Who is E. Timor's next governor?

Who is E. Timor's next governor?

DILI: Debate is raging over who should lead East Timor when
Governor Abilio Jose Osorio Soares's term of office ends on Sept.
18.

The provincial legislative council, which has the right to
propose gubernatorial candidates to the President, has proposed
four names.

The candidates are Abilio, the incumbent governor; Armindo
Soares Mariano, chief of the Golkar faction in the legislative
council; Domingos Maria Das Dores Soares, Dili governor; FX Lopez
da Cruz, Indonesia's ambassador on East Timor affairs; and Tito
dos Santos Baptista, an Indonesian staffer at the UN.

Agustinho Goncalves, chief of the East Timor chapter of the
National Youths Committee, said he supported the reelection of
Abilio.

A politician who declined to be named said he also supported
Abilio on the grounds that the governor was capable of leading
East Timor to economic development. (3/pan)