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Fretilin: Electoral Commitment (4780 words) |
 | FRETILIN will set up a social service to assist the most vulnerable social groups within our society, in particular, children, the elderly, the handicapped, the mutilated, demobilised FALINTIL guerrilla fighters and their families and all other economically underprivileged social groups, to assist them in finding the most dignified ways and means of overcoming their problems. |
| FRETILIN will develop a policy of technical and scientific co-operation to ensure that the University of East Timor is adequately manned and technically equipped; its standards must be raised and, eventually, it will be the recipient and producer of knowledge and science; in short, an institution in permanent search of excellence. |
| FRETILIN will adopt mechanisms to assist the elderly in a dignified manner; it will value their past contribution to society, protect the most needy and respect their rights; this will be guaranteed by free medical and health assistance and a welfare scheme to be set up according to the country's financial possibilities. |
| smh.com.au - Fretilin fighting tooth and nail to keep the Xanana republic at bay (1377 words) |
| Fretilin has emerged with undisputed control of the organs of government from the process of drafting a constitution that has gone on while East Timor has been under a lavish ($2.2 billion) interim period of administration and protection by the United Nations. |
| Conversely, Fretilin appears to be engaged in a whispering campaign designed to whittle down Mr Xanana's vote, to no more than the party itself received in August's constituent assembly ballot. |
| To be fair, the Constitution and Fretilin's contemporary platform is replete with commitments to pluralistic democracy and a free economy. |
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