---------------------------------------------------------- Visit Indonesia Daily News Online HomePage: http://www.indo-news.com/ Please Visit Our Sponsor http://www.indo-news.com/cgi-bin/ads1 ---------------------------------------------------------- ANTARA, October 12, 1999 E Timor: MPR URGES UN TO WITHDRAWN AUSSIE TROOPS FROM INTERFET Jakarta, Oct 12 (ANTARA)- Members of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Tuesday urged the government to send a strong protest to the UN Secretary General and demand the withdrawal of the Australian troops from the UN-mandated International Force for East Timor (Interfet) in connection with its raid against Indonesian police post in East Nusa Tenggara on Sunday. Deputy chairperson of Ad Hoc Committee II of the MPR's Working Body, Aisyah Amini, said the Committee read out its official stance in its on-going meeting that discusses the East Timor status. The protest and call for the withdrawal from the Interfet of the Australian contingent, she said, were made in response to the Interfet raid against an Indonesian border post in East Nusa Tenggara (West Timor) which killed a policeman and wounded four others, including a civilian. "What the Interfet has done on Sunday must strongly be protested," the senior politician of the Moslem-backed United Development Party (PPP) said. Amini further said all of the Ad Hoc Committee II members have also formed a special commission to review the result of the August 30 autonomy ballot. However, whether or not the MPR decree number VI/1978 on East Timor integration into the republic will be revoked has yet to be decided, she said. If the MPR decree is finally revoked, Amini said Portugal must firstly eliminate the clause on East Timor, which it still claims as its colony, from its constitution. If the MPR members approved the revocation of the MPR decree number VI/1978, the status of the former Portuguese colony which integrated into Indonesia in 1976, will be a non-self governing territory under the United Nations authority. (T.NN-03/RI1/14:17/ri3/15:14/TB02) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 18 Oct 1999 jam 05:26:01 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
