Peace commission lauded

Peace commission lauded

DILI, East Timor: The church's recent initiative to form
Commission for Peace and Justice has been widely praised by local
community leaders.

They hope that the commission will help create more respect
for human rights in the predominantly Roman Catholic province.

Florentino, chairman of the ETADEP Foundation, said the
commission should address the numerous social problems stemming
from racial discrimination and human rights abuses.

Priests said they form the commission out of concern that the
local government officials and councilors were overwhelmed by
public complaints about the various social problems.(yac)