East Timorese form long lines to vote in parliamentary election


  • World
  • Saturday, 22 Jul 2017

East Timorese wait in line to cast their ballot in parliamentary elections in Dili, East Timor July 22, 2017. REUTERS /Lirio da Fonseca

DILI (Reuters) - Voters in East Timor queued up on Saturday to cast their vote in the country's fourth parliamentary elections since independence in a ballot where campaigning has focused on development and jobs in Asia's youngest democracy.

More than 700,000 East Timorese are registered to vote in the country, which has a land area slightly smaller than Hawaii and is home to 1.2 million people.

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