Peace prize recipient set to win vote
Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta was headed for a landslide victory in East Timor’s presidential elections, provisional results showed.
“I will honor what I told the people in the campaign: I will work for the poor, with the entire country, to unite it, and heal its wounds,” Ramos-Horta said.
The 57-year-old prime minister had about 73% of the votes with almost 90% counted, election commission spokeswoman Maria Sarmento said.
Ramos-Horta declined to formally declare victory until full results were released today.
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