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Timor-Leste Opposition’s Election Win Heralds Political Stability

The BGA Timor-Leste Team, led by Senior Adviser Amb. Ian Kemish, recently wrote an update on the parliamentary elections in Timor-Leste. Context Timor-Leste’s voters went to the polls May 21 in a pivotal parliamentary election that saw longtime competitors and resistance-era icons Xanana Gusmao and Mari Alkatiri come head to head for what could be the final time in Southeast Asia’s youngest democracy. Opposition leader Gusmao’s party, the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT), … Continue Reading

A small ginko leaf Amb. Ian Kemish