East Timorese unrest
Newly installed East Timorese president Jose Ramos Horta earlier this week invited the Xanana Gusmao’s CNRT headed coalition to form a government after recent elections saw the Fretilin party lose their parliamentary majority. Fretilin however won more seats than any other single East Timorese party, and their leader, former president Mari Alkitiri, has argued he has the right to lead the new government. The dispute has once again sparked violence in the capital Dili as international forces struggle to maintain control. Jose Belo is a senior Timorese journalist, and the founder of the national newspaper Tempo Semanal. Bruce Haig is a former senior Australian diplomat on the Indonesian desk and author on East Timor and Indonesian relations. They spoke with the Wire about the current situation in East Timor, the responses and reasons for the current situation.