Sentence examples for because of local pro-independence from inspiring English sources
But senior Labour leaders and strategists admit privately that a number of seats are threatened because of local pro-independence support and the post-referendum SNP surge.
On April 21st he produced a peace agreement, signed in Jakarta by Mr Gusmao, and in Dili by leaders of the local pro-independence and pro-integration factions.
The left ended up controlling five regions and the conservatives seven, while Corsica went, as expected, to a local pro-independence party.
Subsequently, tens of thousands of pro-independence East Timorese died resisting Indonesian control.
Short version: voter motivation could prove decisive in the referendum result, because the greater appetite of pro-independence voters to cast a vote could add 2% to the final yes tally.
The first deaths came on Friday in Fakfak on Irian Jaya's west coast, where the police shot and killed two men after about 50 members of local tribes staged a pro-independence protest and then rioted.
Nor does she rule out the possibility of a "yes alliance" of pro-independence parties to fight specific seats.
But even that might not be enough to quiet the qualms of a growing number of pro-independence campaigners and activists who are disillusioned with "independence-lite".
This has been stated by the twin presidents in Brussels, José Manuel Barroso (European Commission) and Herman Van Rompuy (European Council) – largely because they and others fear the knock-on effect of a pro-independence vote on other member states, most notably Spain.
But they are not alone in being squeamish about much of the pro-independence rhetoric.
