East Timor PM Said Will Likely Resign

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East Timor PM Said Will Likely Resign

By ROD MCGUIRK
The Associated Press
Wednesday, June 21, 2006; 6:48 AM

DILI, East Timor -- East Timor's prime minister will likely resign, his spokesman
said Wednesday, as the country's president and members of the beleaguered leader's
own party joined a chorus of people saying he no longer had their trust.

"The prime minister will meet with his Cabinet colleagues (Thursday) to discuss
whether he should resign," Miguel Sarmento told The Associated Press.

Many East Timorese say Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri's decision to fire 600
disgruntled soldiers in March was to blame for the subsequent clashes and gang warfare
that has left at least 30 people dead and sent nearly 150,000 people fleeing from their
homes.

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