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East Timor is an independent, sovereign State that has been in existence for four years, whose people have struggled for decades against Indonesian occupation. It is a country that began life destroyed by the occupation. One could not ask the Timorese institutions to be any more democratic than they have been in the years since independence, a fact unchanged by recent events.
What is, in our view, required at this complex and difficult time is support for a return to normality, especially from the point of view of security, which is in fact already happening. The sovereignty of the East Timorese people must also be steadfastly protected, along with their freedom to choose their legitimate representatives. Furthermore, the legitimacy of the democratic functioning of the institutions in the country should be respected. The dynamics of foreign interference by the regional powers of Australia and Indonesia must also be rejected, as this has only served to worsen the situation. Genuine solidarity and cooperation with East Timor should be promoted, as this will contribute towards the country's economic and social development, and the well-being of the people.
Although the motion for a resolution before us addresses some of these concerns, its content is tainted by its biased approach to the political situation, which will only serve to fuel internal and external attempts to make political capital out of the situation and could exacerbate tension.
What Parliament should do right now is adopt an attitude of impartial, unequivocal support for the work and the efforts of all Timorese institutions, which is not the case with this motion for a resolution. What is more, the motion for a resolution sidesteps the real dangers of foreign interference, which, as has been well documented, has influenced the way in which events have turned out.
This approach is doubly dangerous: firstly, as it holds one of the sovereign Timorese institutions entirely responsible for the situation and, secondly, as it fails to warn of the potentially destabilising effect of more or less direct interference in a country already affected by the Indonesian occupation and by the destabilisation that armed militias have repeatedly attempted to cause.
Lastly, we feel that it is not appropriate at this time to raise the issue of the presence of UN blue helmets. The important thing at the moment is that the military forces stationed in the area should remain only until the situation has stabilised. They should be subject both to their national chain of command and to the Timorese authorities, in accordance with the bilateral agreements, with the constitutional framework of the country and with the standards of international law. In conclusion, this is a motion for a resolution that, in our view, does not reflect the development of the situation on the ground in all its complexity."@en1
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