FILE PHOTO: Former president of East Timor Xanana Gusmao speaks as Indonesian Coordinating Minister of Politics, Law, and Security Affairs Wiranto looks on during a press briefing after their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
DILI (Reuters) - A six-party coalition in East Timor is ready to form a government led by independence hero Xanana Gusmao, it has told President Francisco Guterres in a letter, the coalition's spokesman, Antonio da Conceicao, said on Tuesday.
Gusmao, the first president and a former prime minister, last month announced he had formed a new coalition controlling 34 of parliament's 65 seats and said he would prepare to form a new government.
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