| Subject: Former
E. Timor councilors want pay
Jakarta Post December 21, 1999
Former E. Timor councilors want pay
KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: As many as 19
former East Timor councilors met with representatives from the East Nusa
Tenggara administration here on Monday to demand the government compensate
them for lost income.
They demanded compensation equivalent to
the salary they would have received for five years as councilors had it
not been for the self- determination referendum which took place in the
territory on Aug. 30.
They said they could not be officially
installed due to the government's decision to hold the referendum, which
resulted in independence for the territory.
"We are victims of a political game.
The government never consulted us about the polls," one of the
councilors, Dominggus da Costa, said during a meeting with East Nusa
Tenggara provincial secretary M. Hermanus and other officials.
As reported by Antara, Dominggus said the
government should reimburse the councilors for all the losses they had
incurred as a result of the ballot, including lost salaries and bonuses. (jun)
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