Anyway, Indonesia is not exactly a model of stability. They fear reprisals. I promise these people that I will be with them because they are now the most vulnerable. I always side with the underdogs. They can be assured that they have Xanana and me as allies.
Revenge is easy, but forgiveness requires courage.
The resistance movement is not blameless. We must have humility and courage to say it wasn't only Indonesia that instigated tension in 1975. We are like political twin brothers. I have been abroad for 23 years, and I don't have the legitimacy that he does. I also get along very well with Bishop Belo.