Timor-Leste PM quits as coalition fails


DILI: The prime minister of East Timor has sent a letter of resignation to the president, he said, as the tiny South-East Asian nation faces new political instability after the collapse of a coalition supporting him in parliament.

The prime minister has repeatedly failed to secure passage of a budget for 2020 after the largest party in his coalition, the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT) party of independence hero Xanana Gusmao, withdrew support.

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