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Timor Est: Ramos-Horta presidente

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He was the founder of the movement for independence of the country, has spent 24 years in exile after the invasion by Indonesia, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1996. Now Jose Ramos-Horta (pictured below) is the new president of East Timor

With more than 70 percent of the vote obtained in the second round on Tuesday, Prime Minister Ramos-Horta takes the place of another for the independence hero and Nobel Nobel, Xanana Gusmao, who has announced its intention to nominate hours at the helm of government. His rival, former rebel leader Francisco Guterres Lu Olo nom de guerre, was the representative of Fretilin, the majority party.

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Those were the first presidential election since the island gained independence from Indonesia in 2002. Ramos-Horta will officially take office on 20 May, the fifth anniversary of independence. International observers invited to monitor the elections have talked about free and democratic consultations, which took place without a hitch - unlike the first round on April 9, marked by a series irregularities which forced the election commission to recount boards .

The first problem to solve for the president is linked to the recent case of rebellion in the army of some soldiers. The current crisis affecting the young republic began in February of last year, when 404 soldiers of the regular army (FDTL) defected under the present discrimination within the armed forces between Loromonu and Lorosae.

Prior had already been clashes between the police, mainly composed of former soldiers of ethnic Loromonu and former Indonesian military, el'FDTL (where the vertices are the majority Lorosae).

The rebels were joined by other civilian dissidents, despite mediation efforts by the authorities in April after the former soldiers protested in Dili.

The event, peaceful at first, degenerated when the military rebels stormed a supermarket supported by unemployed youth. L 'FDTL reacted disproportionately firing on the crowd. The result of the unrest was five dead and about 21,000 people were forced to leave Dili following the destruction caused by the fighting.

The rebels demanded the resignation of then Prime Minister Alkatiri , and the abolition of 'FDTL within 48 hours. In fact, the government refused, trying in vain to treat, hence the rebel troops took to guerrilla warfare. According to sources BBC the rebels are now besieged by the Australian troops in the town of Same, 50 km from the capital Dili. Nevertheless Reinado stated that it " prefer death rather than surrender .

by warnews.it, Tosatti and Siviero