DILI, East Timor — Three political parties that brought down East Timor’s minority government say they will campaign under one umbrella for new elections due in May. The parties in the grouping, which calls itself the Alliance for Change and Progress, on Friday announced their official lists of candidates. East Timor’s parliament was dissolved in January after a minority government formed last year was unable to get its policy program and budget through parliament. Gusmao said the political developments of the past year showed that parties and leaders needed to work together to serve East Timor, one of the world’s youngest nations and among the poorest in Asia. He returned to East Timor to a hero’s welcome last weekend with thousands of East Timorese lining roads to the country’s international airport.

Source: National Post March 16, 2018 08:48 UTC