Regardless of the destabilising intervention of Australia/USA via Major Reinado and the current occupation, Fretilin remains the principal political force in East Timor. Its roots extend to the beginning of national identity and the resistance against Indonesian annexation after 450 years of colonial rule by the Portuguese. The political leanings of Fretilin have been influence by the East Javanese left however, Fretilin is passionately nationalistic today and rejects all forms of foreign intervention.