First Free Elections Set for Aug. 30
From Times Wire Reports
East Timor’s U.N. administrator formally set Aug. 30 as the date for the territory’s first free elections.
Sergio Vieira de Mello signed a decree that sets into motion preparations for elections for a constituent assembly. That legislature will be given the task of drawing up a constitution ahead of full independence.
Aug. 30 will be the second anniversary of a referendum in East Timor that resulted in it breaking free from Indonesian rule.
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