He urged East Timorese, who are still living outside the territory, to return home immediately and work together with their brothers to develop their own country. Military and militia Asked about the possibility that he will ask a UN special team to stop its investigation into alleged human rights abuses which broke out in East Timor in the post voting period, Xanana said he has no authority to do so. Xanana earlier said that he has determined to neglect what had occurred in East Timor during the past 24 years. Xanana said East Timorese are facing serious difficulties following massive destruction in the post ballot announcement. We have to start from the very beginning.
People have no houses to live.
In other part of his explanation, Gusmao touched on his party's wish to open an East Timorese representative office in Jakarta after a proposal asking for an opening of the CNRT's Representative Office here was rejected by the Indonesian government. On the other hand, on January next year, the Indonesian Representative Office in the former Portuguese colony would be opened although an official diplomatic relation between the two have not been restored yet. On the Indonesian assets in East Timor, he said this matter will be discussed by the CNRT, Untaet and the Indonesian government. Gusmao also signaled that the Indonesian language would still be spoken as one of the official languages at schools. Following the separation of East Timor from the republic, the diplomatic relation between Portugal and Indonesia which broke up in 1975 following the deployment of the Indonesian troops in the former Portuguese colony would soon be restored.