---------------------------------------------------------- FREE for JOIN Indonesia Daily News Online via EMAIL: go to: http://www.indo-news.com/subscribe.html - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - Please Visit Our Sponsor http://www.indo-news.com/cgi-bin/ads1 ++ Pemilu Online: http://www.indo-news.com/pemilu/ ++ ---------------------------------------------------------- Antara, 28 Juni 1999 Pro- and Anti-Integrationists Told Not To Blame Each Other Jakarta, June 27 (ANTARA) - East Timorese social figure Clementino Dos Reis Amaral expressed hope that the 60 pro-and anti-integrationists who will take part in the three-day plenary meeting on reconciliation among East Timorese (Dare II) starting on Monday would no longer blame each other. "They must produce a good agreement for the future of all the East Timorese people. The time has come for them to have a far- sighted outlook," Amaral said here Sunday. Clementino himself is not among the 60 participants of the meeting initiated by Dili bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo and Baucau bishop Basilio do Nascimento as a follow-up to the first such a meeting held in East Timorese small town of Dare last September. Clementino, who is also the secretary general of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) said the two rival factions should abide by the disarmament accord as part of efforts to restore the life of East Timorese to the peaceful condition free from intimidation. As such, all East Timorese people who are eligible to vote in the direct ballot on the offer of a wide-ranging autonomy scheduled for August could channel their political aspirations well, he said. "The fair result (of the meeting) will benefit all parties... The participants of the meeting must vow that whoever wins the direct ballot, all parties must respect it," he said. Asked if the closed-door meeting held at Sheraton Hotel at the Sukarno-Hatta airport compounds on June 25-30 will yield a political compromise and resolve to form a joint government in the wake of the direct ballot, irrespective of which faction will be the winner, he said:"That's a good thing." "I think that is a good thing... And, in the event of functional sharing, the posts must be shared properly by employing professional people who have a high integrity and good morality, respect human rights and are ready to fight for the fate of the entire East Timorese people," he said. But was pessimistic that the offer of a wide-ranging autonomy agreed upon by Portugal and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on May 5 will be discussed at the plenary meeting. "I think it is rather difficult for the pro-independence group to accept the offer of (wide-ranging) autonomy. On the contrary, it is also rather difficult for the pro-integration group to accept the offer of full independence for East Timor," he said. He suggested the two rival factions fully leave the options to the people of East Timor and the task of East Timorese figures at the plenary meeting is to reach an agreement to respect whatever the result of the direct ballot will be. At the meeting, the United Front for East Timorese Autonomy (UNIF) is represented by 30 of its members: Lopez da Cruz, Armindo Soares Mariano, Domingos Soares, Salvador Soares, Simao de Assuncao, Basilio Araujo, Fransisco Lopes de Carvalho, Mateus Maia, Cancio Carvalho, and Joanico Cesario Belo. Abilio Soares, Joao da Silva Tavares, Rui Lopes, Edmundo da Conceicao de Silva, Florentino Sarmento, Dominggos Policarpo, Januario Moreira, Elias Enes Carceres, Gil Alves, Jose Estevao Soares, Bernardino Mariano Sousa, Tito Batista, Jose Antonio Tavares, Filomeno de Jesus Hornay, Natalino Monteiro, Josefina Barros, Filomeno Lesvaldo Ximenes, Hermenio da Costa, Eurico Gutteres and Nasercia Osorio Soares. Meanwhile, the pro-independence group are represented by Xanana Gusmao, Leandro Isaac, David Ximenes, Frederico Soares, Mariano Sabino, Armandina Gusmao, Manuel Carascalao, Avelino Coelho, Julio Alfaro, Antonio da Costa Gomes, Mario Viegas Carascalao, Olandina Caiero Alves, Jose Ramos Horta, and Fernando de Araujo. Hersio Campos, Henrique Corte Real, Zakarias da Costa, Jose Amancio da Costa, Roque Rodrigues, Lucas da Costa, Domingos de Sousa, Mari Alkatiri, Fransisco Ribeiro, Ines Almeida, Gui Campos, Domingos Alves, Joao Carascalao, Maria Paixao, Jose Luis Guteres and Milena Pires. Former Fretilin president Dr. Abilio Araujo is not included in the list of participants but the meeting's organisers have reportedly invited him as an active observer with the right to vote. (T.NN-03/ND07/21:01/NN01/00:05/INT-NG/00:23/TB06) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 29 Jun 1999 jam 13:23:00 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
