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ANTARA, Aug 13 1999

E Timor: Bigger Problems If Anti-Integration Camp Wins Ballot,
Says TNI Chief

Jakarta, aug 12 (ANTARA)-East Timor will be facing relatively
bigger problems if the direct balot on its political future is won
by the group that is against integration with Indonesia, Defence
Minister/National Defence Forces (TNI) Chief General Wiranto said
here Thursday.

If the anti Jakarta camp grabs more votes than the pro-integration
group, Indonesian military and police personnel would still be
there for two to three more months to ensure security before the
vote counting results are known and the People's Consultative
Assembly (MPR) makes a decision on the separation of East Timor
from the republic, he said.

But it can happen, the pro-Jakarta loyalists will probably oppose
the decision, said Wiranto, who in the past assigned in East Timor
five times when his military rank was still captain and colonel,
after speaking at a national meeting of SOKSI, a mass organization
affiliated to the Golkar Party here.

Until the end of the 23-day registration period, the UN Mission in
East Timor (UNAMET) noted that 446,666 East Timorese had
registered inside and outside the troubled former Portuguese
colony; 433,576 of them registered at 200 registration posts in
East Timor.

But the final number of registered voters for the ballot will be
announced in Sydney prior to August 18 after verifying all data in
a bid to avoid data duplication, UNAMET spokesman Davis Wimhurst
said in East Timor capital of Dili last Tuesday.

(T.PTU01/NN-03/19:20/INT-AJM-22:15/ri2/22:31)

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