Men kendsgerningen er, at selvom såvel FN som de internationale observatører og de indonesiske myndigheder mente, at afstemningen foregik frit og retfærdigt trods alskens pression og de proindonesiske militsers stadige intimideringsforsøg, ja, så er kendsgerningen den, at da resultatet forelå, brød terroren atter ud i Østtimor.
The truth is though, that later, both the UN, and international observers and the Indonesian authorities themselves, who thought that the elections had been held in a free and fair way, in spite of the pressure and the campaign of intimidation carried out by the pro-Djakarta militias, the truth - as I was saying - is that when the results were made public, terror was once again given free rein in East Timor.