Arrival
So last week, I finally came back to Timor-Leste, albeit for a short visit. I have been living in the UK for 12 years. But before this, I was in Portugal where I lived for 2 years, studying engineering. It didn't work out and I had to migrate to find a job to support my family back home. And worked I did, while attending evening schools for a few years. I have never found the right opportunity to return home, specially after starting a family with a local English woman. Then my father died and I had to come home; I must come home, to see him off. It's a terrible time to come home. Apparently I arrived in Dili amid political turbulence. Last Friday the President of the Republic dissolved the parliament and called fresh elections. His decision came after the parliamentary elections in July last year, which I voted from a far for the first time since the 2001 general elections. That election failed to produce a stable government. Holding an early election to end political deadlo...