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Associacao Social-Democrata Timorense
Acronym: ASDT
C No: 75
Leader: Francisco Xavier do Amaral
Address: Avenida Direitos Humanos Lecidere
- Dili
Contact: Tel 0408983331
From: Aug
5 Contact info for ET political parties
Portuguese:
Fev
5 Lusa/Fim: Xavier do Amaral é o primeiro candidato presidencial
Notícias de 6 fevereiro 2002
"Francisco Xavier do Amaral, que em 1975
foi escolhido pela Fretilin como presidente
de Timor-Leste, foi ontem nomeado como primeiro candidato nas eleições
presidenciais marcadas para 14 de Abril próximo, confirmou a Comissão
Eleitoral Independente (CEI). Xavier do Amaral, actual vice-presidente
da Assembleia Constituinte e líder
da Associação Social Democrata Timorense (ASDT), foi
nomeado como candidato por uma das forças políticas mais
pequenas, a PARENTIL (Partai Republik Nacional
Timor-Leste), que não tem qualquer assento na estrutura timorense.
A nomeação foi apresentada na CEI às primeiras horas
da manhã de ontem, o primeiro dos 19 dias previstos para a apresentação
de candidatos partidários e independentes que contestarão
o sufrágio de 14 de Abril." Lusa/Fim
Feb
4 Rt: East Timor headed for contested presidential vote
News added Feb 5
"East Timor looked headed for a contested
presidential vote after the electoral process began on Monday with the
opening of a registration period for political parties and candidate nominations.
The April 14 election will be East Timor’s first presidential vote. ...
By midday on Monday, Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) officials confirmed
to Reuters that one candidate, Francisco Xavier do Amaral, had been nominated
by the National Republican Party of East Timor
(Parentil), a youth party formed in February 2001. The nomination ended
speculation over whether charismatic independence hero Xanana
Gusmao would run unopposed, analysts said. ... Do Amaral is a member
of the Timorese Social Democratic Association (ASDT), a party with
six seats in the
Constitutional Assembly."
Reuters
Mar
28 LUSA: Francisco Xavier do Amaral Announces New 'Third Way' Party
News
"The first president of East Timor’s Fretilin
party, Francisco Xavier do Amaral, announced Wednesday plans for a new
political movement, a Fretilin “third way” aiming to serve as either a
“pole for union” of party factions or an “alternative” for the elections
next August. ... Xavier do Amaral lived in Jakarta during Indonesia’s occupation
of East Timor. Before returning to his homeland last year, he was a pro-integration
(autonomy within Indo[n]esia) representative at reconciliation meetings
of East Timorese leaders." JBC, Lusa