DAP calls for a new 2000 Budget to be presented in Parliament later this month which would include a special budgetary allocation to enable Malaysia to spearhead an ASEAN co-ordinated initiative to help rebuild  East Timor


Media Statement
by Lim Kit Siang
 

(Petaling Jaya, Saturday): On Monday, East Timor independence leader Xanana Gusmao who heads the National Council of the Timorese  Resistance (CNRT), the biggest political organization in East Timor, will visit Malaysia for a  three-day visit together  with Jose Ramos-Horta, a Nobel peace prize laureate and CNRT  vice-president, as part of his Asian tour to seek support in helping rebuild  the territory.

The Malaysian Government’s stand and record on East Timorese independence had not been a happy one, whether it be:
 

This is however the time to let bygones be bygones.

DAP calls for a new 2000 Budget to be presented in Parliament later this month which would include a special budgetary allocation to enable  Malaysia to spearhead an ASEAN co-ordinated initiative to help rebuild  East Timor.

An all-party parliamentary committee should be formed to show that this is an initiative which has the support of all political parties, whether Barisan Nasional or Barisan Alternative.

(5/2/2000)


*Lim Kit Siang - DAP National Chairman