EAST TIMOR: FRETILIN POLITICAL PARTY ANNIVERSARY

(20 May 2000) English/Nat
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Thousands of East Timorese turned out on Friday to mark the 26th anniversary of the setting up of Fretilin, East Timor's leading political party which led the struggle for independence from Indonesia.
They gathered in Dili's main stadium for a ceremony attended by East Timorese leader Jose Alexandre "Xanana" Gusmao and the U-N's chief administrator, Sergio Vieria de Mello.
The ceremony came at the end of a five-day congress by members of Fretilin which discussed the future of a number of political and non-political organisations in East Timor.
Gusmao and a senior member of the party called on the remaining refugees to return home, saying they did not need to fear retribution from local inhabitants.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"And we managed to start the political education on democracy and peace, tolerance and stability for our country."
SUPER CAPTION: Marii Alkateri, Vice Secretary-General of Fretilin
Many of the refugees who fled to West Timor are believed to be members of the families of pro-Indonesian militiamen who rampaged through East Timor after its voters opted to secede from Indonesia in a U-N sponsored referendum last August.
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