Timor Leste’s citizens cast votes in general election
Voters in Timor Leste went to the polls on May 12 to cast their ballots in the second general election in less than one year of the Southeast Asian nation.
A woman in Timor-Leste casts her vote at a polling station during the election in Dili on May 12 (Photo: EPA-EFE)
Hanoi (VNA) – Voters♒ in Timor Lestewent to the polls on May 12 to cast their ballots in the second generalelection in less than one year of the Southeast Asian nation.
Some 784,000 people haveregistered to vote across 13 municipalities and voters turned out early to casttheir ballot. The voting stations opened at 7.00 (localtime) and was to close at 15:00the same day. Results of the election will be announced next week. Experts haveshowed concern about security of the election as clashes occurred duringelection campaigns between supporters of the RevolutionaryFront for an Independent East Timor, better known as Fretilin, and those of theNational Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT). The Fretilin won the last election held inJuly 2017 by a narrow margin, forcing it to join with a smaller party to form aminority government. The country had suffered a political impasse in recentmonths. In January, Timor Leste’s President FranciscoLu Olo dissolved parliament and called for new elections. After the country gained independence in2002, Timor Leste, a small island nation with 1.2 million people, still facesvarious issues of economy, poverty, embezzlement and oil dependence. Surveys showed that CNRT and Fretilin willgain a majority of votes in this election.-VNA
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A woman in Timor-Leste casts her vote at a polling station during the election in Dili on May 12 (Photo: EPA-EFE) 
