Word: gusmão
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...Xanana Gusm?o, the former guerrilla leader, last week ended months of speculation and announced that he will stand for East Timor's presidency when the country gains full independence next year. With the young nation about to hold its first legislative election, Gusm?o spoke with Time's Phil Zabriskie and Zamira Loebis about the perplexing challenge of achieving a national reconciliation after the turmoil that has accompanied the path to independence...
...TIME: What is your position on amnesty for the violence of 1999? Gusm?o: Amnesty can be considered, but only after justice, after trials. Not before...
...TIME: Would that mean not putting people in jail? Gusm?o: It is not my decision to say. As a principle, I only can conceive amnesty after justice. But who can decide? It will be the assembly, the government...