Democratic right: Nearly a million people in East Timor are at polling stations around the country to elect their new president. — AP
DILI: Polls opened in East Timor as Asia’s youngest nation held its fifth presidential elections since independence, with concerns over political stability and economic security at the forefront.
The 16 presidential hopefuls include former resistance fighter and incumbent President Francisco “Lu Olo” Guterres as well as independence figure and Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta and a former Catholic priest.
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