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Posted:
2018-05-29 05:18:31
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https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/court-says-east-timor-coalition-did-win-vote-20180529-p4zi75.html?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_world
Dili: An East Timor opposition coalition, including a party led by independence hero Xanana Gusmao, won a majority of the seats in the May 12 election, a court has confirmed.
The new ballot was called to end months of deadlock in the country, where there had been a minority government led by Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri since July 2017.
Electoral workers open a ballot box during the vote counting at a polling station following the parliamentary election in Dili, East Timor on May 12.
Photo: APHis party had protested about alleged irregularities during the vote, but the appeal court rejected the complaint.
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The Alliance of Change for Progress (AMP) won 49.6 per cent of the votes, said Deolindo dos Santos, head of East Timor's Court of Appeal.