Army chief threatens to shoot dead citizens

Major General Lere Anan Timur

East Timor Legal News 7 April 2012 Source: Independente, April 4, 2012 language source: Tetun - The Timorese Defense Force (F-FDTL) Commander Major General Lere Anan Timur has threatened to shoot dead anyone who commits acts of violence during the general election period.

He stressed that, the people who would try to cause conflict should receive its consequences: die or be hospitalized.

"In order to guarantee the election to run well then I say that whoever engages in crime will receive its consequences: to go to prison, be hospitalised or shot dead and their place is in the cemetery," General Lere said.

General Lere made the statements yesterday at the HQ of the Timorese Defense Force (F-FDTL) in Fatuhada, regarding the widespread rumours that there would be a conflict if one of the two presidential candidates Taur Matan Ruak and Francisco Lu-Olo Guterres do not win the election.