East Timor counts votes, hopes to break impasse

By Associated Press

May 23, 2023 12:14 am

DILI: Vote counting was underway in East Timor's parliamentary election on Sunday, with two former independence fighters considered for the post of prime minister.

Two main political parties — the incumbent Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor, or Fretilin, and the opposition National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT) — are believed to be in a close race for the 65-seat National Parliament. A total of 17 parties were running.

DIRTY FINGER East Timor’s former leader Xanana Gusmao raises his ink-stained finger after voting in the general election in the capital Dili on Sunday, May 21, 2023. AFP PHOTO

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