East Timorese urged to vote

East Timorese urged to vote

DILI, East Timor: Dili Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo is encouraging locals to vote for political parties which boast moral legislative candidates.

"Make sure that you Catholics only vote for political parties whose legislative candidates are free from corruption, collusion and nepotism," he said on Sunday as quoted by Antara.

The influential bishop advised locals to shun political parties which served their own interests while closing their eyes to the fact that Indonesia was a multiethnic and multireligious country.

Proindependence elements in East Timor have campaigned for a boycott of the June 7 general election.