DILI - Polls opened in East Timor on Saturday, as Asia's youngest nation held its fifth presidential elections since independence, with concerns over political stability and economic security at the forefront.
DILI - Polls opened in East Timor on Saturday, as Asia's youngest nation held its fifth presidential elections since independence, with concerns over political stability and economic security at the forefront.
"We must choose a new generation so that we can build this country," said one voter, Jorge Mendonca Soares, 42, of his desire for change. Polls close at 3 p.m. with early indicators of who is leading the vote expected to come late Saturday. After the last elections in 2018, Guterres refused to swear in some ministers from the National Congress of the Reconstruction of East Timor , a political party led by former prime minister Xanana Gusmao.Ramos-Horta, who is backed by Xanana's CNRT party, said earlier this week he was running because he felt the current president had "exceeded his powers."
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