Receiving 2,100 Houses From Jokowi, Eurico Gutterias To Ex East Timor Fighters: Not Keeping Harmony Will Be Told To Exit

Chairman of the East Timor Fighters Communication Forum Eurico Gutteres (right) together with the Kupang Regent of East Nusa Tenggara Province Korinus Masneno/ANTARA

The General Chairperson of the East Timor Fighters Communication Forum, Eurico Gutteres, reminded the former East Timor fighters who would later occupy 2,100 units of central government aid houses in Kupang Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province to always maintain harmony and integrity. "We need to remind residents who receive home assistance from the government to always maintain harmony and integrity at the location where they live and around them," said Eurico Gutterias when contacted in Kupang, as reported by Antara, Monday, January 16. "Anyone who violates the house even though there is a name in the Regent's Decree, will be ordered to leave the housing if they cannot maintain harmony in the local area," said Eurico Gutterias. Residents of the former East Timor who received housing assistance to understand well. What has been agreed in the traditional ritual of house construction by Fatuleu residents and former Timtim will be written in an inscription which will be signed by the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo. "The process of building houses begins with traditional ceremonies, there are agreements and traditional rituals, so the location for the construction of houses in Fatuleu is Timor's Traditional Village," said Eurico Gutterias. He explained that if the 2,100 housing units built by the Central Government through the Ministry of PUPR RI had been completed and occupied by residents of former East Timor fighters, they would later be followed by a number of economic empowerment programs for local residents. According to him, in a residential area inhabited by 2,100 ex-Tim fighter residents, places of worship and traditional markets were also built to support the economic development of citizens. To note, Kupang Regency in East Nusa Tenggara Province received an allocation of 2,100 housing units out of a total of 52,000 housing units approved by President Joko Widodo to be given to the fighters of the former East Timor in East Nusa Tenggara Province. At first glance about Eurico Guterres. He is a pro-integration figure for East Timor. He has served as Deputy Commander of the Pro-Indonesian Miliction in Timor Leste. He also served as a member of the East Timor DPRD from the Golkar Faction (1999 —2004). Eurico was accused of involvement in a number of massacres in East Timor, and was the main militia leader in the post-referendum massacre and destruction of the capital Dili.