Fretilin party general-secretary Mari Alkatiri gives a speech to his supporters after general elections in Dili, East Timor on Sunday. (EPA photo)DILI, East Timor (AP) -- East Timor's two main political parties won enough votes in a weekend parliamentary election to form another national unity government but lost ground to opposition forces in a sign of frustration with slow economic progress. Fretilin, or Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor, captured 29.7% of the vote. The vote Saturday was East Timor's first parliamentary election without UN supervision since peacekeepers left in 2012. In the first few years after independence, Fretilin, whose paramilitary arm had waged guerrilla warfare against Indonesia's occupation, was popular enough to form a government alone.

Source: Bangkok Post July 24, 2017 03:22 UTC