---------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- ANTARA, Aug 10 1999 E Timor: Former Fretilin Leader Supports Autonomy Package Lisbon, Aug 10 (ANTARA)-Former Fretilin president, Abilio Araujo, said Monday his party, the Timorese Nationalist Party, has been drawing up a campaign to encourage the East Timorese to accept the wide-ranging autonomy package offered by Indonesia. "For the past week, we have been making preparations for a campaign to (convince the) East Timorese to choose the package. It is the best choice for the East Timorese," Araujo told ANTARA here. He said his party has invited East Timorese intellectuals based in the Portuguese island of Acores and in Europe to discuss the matter in a closed-door meeting here Thursday. "Our campaign for autonomy starts on Aug 14 which is in line with the campaign schedule set by the United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET)," he said. The UNAMET schedule has set the voters registration for the ballot from July 16 until Aug 6 in East Timor and until Aug 8 outside the territory. It set the campaign from Aug 14-27, to be capped by a two-day cooling off period before the actual ballot on Aug 30. His party, Araujo said, will launch campaigns for East Timorese living in Dili, Jakarta, Melbourne and Sydney. "I will leave late this week for Jakarta, Dili and Australia (to campaign for Autonomy)," he said. He also welcomed the formation of the special autonomy supporters alliance in East Timor which aims to help the future administration in the former Portuguese colony. The alliance was formed in Dili Monday by 15 political parties. (Fac.U.LPT01/NN02/14:47/int-cl/14:50/ri3/10/08/99 15:52/TB06) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 16 Aug 1999 jam 06:33:16 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
