European Commission welcomes the peaceful development of the Presidential elections in Timor-Leste

The European Commission welcomed the high participation and peaceful development of the first round of the Presidential elections in East Timor on 9 April 2007. This election was seen as a fundamental step in the process of consolidation of the Timorese democracy and institutions.

The EU had deployed an Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Timor-Leste to observe the Presidential elections. The Preliminary Statement delivered by the mission praised the openness and peaceful conditions in which the elections have been held.

• Primary Source

European Parliament: Report: Delegation to Observe the Presidential Elections in the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste [PDF] http://www.europarl.europa.eu/intcoop/election_observation/missions/2004-2009/20070409_easttimor.pdf

Wikipedia: East Timorese presidential election, 2007 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Timorese_presidential_election,_2007

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