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The spokeperson of the expelled soldiers (more than 1/3 of the total military population), Gastao Salsinha has expressed his disappointment with President Xanana's decision not to intervene in the expulsion decision taken by the F-FDTL headquarters. He stated in an interview that the petition presented by the soldiers has no value, which reinforced the impression that the general population continues to be in an oppressed condition, while the leaders make efforts to help each other.
In the midst of the tension, the Prime Minister, Mari Alkatiri expressed his support on the decision to expel the 591 soldiers stating that he believed the decision was correct and just. His statement was based on the record that the 591 soldiers has been absent from their job for more than two months already.
The tension was aggreviated when the struggle redowned to the Loro sae - Loromono (East vs, West) issue. I dont have any exact idea how it slide down to this issue but it started to divide the nation and its people.
March 25, 2006 a rumor of violence errupted between the lorosae and loromono residence which caused the general public to be frightened. I was on my way home to the Philippines to attend my daughter's graduation when I heared the news that there were 7 persons arrested, 16 houses were attacked with stones and lot of market vendors vacated their kiosks and market activities. The 7 persons were accussed of creating instability in Tasi Tolu, Bairopite and Taibessi. The PNTL (Police) General Commander Paulo de Fatima Martins confirmed that the problems occured due to the East vs. West issue related to the expulsion of the 591 soldiers. He said that it was not the concerned soldiers themselves who caused the disturbance but the groups who were taking advantage of the issue to provoke a situation of instability. It was aggreviated since some people were spreading rumors about massive disturbances. (to be continued)
The spokeperson of the expelled soldiers (more than 1/3 of the total military population), Gastao Salsinha has expressed his disappointment with President Xanana's decision not to intervene in the expulsion decision taken by the F-FDTL headquarters. He stated in an interview that the petition presented by the soldiers has no value, which reinforced the impression that the general population continues to be in an oppressed condition, while the leaders make efforts to help each other.
In the midst of the tension, the Prime Minister, Mari Alkatiri expressed his support on the decision to expel the 591 soldiers stating that he believed the decision was correct and just. His statement was based on the record that the 591 soldiers has been absent from their job for more than two months already.
The tension was aggreviated when the struggle redowned to the Loro sae - Loromono (East vs, West) issue. I dont have any exact idea how it slide down to this issue but it started to divide the nation and its people.
March 25, 2006 a rumor of violence errupted between the lorosae and loromono residence which caused the general public to be frightened. I was on my way home to the Philippines to attend my daughter's graduation when I heared the news that there were 7 persons arrested, 16 houses were attacked with stones and lot of market vendors vacated their kiosks and market activities. The 7 persons were accussed of creating instability in Tasi Tolu, Bairopite and Taibessi. The PNTL (Police) General Commander Paulo de Fatima Martins confirmed that the problems occured due to the East vs. West issue related to the expulsion of the 591 soldiers. He said that it was not the concerned soldiers themselves who caused the disturbance but the groups who were taking advantage of the issue to provoke a situation of instability. It was aggreviated since some people were spreading rumors about massive disturbances. (to be continued)
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