Partido Esperança da Pátria
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Logo and flag of the PEP
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The Partido Esperança da Pátria PEP ( German Party Hope of the Fatherland ) is a political party in East Timor. It was recognized by the Tribunal de Recurso de Timor-Leste on February 3, 2017 . The party sees itself as a representative of the country's young generation. The country's major parties are largely dominated by the generation of resistance fighters against the Indonesian occupation (1975–1999).
The president is Manuel Higino Gusmão , the younger brother of Xanana Gusmão . The general secretary is Antóninho Hamar Batista Alves , the director and president of the Archive & Museum of the Timorese Resistance (AMRT) . The youth organization is called Organizasaun Juventude Nasional Partido Esperanca da Patria (OJNPEP).
The PEP ran for the first time in the parliamentary elections in East Timor in 2017 . In the previous presidential elections in 2017 , the PEP supported the eventual election winner Francisco Lú-Olo Guterres , the FRETILIN candidate. In the 2017 parliamentary elections, the PEP received 6,775 votes (1.19%) and failed to pass the four percent hurdle. Likewise in the early elections in 2018 with 5,060 votes (0.8%).
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- ↑ PEP on Facebook: Document of the Tribunal de Recurso de Timor-Leste , accessed on June 5, 2017.
- ↑ Lusa: Timor-Leste / Eleições: 23 candidaturas apresentadas às eleições parlamentares de 22 de julho , June 5, 2017 , accessed on June 5, 2017.
- ↑ Timor Agora: Entrevista eskluzivu ho kandidatu PR Lu-Olo: Xanana apoia ha'u tanba kompriende konstituisaun , March 8, 2017 , accessed on June 5, 2017.
- ↑ STAE: Preliminary final result of July 24, 2017 .
- ↑ CNE: Apuramento Eleisaun MP 2018 , May 17, 2018 , accessed May 17, 2018.