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A marriage of inconvenience? East Timor’s new governing coalition

20 Jul 2018 | James Scambary

East Timor held its fourth parliamentary election in May 2018. Kay Rala ‘Xanana’ Gusmão’s newly minted coalition, the Change for Progress Alliance (AMP), comfortably defeated the Revolutionary Front of Independent East Timor (FRETILIN), ending months …

A shotgun marriage and a blank cheque: political and economic trends in East Timor

7 Jun 2017 | James Scambary

On 26 October 2015, East Timor’s Audit Chamber vetoed the largest contract in the country’s history—worth US$719 million dollars—for ‘non-compliance with basic standards in force in Timor-Leste’. This contract was part of a highly ambitious …