Before the popular consultation, CNRT played a central role in East Timorese life, coordinating the clandestine resistance movement and distributing information outside East Timor to support the independence movement.
57. 在全民协商以前，全国委员会在东帝汶人的生活中发挥主导作用，协调秘密抵抗运动和在东帝汶境外传播资料，以支助独立运动。