What’s in store for Timor-Leste?
On 12 May this year, Timor-Leste held parliamentary elections for the second time in under a year. The elections saw the Alliance for Change and Progress (AMP), a coalition of three opposition parties win an absolute majority of 34 out of 65 seats in parliament. The elections were preceded by a political deadlock which lasted nearly a year. In the parliamentary elections in July last year, leftist party, FRETILIN narrowly emerged as the largest party in parliament.