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The Special Autonomy Path
In the popular consultation of 30 August 1999, East Timorese voters rejected the special autonomy offer's alternative — full independence — and instead accepted continued integration with Indonesia under a special autonomous status. Timor Timur remained an Indonesian province, and the transitional United Nations mission that had been prepared to administer a path to statehood was instead redirected to monitor the implementation of autonomy provisions.
Diverged 1999 · “East Timorese voters reject independence in the referendum.”
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TodayTimor Timur remains an Indonesian special autonomous province, administratively similar to Aceh and Papua, with its own flag, curriculum provisions in Tetum and Portuguese, and a governor elected under a hybrid indigenous-party system. A persistent, internationally supported independence movement operates from exile and within the province, and periodic unrest over land, language policy, and military presence continues to draw United Nations and Portuguese diplomatic attention.
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