An air of anticipation......
The past several days have been taken up with counting the votes in what were relatively peaceful parliamentary elections here in Timor-Leste. The watchful eyes of the observer missions - including a 19-member strong delegation from South Africa - have criss-crossed the rugged mountain terrain from Lautem to Maubisse, from Ermera to Los Palos, from Maliana to Baucau.
So now there is an air of anticipation of the result. What will happen? Will the (current) ruling party, FRETILIN, retain its hold? Or will it be squeezed out by a coalition of the smaller opposition parties (as happened in the Cape Town municipal elections)? Or will the voters have given a resounding victory to the challenging CNRT party?
And would that truly mean a change?Or will it be just so much political musical chairs? If that happens, the president and the prime minister will have swopped jobs - both of them founder members of FRETILIN (albeit more recently both have become disillusioned with the party and have started their own political parties).....
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