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Rights Violators will not Receive Automatic Amnesty- Xanana

March 11, 2005 11:19pm
Asia Intelligence Wire

Medan, N Sumatra, March 11 (ANTARA) - East Timor President Xanana Gusmao has said that human rights violators in the wake of the 1999 vote for independence in East Timor will not receive automatic amnesty.

"If you look at the terms of reference of the Commission of Truth and Friendship, you will find that there will be amnesty but it would not be granted automatically," the East Timor President said on the sidelines of the Lake Toba Summit here on Thursday.

He said that based on the East Timor Constitution, any amnesty shall be proposed to the Parliment. The Parliament has the authority to approve or disapprove it.

Xanana said that amnesty could be offered to violators who showed cooperative attitude and were ready to reveal the truth; and for this, the Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) would recommand an amnesty.

Basically, the CTF would not grant autmatic amnesty, but invite suspected violators to say the truth, he said. The commission is set up to uncover the truth.

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Xanana and his Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri signed an agreement at the presidential place in Jakarta on Wednesday to set up a commission to deal with human rights atrocities in 1999.

The two presidents reiterated their commitment to settling their common "burden of the past" through a bilateral means, not through the United Nations' Commission of Experts.

The CTF came amid the setting up of the UN Commission of Experts by the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. The UN Commission aims to review the perfomance of the East Timor Rights Tribunal set up by Indonesia.

Xanana indicated his country would have no problems to cooperate with the UN Commission and be ready to receive if it visited East Timor.

"We have been officially informed that the Indonesian government rejects (the UN Commision) and we appreciate its decision just like the Indonesian government appreciates our decision," Xanana said.

Indonesia has make its stand clear. Indonesia would not cooperate with the UN Commission because it has no explcit mandate from the UN Security Council.

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