorese favor independence."
"Indonesia must learn with us how to sow the future, because the Indonesians are our
neighbors and neighbors must live together," he added.
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