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REGENT: ANNOUNCEMENT FOR MATERNUS' REPATRIATION DEPENDS ON TIMOR LESTE
Kupang, Nov 4 (ANTARA) - Regent of Belu, East Nusa Tenggara province, Joachim Lopez, said he has yet to announce the repatriation of the secretary of the subdistrict of Kobalima Timur Maternus Bere to Indonesia to the public because an official statement is still awaited from the Timor Leste government.
"This is an agreement and ethics between states, so that we have to be patient for the right time to make the announcement," he said here on Wednesday.
The Timor Leste was actually make the announcement on Tuesday (Nov 13), and "we cannot make the announcement in the absence of a signal from Timor Leste sent by way of the Indonesian embassy in Dili," he said.
He said it is fully understandable that the public, especially the citizens in East Timor in Atambua, Belu regency, had been demanding an announcement to the public on Maternus Bere`s repatriation.
Lopez, now Belu regent for the second term, said Maternus Bere is actually already in Atambua city, and therefore there is no longer any need to make a fuss about his being repatriated, he said.
Four days ago since Maternus Bere had been repatriated from Dili on Friday (Oct 30), he was still kept in hiding. But until Wednesday (Nov 4), the former militiaman was still barred from appearing to the public.
But reliable sources said Maternus Bere had been held at the Belu military headquarters before being sent to a hospital of his declining physical condition.
A leader of the Belu Community Association from East Timor Francisco Soares Pareira said he felt relieved by Maternus Bere`s repatriation.
Maternus Bere`s repatriation, Soares Pareira said, it is an effort of the Indonesian government by way of the Indonesian embassy in Dili and also the goodwill of the Timor Leste administration under President Jose Ramos Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao. ***5***
"This is an agreement and ethics between states, so that we have to be patient for the right time to make the announcement," he said here on Wednesday.
The Timor Leste was actually make the announcement on Tuesday (Nov 13), and "we cannot make the announcement in the absence of a signal from Timor Leste sent by way of the Indonesian embassy in Dili," he said.
He said it is fully understandable that the public, especially the citizens in East Timor in Atambua, Belu regency, had been demanding an announcement to the public on Maternus Bere`s repatriation.
Lopez, now Belu regent for the second term, said Maternus Bere is actually already in Atambua city, and therefore there is no longer any need to make a fuss about his being repatriated, he said.
Four days ago since Maternus Bere had been repatriated from Dili on Friday (Oct 30), he was still kept in hiding. But until Wednesday (Nov 4), the former militiaman was still barred from appearing to the public.
But reliable sources said Maternus Bere had been held at the Belu military headquarters before being sent to a hospital of his declining physical condition.
A leader of the Belu Community Association from East Timor Francisco Soares Pareira said he felt relieved by Maternus Bere`s repatriation.
Maternus Bere`s repatriation, Soares Pareira said, it is an effort of the Indonesian government by way of the Indonesian embassy in Dili and also the goodwill of the Timor Leste administration under President Jose Ramos Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao. ***5***
