EXCLUSIVE: Jose Ramos-Horta, one of East Timor’s historic leaders, is weighing up a bid to return to the presidency of the country in next year’s elections timor ChrisBarrett_
, is a former prime minister and president of south-east Asia’s newest nation.
It is now in opposition after its blocking of the government’s budget last year triggered a political impasse and reconfiguration of the multi-party ruling alliance in Dili. Xanana, 75, has sparked controversy away from politics over the past year with his public support of Richard Daschbach, a defrocked American priestFormer East Timor president Xanana Gusmåo offers a show of support for Daschbach outside court.The long-awaited verdict in Daschbach’s trial is due to be handed down on Wednesday and Ramos-Horta said Xanana had been “very supportive of the presumption of innocence”.“He understands the controversy.
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