Dili, East Timor: Preliminary results showed Taur Matan Ruak won by 61.23 per cent of the vote in the presidential elections, and if confirmed, would replace current leader Jose Ramos-Horta.
Francisco “Lu Olo” Guterres, Ruak’s challenger, trailed with 38.77 per cent, according to the figures from the elections secretariat on Tuesday.
The results released by the National Election Commission still need to be vetted by the court of appeals before they are officially announced.
“We are very much elevated by the result, by the current outcome,” said Ruak’s spokesman Fidelis Magalhaes.
“We expect to see some changes [in the final count], minor, probably one or two percentage points, but without a clear swing or fluctuation of points,” he added.
If confirmed, Ruak, also a former defence chief, will become the leader of the impoverished and oil-dependent country, replacing Nobel laurate Ramos-Horta, who trailed in the first round last month.
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