quick updates

not much time to write longer since been urged to leave home early tonight.
more troubles expected tonight, and especially tomorrow morning when X's government is sworn in at Lahane Presidential Palace at 10am. But compared to large scale disturbances in april 06 or feb 07, the incidents last night were sporadic and not on a large scale.

of greatest suspicion was the burning of the Customs building...apparently it was literally an 'inside' job cos the burning started from the inside, i.e. not from an attack from outside like petrol bombs hurled in. so go figure... talk on the streets, the next buildings to be targetted would be the Ministry of FInance and Planning, and the minsitry for natural resources. all these apparently are under corruption scrutiny, so perhaps this is a good chance to 'clean' the slate under the pretense of troubles in dili. how convenient. of course, it's easy for a blogger to write these cos it's all talk on the ground, and probably will never be confirmed by anyone else. anyways, my guess is as good as yours.

let's see what tomorrow's swearing in at Lahane will bring.