Jose Ramos Horta to wave East Timor goodbye
Paul Toohey; 27/6/08
Jose Ramos Horta had his country on tenterhooks last night as he asked for another 24 hours to decide whether he would stay on as East Timor’s President or pursue a job in Geneva as the UN Human Rights Commissioner. It seems almost certain that Mr Ramos Horta will go. His heart was never in the presidency but that was compounded on February 11 when he was shot twice in the back, outside his own home, by rebels he had been trying to help. As he recovered in Darwin, he remained deeply traumatised and revealed to The Australian that he was likely to throw in the towel some time after his return to the capital, Dili, in April. He said at the time: “I will address the parliament when I return and I will not promise the country that I will serve the full term.”
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23929649-5013404,00.html