This is the time to be brushing up on the old Ben Hur movie as tomorrow’s welcome back for President Ramos-Horta is looking like it could be bigger than Ben.<\/p>\n
Tomorrow has been called a “day of tolerance” and I believe this means tomorrow morning is a public holiday which might mean not much going on in government offices.<\/p>\n
The President arrives at 8am which will be followed by a brief Press Conference.\u00a0 The population are being encouraged to line the roads to welcome back the President.\u00a0 I think it was decided it would be a good thing not to encourage people to swamp the airport.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile the next move in the rebel stakes is that Gastao Salsinha has promised to hand himself in on 27 April.\u00a0 I am not sure of the significance of this date but it may mean the “state of emergency” will continue past the current 22 April finish date.<\/p>\n
The President’s return has been a magnificent thing for the roads from town out to his residence near the Christo Rei statue – except if you actually wanted to use that road during the roadworks of the past week or so.\u00a0 I used that road on the weekend and can only say I am looking forward to the final result which in theory, must be finished by 8am tomorrow.<\/p>\n
This is but one way to schedule roadworks.\u00a0 But you need a lot of Presidents if you want the whole country done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This is the time to be brushing up on the old Ben Hur movie as tomorrow’s welcome back for President Ramos-Horta is looking like it could be bigger than Ben. Tomorrow has been called a “day of tolerance” and I … Continue reading