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East Timor state of emergency extended
East Timor's Parliament extended by 30 days a state of emergency imposed after attacks by suspected rebels on the country's two top leaders.
- Agencies
- Published: 08:45 February 23, 2008
Dili: East Timor's Parliament extended by 30 days a state of emergency imposed after attacks by suspected rebels on the country's two top leaders.
The state of emergency, which bans rallies and imposes a nighttime curfew, was due to end Saturday, but after a request by the acting president, lawmakers voted 34-12 on Friday to extend it by 30 days.
The government said in a statement, "Criminal groups still walk free and are a serious threat to the organs of the state and to the people as a whole."
Also on Friday, over 1,000 police and soldiers paraded in the capital, Dili, in an apparent show of force following the February 11 attacks that critically wounded President Jose Ramos-Horta, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
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