Deadline for East Timor rebels

06/06/2006 10:25 - (SA)

Dili - Rebel soldiers in East Timor have 48 hours to hand in their weapons, the head of the country's parliament said on Tuesday.

"For those who left their barracks, they must hand in all the guns they have within 48 hours," Fransisco Guterres, who holds a post similar to parliamentary speaker, said in the legislature.

However, an assistant to Foreign Minister Jose Ramos-Horta, who assumed the defence portfolio last Friday, said he had not heard of the time limit.

Ramos-Horta had been seeking to meet with the rebel soldiers but ministry spokesperson Chris Santos declined to give details of developments, citing the sensitive nature of discussions.
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AP



Quem é que não ouviu? O Ministro ou o assessor?

Deviam estar com mais atenção ao Parlamento Nacional... Principalmente porque é ali que se fazem as leis que são para cumprir.