Leftist Parties of East Timor

PARTY			PERIODICALS	CONTACT	IDEOL.	INTERNAT.	ELECTION Parl. '01	OTHER
Democratic Party	Partido Democrático	PD		e-mail	soc. dem.		8.72%	f. 2001, led by Fernando de Araújo
Revolutionary Front of Independent East Timor	Frente Revolucionária do Timor Leste Independente	FRETILIN	Nakroma	e-mail	soc. dem.	SI cons.	57.37%	f. 1974
Social Democratic Party	Partido Social Democrata	PSD		e-mail	soc. dem.		8.18%	f. 2000 mainly by Timorese Democratic Union (UDT)
Socialist Party of Timor	Partido Socialista de Timor	PST	Tuba	e-mail	rad. left.		1.78%	f. 1997 by Socialist Association of Timor (AST)
Timorese Labour Party	Partido Trabalhista Timorense	PTT		tel.: 0419707533	soc. dem.		0.56%	f. 1974
Timorese Social Democratic Association	Associação Social-Democrata Timorense	ASDT		tel.: 0408983331	left. soc.		7.84%	leftist split from Fretilin in 2001, led by Francisco Xavier do Amaral