the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor party, known by its local acronym Fretilin, is

Voters in East Timor are choosing a president in a runoff Tuesday between former independence fighters who’ve blamed each other for years of political paralysis.... Ramos-Horta received 46.6%, incumbent President Francisco “ Lu Olo ” Guterres won 22.1% and the other votes were divided among 14 other candidates in the March 19 election.... Ramos-Horta, 72, and Guterres, 67, were both resistance figures during Indonesia’s occupation of East Timor....

East Timor is headed for a runoff presidential election after Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta failed to secure more than 50% of the vote despite a commanding lead over a fellow former independence fighter, incumbent President Francisco “ Lu Olo ” Guterres.... Ramos-Horta, East Timor’s president from 2007 to 2012, and Guterres have traded accusations of causing a yearslong political paralysis.... The president is responsible for naming the government and dissolving parliament....

DILI( Reuters)-East Timorese independence figure and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Jose Ramos-Horta, will stand for president in the country's elections due to be held in March, the political party backing his bid said on Monday. The National Congress of the Reconstruction of Timor Leste( CRNT), a party led by former president Xanana Gusmao, threw its support behind the 72-year-old's renewed presidential ambitions at its conference on Sunday." We believe Ramos-Horta will win the general election,