With the advent of World War II the
Japanese ousted both the Dutch and Portuguese from Timor, as well as
from the rest of Indonesia. When Japan surrendered to the allied
forces in 1945, Indonesians proclaimed the independence of their
country which covers the areas of the former Netherlands East
Indies. In the mean time, East Timor was returned to the Portuguese
by the Allied Forces after the war and the people stayed colonized.
They had made several attempts to fight the Portuguese and join
Indonesia, but they were suppressed by the colonial regime. Not
until 1974 did the Portuguese give them a chance to decide their own
political future.
In a statement on May 28, 1974, the
Governor of Portuguese Timor, Colonel Fernando Alves Aldela, granted
the people permission to form political parties. The response was
the emergence of five political parties - UDT (Uniao Democratica
Timorese), FRETILIN (Frente Revolucionaria de Timor Leste
Independent), APODETI (Associacao Popular Democratica de Timor),
KOTA (Klibur Oan Timur Aswain) and TRABALHISTA (Labor Party).
Through lack of popular support,
FRETILIN resorted to terror tactics, threats and blackmail in an
attempt to intimidate members of the other parties. This caused
growing tension throughout the colony and sparked an inevitable
civil war.
On August 27, 1975, the Governor and
other Portuguese officials abandoned the capital of Dili, fled to
Atauro Island and left FRETILIN free to continue its reign of
terror. FRETILIN was even supplied with arms from the Portuguese
army arsenal.
On November 28 of the same year,
FRETILIN unilaterally "declared the independence" of East
Timor and announced the formation of "the Democratic Republic
of East Timor".
In the light of these developments,
on November 30, 1975, at Balibo, UDT, APODETI, KOTA and TRABALHISTA
proclaimed the independence of the territory and its simultaneous
integration with Indonesia. On December 17, 1975, the four parties
announced the establishment of the Provisional Government of East
Timor in Dili.
On May 31, 1976, the duly elected
People's Assembly of East Timor decided in an open session to
formally integrate the territory with the Republic of Indonesia. A
bill on this integration was approved by the Indonesian House of
Representatives on July 15, 1976 and, with the promulgation by the
President, became Law on July 17. East Timor has since been the 27th
province of Indonesia with all the rights and duties under the 1945
Constitution of the Republic.
Japanese ousted both the Dutch and Portuguese from Timor, as well as
from the rest of Indonesia. When Japan surrendered to the allied
forces in 1945, Indonesians proclaimed the independence of their
country which covers the areas of the former Netherlands East
Indies. In the mean time, East Timor was returned to the Portuguese
by the Allied Forces after the war and the people stayed colonized.
They had made several attempts to fight the Portuguese and join
Indonesia, but they were suppressed by the colonial regime. Not
until 1974 did the Portuguese give them a chance to decide their own
political future.
In a statement on May 28, 1974, the
Governor of Portuguese Timor, Colonel Fernando Alves Aldela, granted
the people permission to form political parties. The response was
the emergence of five political parties - UDT (Uniao Democratica
Timorese), FRETILIN (Frente Revolucionaria de Timor Leste
Independent), APODETI (Associacao Popular Democratica de Timor),
KOTA (Klibur Oan Timur Aswain) and TRABALHISTA (Labor Party).
Through lack of popular support,
FRETILIN resorted to terror tactics, threats and blackmail in an
attempt to intimidate members of the other parties. This caused
growing tension throughout the colony and sparked an inevitable
civil war.
On August 27, 1975, the Governor and
other Portuguese officials abandoned the capital of Dili, fled to
Atauro Island and left FRETILIN free to continue its reign of
terror. FRETILIN was even supplied with arms from the Portuguese
army arsenal.
On November 28 of the same year,
FRETILIN unilaterally "declared the independence" of East
Timor and announced the formation of "the Democratic Republic
of East Timor".
In the light of these developments,
on November 30, 1975, at Balibo, UDT, APODETI, KOTA and TRABALHISTA
proclaimed the independence of the territory and its simultaneous
integration with Indonesia. On December 17, 1975, the four parties
announced the establishment of the Provisional Government of East
Timor in Dili.
On May 31, 1976, the duly elected
People's Assembly of East Timor decided in an open session to
formally integrate the territory with the Republic of Indonesia. A
bill on this integration was approved by the Indonesian House of
Representatives on July 15, 1976 and, with the promulgation by the
President, became Law on July 17. East Timor has since been the 27th
province of Indonesia with all the rights and duties under the 1945
Constitution of the Republic.
East Timor Integration
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