Mario Carrascalao Foo Sai Indikasaun Atu Hetan Rate Vitima 12 Novembro 1991

TEMPO SEMANAL - DILI, 11/11/2012

Eis Governador Timor-Timur iha era akontecimentu masakre 12 de Novembro 1991, Mario Viegas carrascalao, konforme intervensaun iha Seminariu komemorasaun aniversariu 12 de novembro ho tema manifestasaun ne’e se hetan ordem husi Komando da luta ga lae. Iha ninia deklarasaun Mario dehan katak nia sei rai dokumentus wain ne’ebe bele sai mata dalan principal ba buka tuir restu mortais vitima 12/11/1991.

“Dokumentus rihun sanolu resin ne’ebe resultadu ha’u hakerek ba military sira atu protesta kontra kona ba saida maka povu sira hato’o ba ha’u iha kada sexta feira, wainhira hetan malu ho povu sira di’ak liu ha’u protest aba sira por eskritu kopia ida hela ho ha’u,” relata Mario Carrascalao iha seminariu kona ba celebrasaun aniversariu 12 de Novembro.

Ir. Mario carrascalao dehan iha jornalista Indonesia ida maka koko atu konvence nia hodi publika livru ho dokumentus hirak ne’e depois maka fahe lukru maibe nia la aceita.

“Dokumentus sira ne’e barak mai ha’u tempu atu lee hotu mos la iha maibe ha’u hatene de’it katak barak dokumentus importante ha’u ba iha ne’eba, ta’u iha fatin ne’ebe ha’u sente katak seguru to’o ohin loron mos ha’u fiar ita iha ne’e suficientemente seguru ona atu lori mai,” Nia esplika.

Mario ba participatentes sira mos dehan katak akontecimentus 12 de Novembro 1991 ne’e hamosu era foun ida iha politika Indonesia ninian.

Iha okaziaun perguntas ho resposta lider Ojectil Gregorio saldanha husu disponibilidade eis governador Provincia Timor-Timur ne’e aijuda informasaun ruma relasiona ho kampa ba vitima masakre Santa cruz.

Iha ninia resposta Ir. Mario viegas Carrascalao dehan, “ha’u simu informasaun ida husi jovens ida naran carlos Mustafa ne’ebe bainbain sira bolu Mustafa. Nia TBO husi military sira nian. Senhor carlos Mustafa ne’e foo informasaun ba ha’u. Nia hateten ba ha’u katak iha dia 13 ka 14 ka 15 fulan Novembro nian. Nia hanesan TBO akompanha iha kamioneta, nia hanesan ajudante lori ema sira ne’ebe sei moris ne’e ba iha Tibar ne’eba. Sira iha tiha ona. I uluk ha’u foo tiha on aba organizasaun ne’e.”

Iha tinan ruma kotuk komisaun 12 de Novembru hetan apoiu husi ekipa forensik internasional balun servisu hamutuk ho Governu kee ona fatin balun ne’ebe deskonfia hanesan rate ba vitima sira ne’e. Operasaun ne’e rasik hetan atensaun wain husi ema barak maibe ninia resultadu la hetan resultadu di’ak.

Ba Masakre Santa Cruz tuir observasaun monumentu ida harii ona iha Estrada sorin ba tasi ninin Igreija Motael ninian oin maibe karik ida ne’e maka tuir konkursu dezeinu ne’ebe hamosu husi komisaun organizadora iha tinan ruma kotuk ne’ebe atu harii iha Santa cruz ne’e mak muda fali ba Motael ne’e mos seidauk hetan esplikasaun ruma.

“Konkursu dizeinu ne’ebe uluk loke iha Santa cruz ne’eba ne’e foo manan on aba maluk ida I tuir bu’at ne’ebe ulun bo’ot sira dehan sai iha momentu ne’eba katak monumentu ne’e sei halo iha Santa Cruz mas keta muda fali ba motael mos sira seidauk hato’o fali ba ita,’ dehan sobreviventi ida husi massacre santa cruz ne’ebe participa mos iha seminariu ohin iha Salaun Ministeiru Negosiu Estranjeiru Bairo dos kokeirus Dili.

Seminariu ohin ne’e hetan participasaun kmanek tebes husi mate restu 12 de Novembru 1991, joventude ho grupu portuges sira ne’ebe uluk hola parte iha roh Lusitania Expreso.

Hahu tuku 20.00 no daudaun ne’e Cidade dili lakon husi lakan eletricidade ninian no komunidade sira hala’o sunu lilin tuir liuron ninin iha capital nasaun ninian. Iha tuku walu liu minutu rua nolu populasaun balun hakfodak ho tarutu bo'ot rua no balun hahu husu tun sa'e. "sa ida maka akontese." La kleur de'it iha besik terminal bekora ninian tarutu tuituir malu no ahi lakan iha anin leten foin rona ema hakilar dehan, "kembang api, kembang api."

Former Vice Prime Minister Mario Carrascalao Resignation Letter: English Translation

Tempo Semanal is please to provide to readers an unofficial translation from Portuguese into English the contents of the resignation letter of former VMP Carrasclao leaked to this newspaper early today.


In the letter VPM Carrascalao responds to many of the allegations made against him by the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for the Council of Ministers.  He also outlines the full range of problems facing the country and in some parts blames the governing coalition and the Prime Minister himself for many of them.


Readers may make up their own minds.


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His Excellency Mr. Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao
Prime Minister of the Government of the RDTL

Excellency,

In a letter dated 24 April 2009, or about a little more than one month after having been sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister Coordinator for State Administration Matters, on one of the few occasions I had to this date of being received by your Excellency, I handed you a
memorandum, where I stated that I had identified until that date 29 matters, to which I called your attention.  They were as follows:
1.      Corruption, nepotism and collusion, commonly known as KKN, continue to stridently increase, with the corrupt protecting one another, in an increasingly sophisticated way. Everyone talks about fighting corruption, but in the moment of truth arrives only a few, a very few, have the courage to maintain themselves in the front line.
2.      Domestic violence continues to be given space to continue to increase and oxygen to give it life.
3.      Those principally responsible for the 2006 crisis and its consequences continue to remain free as birds.
4.      Our balance of trade continues to remain dramatically in the negative.
5.      The purchasing power of the majority of Timorese has not improved. It has remained stagnant.
6.      Foreigners are increasingly dominating commerce.
7.      There is practically no Timorese industry.
8.      Agriculture has been flooded with tractors but these are not being properly used.  They poured millions of dollars from the State’s coffers but in much of Timor-Leste famine remains a constant threat.
9.      Tourists avoid Timor-Leste because conditions to receive them have not yet been established so that Timor-Leste is an attractive/interesting destination.
10.     Many children of school age still do not attend school.  There is still no compulsory education policy. There is a lack of schools and those that exist continue ill provided for or ill equipped of teaching aids.
11.     The uncontrolled manner with which new universities are emerging and the growing number of new graduates is proportionally greater than the number of job places being created.
12.     Land transport means are degraded and lack the capacity to respond to the demand in the country, either in quality or quantity.
13.     There are many areas in Timor-Leste still not covered by the telecommunications network.  Where there are the cost of these services are very high.
14.     Overseas air transport is totally controlled by foreign companies that have flights to Timor-Leste without reciprocity.  In the meantime the Baucau international airport remains practically abandoned.
15.     Timor-Leste’s air space is not being controlled and our maritime borders are being constantly breached.
16.     Pulmonary tuberculosis has not been given the attention it deserves and there are no proper facilities to treat those that have contracted the disease.
17.     HIV/AIDS continues to spread dangerously.  The preventive measures that have been adopted have been insufficient to stop its expansion.
18.     Unemployment continues to grow, as does the immigration of foreign workers.
19.     Discriminatory laws that thereby breach human rights of the Timorese protected in the Constitution of Timor-Leste, drafted by the first three governments, enacted by the parliament and proclaimed by the President of the Republic remain in force.  These were adopted by the AMP government as if its own.
20.     We still do not have a Land Law because some unnamed interests in a manner detrimental to the general population have transformed issue of land into a monster.
21.     The capital of Dili remains without an urbanization plan.  The plan exists, but like most things in our country, it remains in some irresponsible persons drawer whilst they prefer to see the city without order because it favors their interests.
22.     Discriminatory concepts such as “mestico” (term for mixed blood Timorese), “pure blood Timorese”, “Timorese from the diaspora”, “integrationist”, “autonomist”, “collaborationist”, “Maputo group”, “Melbourne mafia” etc etc increasingly form part of the vocabulary of our demagogues.
23.     The National Parliament in which the AMP retains a majority of seats has problems producing new laws that guarantee Timor-Leste’s status as a democratic state under the rule of law.
24.     Justice is still not functioning to the satisfaction of our people.  It lacks credibility because it travels through turbid waters in its implementation of laws.
25.     Impunity seems to have been introduced as a new element in our culture.  Those who breach law and order are becoming accustomed to the idea that “crime pays.”
26.     Power continues to be concentrated in Dili, because administrative reform has been moving at “crab’s pace.”  Difficult days ahead must be anticipated.
27.     The administrative bureaucracy practiced in Timor-Leste, if not the worst, is at least, one of the slowest in the world.  It suffers from an excessive complexity and as a consequence, slowness.  Almost nothing is done in a reasonable time, as previously established.  Our
bureaucracy reminds me of what use to happen in Spain in days gone by, when someone tired of waiting for a train at a station asked the station staff when the train would be arriving would get the answer: “hombre, the train will arrive when it arrives.”
28.     As the case with previous governments, the current government also is made up of watertight compartments, where each ministry trails its own path only crossing with others by accident.
29.     We are still giving little attention to empirically transferring “know how” from international advisors, paid in weights of gold, to the Timorese.  The creation of positions for Timorese advisors would resolve this question and save the state of Timor-Leste millions of dollars.

In a report publicly presented to the government in September 2009, in the presence of diplomatic representatives of friendly nations accredited in Timor-Leste, UNMIT, Timorese and foreign Non Government Organizations and other individuals, in a seminar held at the Ministry of Foreign affairs meeting hall, in which your Excellency was also present, I presented the difficulties I had faced with space and shortage of staff in the 5 months in which I had been in the post in carrying out my mission as set out in Decree Law No. 14 of $ March
2009 and other duties attributed either by the Council of Ministers through decree laws or resolutions or even by mere dispatch of the Prime Minister, as well as the results achieved, challenges and other objectives to be reached.


Regarding the results achieved I informed the following: 1. A new structural law for the inspectorate general of the state was created, which conferred on the inspectorate greater independence in auditing the accounts of the state and in its inspections of the government; 2.
The establishment of mechanisms of inter-ministerial and inter-agency coordination, including: a) Inter-ministerial Commission for Rural Development; b) Inter-ministerial Commission for Physical Projects; c) Inter-ministerial Commission for Special Investments; d)  Monthly meetings with Ministers and Secretaries of State; e) Visits to Ministries and Secretariats of State; f) Coordination of activities of institutions with the mandate of fighting against corruption before the establishment of the Anti Corruption Commission; etc etc.
Regarding the challenges and obstacles, I told of conscious the difficulties I was going to encounter in accepting the position of deputy PM Coordinator for State Administration Matters but I accepted because I wanted to contribute to the administrative reforms on course.   Overall, I verified in during five months that the majority of measures taken to that date were met with silence, disinterest and passivity of many.  The majority of the 60 memorandums addressed to the ministers and secretaries of state went unanswered.  One of the great challenges which I encountered was that some sought protection offered by hierarchy for their own personal interests.

As far as the objectives to be achieved in the area of implementing my duties I reported the following: 1. The adoption of a Governance Strategy, including an Anti Corruption Strategy; 2. Development of regional cooperation (with Australia, Indonesia, Singapore) on anti-corruption; 3. Creation of Strategic Plan for decentralization; 4. Establishment of a functional and efficient procurement service; 5. Development of a Strategic Plan for the Office of the deputy PM; 6. Establishment of a functional mechanism to facilitate regular meetings
with civil society; 7. Establishment of better mechanisms of coordination with ministries and secretariats of state; 8. Establishment of a special investment agency; 9. Simplification of the
administrative processes of the government and the betterment of the public service; 10. Creation of a Unit with functional and efficient inspection and auditing of ministries and secretariats of state.

In order to implement the objectives set out, the office of the deputy PM – CAGAE began to take on support from foreign and Timorese specialists funded by Australia, the European Union, the USA and the state budget.  The office of the deputy PM started to have the conditions to undertake many of its obligations so as not to delude the expectations of the Timorese when your Excellency decided to invite me to join the government.  But, the improvement in the sufficiency of material means and human resources of high quality in the office of the deputy PM and the consequent increase in activity, in the efficiency and the productivity of my office was accompanied by increasingly hostile actions on the part of some members of the government, whose positions began to become more vulnerable also making their actions more visible and so susceptible of being called to account for themselves.  In the face of such a situation, made worse by the unavailability of the Prime Minister to meet fortnightly with his deputy Prime Ministers.  As is stipulated in the Government Structural Law, as well as during his long domestic trips, the silence and or passivity revealed in relation to acts of irresponsibility, the disrespect shown by the Secretary of State for the Council of Ministers and his staff, created the substratum for some waited for the day when they could see themselves free of the deputy PM for State Administration Management matters.  It was with all this in mind and reluctant of a deterioration of the situation that I decided to write you a letter in the first fortnight of August, handed to you by hand during a meeting granted by you after a gap of months, which letter contained a short summary of what had been occurred and where I requested that you give me an opportunity to meet with you to discuss the best way to move forward together for the rest of the time the AMP has to complete its mandate.  The said meeting took place with cordiality and despite it being over an hour in duration I did not hear the smallest of criticism from the Prime Minister regarding my method of work.  I do not therefore believe, the state of spirit of the Prime Minister in the way he screamed at me loudly in the Council of Ministers meeting when I signaled for him to hear me because the speech he was making was not corresponding with the truth, was a spontaneous act but an act influenced by information received from those with their own interests, sufficient proof of which exists in the media release in the name of the government which is full of lies authored by the Secretary of State for the Council of Ministers.

Everything that happened in the Council of Minister’s meeting, one can say, without margin for error was an internal disagreement within the government and resolvable by the AMP presidential council, in fact because I as a member who is loyal to the principles of the PSD, which states that for the PSD all political problems can and should be resolved through dialog, instead of physical or verbal violence.

The Prime Minister did not state during the meeting or during the council of minister’s meeting when he screamed at me emotionally what he came to do during a public meeting with the Dili sub district population.  He did so as a personal attack so as to damage my personal dignity.  Had he done so deliberately with some truth for which I am responsible, but no, he ignored the truth, when someone asked him over the alleged loss of US$3 million in the Ministry of Finance, he did not try to find out the truth, and pulverized the masses with untruths people told him about me.  If the Prime Minister or his collaborators had red the newspapers, they would certainly discover what I did was to order that an investigation be undertaken
regarding the veracity of a statement made in the National Parliament by the illustrious deputy (member of parliament) Antonio (in fact Inacio) Moreira from the FRETILIN party and then published on the front page of newspapers in the capital.  TVTL covered the insults and slander spoken by the PM that the Secretary of State for the Council of Ministers expected.

At the age of 73 this is the first time anyone has ever called me “beikteen” (tetum: stupid) or “bosokteen” (tetum: liar).  As a normal citizen, he who did so has the freedom to repeat it as many times as he wants, because he will have a response of the same caliber.  But the PM of an AMP government supported by PSD, will not have the opportunity of repeat these insults or slander as he did.  I WILL NOT RESPOND IN WORDS, TO PERSONAL ATTACKS, BECAUSE MY MANNERS DO NOT PERMIT ME TO DO THIS.  MY RESPONSE IS TO RESIGN FROM MY POSITION OF DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER FOR COORDINATION OF STATE ADMINISTRATION MANAGEMENT MATTERS AND LOOK TO SERVE MY COUNTRY WHERE I CAN BE USEFUL AND BE RESPECTED BY WHOMEVER WILL BE MY SUPERIOR IN HIERARCHICAL TERMS.

As a final note and for all to secure the interests of the state, I request your Excellency that in as short a time as possible, you order an inspection/audit of my office covering all areas of interest to the state so that the handover of my portfolio is done in a responsible way and that there will be no inventions after my exit so as to denigrate my dignity.


I am Your Excellency, Respectfully yours,

Dili, 6 September 2010

Engineer Mario Viejas Caracalla
(VPM-CAGAE)

Cc:  His Excellency the President of the RDTL

AMP Nakdoko: Mario Rezigna Aan

Mario oficialmente resigna an husi Vice PM. 
Surat ne'ebe hakerek ho data 6/9/2010 mak asina husi Mario Carrascalao haruka ba Primeiru Ministru Xanana Gusmao.
Mario hakerek ho lian portuguese ne'ebe traduz ba Tetun dehan, "ho tinan 73, foin ba dala uluk, maka ema ida foin bolu hau, "beikten ka bosokten." Hanesan cidadaun normal, se maka halo, sei hetan liberdade dala hira hakarak, tan ba sei hetan letra, ho atakes pesoais, tan ba hau nia edukasaun la permite. Hau nia resposta maka resigna an husi kargu Vice Primeiru Ministru ba koordenador ba asuntus ba jestaun administrasaun estado no prokura servir hau nia rain iha fatin ne'ebe bele util no respeitadu husi se se de'it maka sai hanesan hau nia superior," Mario dehan iha pagina 5 alina 2 husi ikus.

Surat Rezigna An: Husi Mario.

Rui Castro lamenta ho Mario Carrascalao ninia atetude ne'ebe la konsege kaer ruma husik hela ninia kargu tan de'it kritika Primeiru Ministru Xanana Gusmaio. 


Hau haree Mario Viegas Carrascalao ne'e inkonsitente bo'ot ida. Ne'e dezde uluk kedan iha tempu integrasaun mos nia la konsisten. Ema ne'ebe konsisten ne'e mak Abilio Ozorio Soares no Francisco Lopes da Cruz. 


Carrascalao sae ba Vice PM atu hadia administrasaun ho aijuda kombate KKN. Maibe hafoin tinan ida KKN maka'as liu tan no la iha korruptor ida tama kadeia i nia halai soe hela nia pasta tan ba alergi ho kritika," dehan Rui Castro.


Iha parte seluk Sonia x. da Cruz Freitas, estudante ida husi UNTL dale,"Sr. Carrascalao laiha espiritu transparencia tan ne'e kritika kois de'it resigna an. Ne'e hatudu katak Sr. Carrascalao gosta defende ninia prestijiu duke buka rezolve povu nia susar. Nune'e duni haree ba hahalok ne'e nia la'os lider ne'ebe demokratiku di'ak."

Breaking News - Political Drama in Timor-Leste: Mario Resigns.

Mario Carrascalao

In a dramatic political move Vice Prime Minister (VPM) Mario Carrascalao has resigned from office, putting pressure on the Parliamentary Majority Alliance as it could possibly cause VPM Carrascalao's political party PSD, of which he was formerly President, to pull out of the coalition.  Tempo Semanal sources suggest this could cause a political earthquake in Dili.

Tempo Semanal has obtained a copy of a multi-page letter of resignation dated 6 September 2010 in which VPM Carrascalao gives up his post as Vice Prime Minister in the Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste.

This comes a s result of recent attacks on him made by Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao.  These attacks have seen the Prime Minister refer to his deputy as stupid and incompetent in many public settings, including via national television on 2 September.  Notably the former VPM Carrascalao has not publicly responded to the attacks.  His response has been to resign, effective 6 September as documented in a letter Tempo Semanal has obtained in the last 30 minutes.

Foreign Minister Zacarias da Costa, currently President of PSD was also attacked by Prime Minister Xanana recently for his threats to resign from his post earlier this year - via SMS.  Da Costa was subjected to public scrutiny via his questioning by the Prime Minister in a nationally televised Council of Ministers meeting earlier this year.

Mario Carrascalao was formerly Governor of the Indonesian province of Timor Timor, having elected to stand side by side with the Indonesian occupation of Timor-Leste.  It was during his tenure in the 1980s that a short cease fire was brokered with Xanana and FALINTIL, many students began to be sent to university in Indonesia, and many public works projects were done as Indonesia extended its roads, school system and state apparatus into the mountains of Timor-Leste.  Carrascalao has had prominent business interests in Timor-Leste and is the patriarch of a large and powerful family.

Mario Carrascalo was appointed Vice Prime Minister by Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao in January 2009.  His mandate was to improve government machinery, eradicate corruption and strengthen the administration.

CARRASCALAO FAN XANANA SOSA

Filipe Rodrigues Pereira*

*Analista Politika no Sosial, Membro Komite 12 de Novembro, Dili.

Artigu ne’e Hakerek’nain prepara loron ida antes depois de rona VPM Mario Carrascalao publika ninia resignasaun ba publiku iha dia 8/9/2010. Rona tiha informasaun katak VPM hato’o ona ninia resignasaun, Hakerek’nain buka elabora oituan tan artigu ne’e hodi publika ba sani’nain sira.

Hanesan publiku akompanha, depois de mosu ‘konflitus-kroat’ entre PM, Xanana Gusmao no VPM, Mario Viegas Carrascalao nebe’e publika luan ba publiku, rona dehan VPM Mario Carrascalao husu lisensa de trabalho semana ida laran ba PM ho razaun moras. Mosu espekulasoins oi-oin, lisensa ka prepara atu resigna a’an?! Afinal….?!

‘Konflitus elites’ entre PM Xanana no VPM Carrascalao sai kroat liu tan wainhira PM Xanana ataka VPM Carrascalao ninia personalidade nebe  hateten ba publiku katak VPM ne’e beikten. PM Xanana sukit mos katak iha tempu Indonesia VPM Carrascalao servisu ba intereses politika integrasaun nian. Hanesan publiku akompanha, ataka ba personalidade ne’e PM Xanana halo iha loron konsultasaun ba Planu Estratejiku Dezenvolvimentu Nasional (PEDN) iha eis Mercado Minicipal Dili semana liuba.

Tuir informasaun, konflitus entre PM no VPM ne’e mosu tamba iha diferensas de ideias sobre policyinternal governu nian nebe’e halo VPM Carrascalao halaisai husi reuniaun Conselho de Ministros (CdM), no CdM suspende kompetensia balun VPM nian. Publiku mos akompanha, depois de hetan suspensaun, VPM sei tama servisu hanesan bai-bain, maibe wainhira hetan ataka ba ninia personalidade husi PM Xanana, VPM Carrascalao iha dia seginte haruka kedan surat ba PM Xanana hodi husu lisensa de trabalho semana ida ho razaun moras. Iha ne’e hatudu katak ataka ninia personalidade nudar buat ida todan tamba ne’e afeta VPM Carrascalao sai moras, la’os disizaun CdM nebe’e suspende VPM ninia kompetensia balun mak halo VPM monu moras.

Koalia konaba suspensaun maka administrativamente suspensaun de kompetensia ba VPM Carrascalao signifika nudar sanksaun. Mosu sanksaun hatudu katak VPM Carrascalao halo sala. VPM Carrascalao halo ou la’halo buat ruma no ninia hahalok ne’e kontradis ho politika governu Aliansa Maioria Parlamentar (AMP). Hanesan informasaun nebe’e hafakar sai ba publiku liu husi SE Agio Pereira indika katak VPM Carrascalao la’iha k’bit naton atu implementa ho maximu programas governu nian balun tuir kompetensia nebe’e PM fo’o ba VPM ne’e. Hanesan publiku hotu akompanha, husi prinsipiu VPM Carrascalao husu PM entrega kompetensia nebe’e bo’ot no luan ba VPM Carrascalao wainhira nia simu  kargu nudar VPM. Tuir evaluasaun CdM nian afinal hatudu mos katak iha indikasaun ‘mosu KKN’ iha VPM ninia gabinete.

Liu husi ilustrasaun hirak iha leten iha parte ida hatudu katak diferensas de ideias hodi implementa ka la’implementa programas governu nian hamosu ‘konflitu’ entre PM no VPM Carrascalao, maibe abut husi ‘konflitus elites’ ne’e sai a’as wainhira mosu mos atetude husi VPM Carrascalao nebe’e gosta ataka-malu ka loke frakeza governu AMP nian liu husi no ba imprensa. Iha ne’e hamosu impresaun iha APM nia let katak mosu opozisaun iha kualisaun nia laran. Objektivu hili imprensa hodi ataka-malu bele ho hanoin positivu no negativu. Negativu, hakarak hatudu deit ba publiku konaba id-idak ninia superioridade de governar. Durante ne’e, iha governu AMP nia laran, VPM Carrascalao mak iha habitu gosta fakarsai disvantagem governu APM ba publiku. Pozitivamente hahalok ne’e dalaruma ho intensaun atu dada publiku partisipa no tau matan-lesuk konaba saida deit mak akontese iha governu nia laran. ‘Esperitu de transparensia’ mak dalaruma VPM Carrascalao opta hodi hakarak hatauk membros governus sira seluk, li-liu SE no Ministros sira atu bele hala’o k’nar los no mo’os. Maibe ikus, wainhira mosu indikasaun nebe’e dehan, VPM Carrascalao komete mos praktika KKN iha ninia gabinete maka halo publiku lakon ikilibrasaun atu simu intensaun positivu ka negativu nebe’e temi iha leten.

Husi partes seluk, deklarasauan PM Xanana nebe’e ataka VPM Carrascalao nia personalidade hodi dehan VPM Carrascalao beikten no bosokten, hamosu perguntas iha publiku nia let, karik hatene hela Carrascalao ne’e Maubeik ka Maubosok, nusa AMP foti Carrascalao ba tu’ur iha estrutura governu nian nebe’e a’as tebes nudar VPM?! Publiku konfundi, publiku mak bulak ka governantes sira mak pontu. Mos, wainhira hetene  hela VPM Carrascalao nudar kolaborador politika Indonesia nian iha pasadu nusa fo’o fatin no k’bit iha governu ne’e nia laran?! Maibe hanesan hot-hotu hetene, nudar nasaun demokratiku AMP presiza airin forte hodi forma governu iha tinan hirak liu ba, nebe wainhira demokrasia permite maka atu eis-integrasionistas, eis-oportunistas no diaboistas mos bele halimur hamutuk enkuatu bele sai airin ba AMP. Kestaun mak ne’e, nusa ikus mai governantes sira rasik gosta sukit-malu ho id-idak nia background politika pasadu nian nebe’e wainhira fakarsai maka povu ki’ik iha kraik mak sei senti terus liu, tamba povu iha baze mak simu sofrimentus barak no todan iha tempu ekspansionistas no sira nia lakalhus sira ukun.

Sukit VPM Carrascalao ninia background politika nebe dehan, uluk iha Indonesia nia tempu VPM Carrascalao hala’o mos intereses politika integrasaun nian bele hamosu mos sentimentus anti eis-integrasionistas iha nivel massa grass root. Iha kazu ne’e, sorte que maioria maluk eis-integrasionistas sira sei hela iha Timor Ocidental, karik moioria sosiadade ne’e fila hotu ona ba Timor-Leste, no iha grupu ruma boleia deklarasauan emosional PM Xanana nian ne’e, maka dalaruma bele mosu ‘movimentus tara no duni’ eis-integrasionistas sira husi Timor-Leste. Wainhira movimentu refere ne’e mosu maka bele rezultas IDP’s foun iha nasaun ne’e.  Maibe iha parte ne’e, dalaruma PM Xanana mos kala sukat nanis, agora daudaun sei la’mosu IDP’s ho klasifikasaun eis-integrasionistas tamba sira barak mak hili hela iha Indonesia. Grupu ho klasifikasaun ne’e iha deit kamada ki’ik-o’an ida mak hili hela iha Timor-Leste. Maski ho kuantidade ki’ik maibe maluk hirak ne’e kuaze tu’ur hotu hanesan membros do governu iha nasaun ne’e. Nudar membros do governu maka  so PM Xanana mesak mak iha k’bit atu bele ‘hakilar fo’o hanoin’ no chama atensaun ba sira, povu ki’ik labele hakilar sira tamba tauk ho sira nia eskoltus nebe’e mak estadu selu hodi fo’o siguransa ba sira loron to’o kalan.

Fila ba konflitus elites, ho konflitus entre PM Xanana no VPM Carrascalao sei hadoko airin governu APM? Hakerek’nain hare katak wainhira VPM Carrascalao gentleman maka airin governu APM sei la’nakadoko, VPM Carrascalao sei buka atu konsidera katak intereses nasional a’as liu buat hotu, no sei hatu’ur konflitus nebe’e mosu entre nia no PM Xanana nudar problema pessoal, tamba PM Xanana ataka no hakanek ninia dignidade pessoal, la’os ataka no hakanek PSD, maski husi prinsipiu konflitus ne’e iha relasaun ho servisu governamental.

Ikus, ho konflitus elites hanesan durante ne’e mosu iha governasaun APM nia laran, hein katak ita hotu-hotu, liu-liu governantes sira bele foti hodi aprende nudar lisaun ba futuru. Konflitus mosu tamba bazeia deit ba reaksaun emosional, “o fan hau sosa” sei la’ajuda governu no estadu lori ninia povu ba odamatan bo’ot liberdade no prosperiedade nasaun nian iha tempu hirak nebe’e sei mai. **End***

Xanana’s Calling Mario Carrascalao Stupid Shows Emergence of a Crisis of Trust in the AMP Government

Translation from Tetum:

TEMPO SEMANAL
Friday, 3 September 2010
 
During the public consultation for the Vera Cruz Sub District held at the Former Municipal Markets in Dili last night, PM Xanana openly showed that he has lost confidence in the Deputy Prime Minister for State Administration Matters, Mario Viegas Carrascalao.
 
This declaration of open war between Xanana and his deputy occurred when Xanana was answering questions from a youth who had questioned him about US$3 million lost in the Ministry of Finance. “This person who has been making statements about these three million dollars lost in the Ministry of Finance is a stupid person and does not have an understanding of the system. I know what Mario Carrascalao wants to show. He wants to say that because he did not want even one cent to fall to the ground that he has grabbed onto this three million dollars thing. This only shows his stupidity, that he does not understand the system,” Xanana said harshly.  Some time ago the Deputy PM Mario Carrascalao condemned the Ministry of Finance in the media for having lost three million dollars and for which the PM is investigating.
 
The PM continued, “I know that Mr. Mario has the habit of raising this thing.  But I tell you all, Mr. Mario is lying to himself.”
 
The PM acknowledged that it is people who have often done wrong themselves yet everyday they yell all over the place as if they were saints and everyone else were sinners, saying, “I will not accept this.”  The former Commander in Chief of the Falintil during the period of the resistance wrote in a document on 20 August 1987 that as the Governor of the Province of Timur-Timor at that time was “Indonesia’s propagandist”, and last night Xanana mocked his deputy saying, “we sometimes forget that before we traveled all around Timor saying that independence is a daydream.  Now you come and yell at me, this I do not accept.”

The former leader of the CNRM warned the former Governor for the Suharto Regime, “I do not accept that some people who before made a lot of money from the spilling of our blood, today come and yell criticism at me,” Xanana publicly scolded Mario Carrascalao.
 
Some of the powers of the Deputy PM have already been suspended by a decree law approved on 25/08/2010 and has been promulgated by the President of the Republic Dr. Jose Ramos Horta.

Tempo Semanal attempted to get a comment from the Deputy PM on this matter but was unsuccessful because he has not been in his office and his media advisor has not been answering the phone.

According to a Political observer Felipe Rodrigues Pereira who has recently completed his masters degree in Political Science in Indonesia in an exclusive interview with Tempo Semanal, “Firstly I am very saddened to witness this current government reflecting itself in the eyes of the public as being disorganized and disoriented.  Such misunderstandings should be sorted out internally and ethically within the spirit of the alliance that exists so that the public can continue to have trust in this government.  But what has happened shows that the members of the government prefer to use the media to attack one another. This only shows that the government is not solid enough to continue functioning and governing, and ultimately it is the people who suffer because the government is making itself lame.

“This disagreement clearly shows that there is a crisis of trust within the top leadership of the AMP towards Mario Carrascalao.  The suspension of powers previously given to Deputy PM Mario Carrascalao means that he has been administratively sanctioned for his acts and conduct because it has been contrary to AMP policy.  But it would be better and so as not to cause speculation then this suspension handed out to Deputy PM Carrascalao should be extended to other members of government who during this time have not been performing their functions well or who have contradicted AMP policy,” said Filipe.
 
He added that, “The issue of what Deputy PM Mario Carrascalao must now do in relation to the suspension of his powers, as I said above, legally and morally the suspension of these powers must be considered as being a punishment. This is not just like sanctioning a public servant, because it is the Deputy PM, it has a number of significant aspects about it, namely that there is a lack or if there is any remaining confidence in him, so he must voluntarily resign or something like that.  If Deputy PM Carrascalao has any dignity left the best thing for him to do is to resign from the government, so as to give the government the opportunity to govern with more internal solidity. The people are sick and tired of the conflicts that have emerged within this alliance.  Deputy PM Carrascalao can return to the National Parliament to oversee the AMP’s governance as he did before.”

“Regarding allegations that Deputy PM Carrascalao himself was involved in corruption whilst he was Deputy PM, it would be better that the appropriate authorities investigate and wait the outcome of such investigations.  But the conflict that is currently occurring between the PM and the Deputy PM Carrascalao may indirectly smash Carrascalao further and at the same time smash the PSD as a political party before the 2012 elections,” he underscored.  (*ends*)

Breaking News: Timorese Historical Leaders Hold Closed Meeting in Maubisse

Most of Timor-Leste's main leadership spent 21 August in Maubisse, Timor-Leste.  It is expected that the meeting will continue on 22 August.

The first day was closed to the media.

Tempo Semanal has been asked to attend the 22 August meeting.

According to Tempo Semanal sources in Maubisse Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, President Jose Ramo-Horta, Secretary-General of FRETILIN Mari Alkatiri, Vice Prime Minister Mario Carrascalao, Vice Prime Minister Jose Luis Guterres, Major General Taur Matan Ruak, and President of FRETILIN Lu Olo are in attendance.  The First President of Timor-Leste Fransisco Xavier Amaral while invited is not in attendance due to poor health, and is now in Singapore seeking medical attention.

The gathering of the historical leaders of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste was initiated by the Government with support from the Catholic Church and and the Diocese of Baucau's Justice and Peace Commission.

Tempo Semanal's source said that the leaders' gathering is to seek "mutual understanding of each others positions, opinions and expectations for future generations.  They are sitting together for the cause of future generations.  They are putting aside political party interests, and just seeking to discuss national interests."

"The historical leaders from 1975 until the 1980s are in Maubisse to discuss the issue of possible new leaders from the next generations to carry out the process of national development and state building into the future", said Tempo Semanal sources.

The leaders are engaging in a wide ranging discussion under the moderation of the Bishop of Baucau in concordance with other dioceses' in Timor-Leste.  Another source told Tempo Semanal that the "leaders are not in Maubisse as state leaders or as party leaders but as founders of the nation and as leading national figures with a view to moving to the future."

The source told Tempo Semanal that "this is simply the first phase, and second phase will include the second generation leaders."  END

Vice Prime Minister Carrascalao Speaks Out. Tempo Semanal Will Protect Its Sources.

In the interests of showing both sides TS publishes the below Press Release from Vice Prime Minister Mario Carrascalao.

Tempo Semanal believes that its readers are best placed to make up their own minds about the issue of the 17,000 dollar contract for Adviser Rosa Ribeiro.


Tempo Semanal will however continue to report on corruption in Timor-Leste wherever it may be found. The Palacio Governo, FRETILIN CC HQ, or the farthest mountain villages.


Of note is that there is no whistle blower legislation in Timor-Leste which protects people from legal action in the case that they reveal corruption inside their institutions. Tempo Semanal has reported on corruption every week for over 2 years - and has never revealed a source. This will continue. Tempo Semanal always protects its sources.

Coming News / / Mario Carrascalao: Big Contract - TMR: F-FDTL Development

Tempo Semanal has obtained a copy of the contract for an "International" Timorese adviser in the Office of Vice Prime Minister Mario Carrascalao.  This contract according to Clause 3 states that Rosa Vong shall be paid 17,000USD/month via state funds as per Clause 3 of the Contract, signed on 01/07/2010.

For details please read the Tempo Semanal on its Special Adition 20/08/2010.

In the edition Tempo Semanal also has an exclusive interview with Chief of the Defence Force Major - General Taur Matan Ruak who has raised concerns about the development capital allocated to the FALINTIL-FDTL.

Atu Subar Bosok No Defende Aan PSD Tula Todan Ba SEKM ho Media

Tuir komunikadu ba emprensa ne’ebe dirije ba emprensa tomak, Konsellu Ministru esplika katak, “iha loron 14 fulan Abríl, tinan 2010, hala’o iha Palásiu Governu, iha Díli, hahuu ho esklaresimentu kona-ba

situasaun Ministru Negósiu Estranjeiru nian, iha órgaun komunikasaun sosiál sira nia oin. Kazu ameasa Rezignasaun SMS ninia gravidade maka’as tebes maka PM Xanana ho laran luak loke odamatan KM ba komunikasaun social. “Tanba mensajen liu husi telemóvel ne’ebé Ministru Negósiu Estranjeiru haruka ba Sr. Primeiru-Ministru, liu husi Gabineti. Primeiru Ministru konsidera katak liafuan hirak hato’o hosi Zacarias da Costa durante prosesu ida ne’e “labele admite, labele tolera, halo afirmasaun ida ho intimidasaun no ladún iha valór”. Primeiru-Ministru dirije ba Ministru Negósius Estranjeirus katak “...ita boot halo sala tanba desizaun Primeiru-

Ministru nian atu bolu embaixadór sira!”. Ikus liu, Zacarias da Costa husu deskulpa ba Konsellu Ministru,” deklara iha komunikadu ba emprensa husi palaciu do Governu.

Deputadu Riak Leman dehan ba jornalista sira iha Uma fukun Parlamentu Nasional katak sira nia partidu mak husu duni ba Dr. Zacarias atu ba haraik aan ba PM. “Ami mak husu duni ba Dr. Zacarias atu ba husu deskulba ba maun boot Xanana,” dehan Riak Leman. Tuir observasaun Dr. Cristopher Samson katak ne’e hatudu arofansia MNE ninian hasoru ninia Primeiru Ministru. “Kuandu deputadu Riak dehan sira mak husu Dr. Zacarias ba husu deskulba ba PM entaun ne’e hatudu nia la husu deskulba ho laran tan ba ema seluk mak obriga nia. Nune’e sei iha problema nafatin iha futuru tan ba arogonsia Dr. Zacarias ninian ne’e,” dehan Diretor Labeh.

Iha Transmisaun direita debate iha TVTL ne’ebe marka de’it prezensa husi Sekretariu do Estadu Konsellu de Ministru Agio Pereira, Hermenegildo Lopes Kupa no deputadu Rui Meneses ne’e la konsege la’o ho didiak tan ba tuir produtor programa TVTL ninian hateten katak sira konvida ona Dr. Zacarias maibe delega fail ba vice PM Mario Carrascalao. “Foun-foun ami husu ba Ministru Zacarias maka atu mai maibe ninia parte dehan Vice PM Carrascalao mak sei reprezenta nia. Entaun ami dehan ba Vice PM katak programa ne’e sei halo gravasaun maibe Vice PM ezije atu halo transmisaun direitu. Entaun ami nia ema balun ne’ebe la’o hela ho Prezidente ami tenke esforsu para mai fail atu atende programa ne’e no ultimo liu ami konfirma hikas ba vice PM ninia gabinete hodi dehan loos ona. Ninia sekretariu husu se se maka sei marka prezensa iha debate ne’e I ami dehan katak Sr. Vice PM, Sr. Kupa no Sr. Sekretariu Estadu Konsellu de Ministru. Entaun ninia sekretariu dehan hein lai nia sei hatoo hikas ba Vice Pm. Liu tiha minutu balun ha’u simu fail telephone dehan Vice PM sei la partisipa,” esplika Nelio Isac. Tuir Hermenegildo Kupa ninia hanoin katak Vice PM most auk atu hetan moe kuandu lia loos ne’e fakar sai ba publiku.

Ho debate televizaun ne’e loke hikas kanek rezignasaun SMS no Partidu Sosial Demokratiku dala ida tan liu husi ninia deputadu sira iha plenaria parlamentu nasional ataka Sekretariu do Estadu Konsellu de Ministru Hemenegildo Pereira. I pior liu tan iha sira nia deklarasaun Politika ne’e mos deputadu Agusto Tara dehan Media sai manipulador tan halo kovertura ba ameasa rezignasaun SMS Dr. Zacarias ninian. Deklarasaun ida ne’e halo deputadu lubun bo’ot ida husi Fretilin hanesan Jose Texeira, Aniceto Guterres, no seluk tan ataka hikas PSD. Nune’e mos deputadu husi PD no CNRT fila kontra bankada PSD. Maibe antes ida ne’e Vice PM Mario Carrascalao mos la aceita ho lala’ok PM ninian hodi loke odamatan KM ba Media no maiske media rasik testamunia Dr. Zacarias rekuinese nia sala maibe Ir. Mario dehan la’e. Ida ne’e hatudu sei iha pluralismu iha governasaun AMP ninia laran. Hatene didiak liu tan mai ita tuir hamutuk intervista exkluxivu Tempo Semanal (TS) via Telemovel ho Vice Primeiru Ministru Mario Viegas Carrascalao (MC) iha sexta feira semana kotuk hanesan tuir mai ne’e:



TS: Oin sa Sr. Vice Primeiru Ministru ninia hanoin kona ba atetude Prezidente PSD ne’ebe buka ameasa deit maibe la barani ho desizaun atu rezignaan hanesan iha ninia sms ba PM iha loron 28/03/2010? Oin sa ita boot nia hanoin kona ba drama konsellu de Ministru Loron 14/04/2010?

MC: Ha’u hanoin imprensa sr. agio mak kontrola. Ne’e duni sira ba iha ne’eba, Sr. Agio maka bolu sira ba ka. Too iha ne’eba, ha’u nia hanoin mak ne’e konsellu Ministru la’os lori fali imprensa ba. Konsellu Ministru ne’e iha ninia porta voz. Vorta Voz mak ba imprensa para ko’alia la’os lori fali ba iha sesaun ne’eba. I depois halo fali hanesan julgamentu publika. Tribunal ka plenariu ka sasan sira ne’e, ba ha’u la konkorda buat sira ne’e.

TS: Maiske nune’e pelumenus prova ona katak foun foun Dr. Zacarias nega maibe hodi seik nia rekunese haruka sms hodi ameasa rezigna husi kargu ministru Negosiu Estranjeiru. Oin sa Ir. Nia haree?

MC: Nia la’os dehan la haruka sms. SMS nia haruka duni. Nia hateten mos ba hau katak nia haruka duni mas husu atu konsidera. La’os be sms liu husi sra. Asesora ne’e hateten katak atu husu rezigna an. Nunka iha rezignasaun ida husu fali ba asesora ne’e. Depois asesora ne’e mos haruka fali be sms ida haruka hateten hakerek surat lalais hateten aturezigna an. Se maka haruka ne’e ka fo instrusaun ne’e? sr. Agio Pereira.

TS: Depois hatene lia loloos ne’e oin sa ita boot ninia pozisaun relasiona ba kazu Sr. Zacarias ninian?

MC: Sr. Zacarias ne’e prezidente Partidu. Hanesan Presidente Partidu nu entantu PSD ne’e hotu-hotu solidu I solidariu hotu ho prezidente. La iha ema ida ke diskorda. Talvez iha ema ida ka rua. Mas partidu hamriik metin, partidu hamriik metin. Partidu kada vez mais boot liu, iha Timor ne’e mak ema komesa tauk ne’e.

TS: Maibe impresaun husi publiku agora daudaun barak mak hatene katak Sr. Zacarias halo hela kebohongan Publiku no hatun dignidade no kredibilidade estadu ne’e ninian. Oin sa ita boot ninia hanoin?

MC. Se maka lori informasaun dehan Dr. Zacarias halo bosok publiku ne’e husi be, Sr. Jornalista sira ne’ebe ke sr. Agio lori ba iha konsellu Ministrus ne’e. Kuandu sira sai husi ne’eba hateten katak Dr. Zacarias husu tiha ona deskulpa no Dr. Zacarias konsidera sala. Ne’e..ne’e.. la loos. Dr. Zacarias deskreve situasaun real. Jornalista sira ne’eba hotu, hatene hotu. I depois kuandu sesaun taka tiha sira nia ema sei iha ne’eba nafatin. Ninia ema sira iha ne’eba nafatin depois lori lia fuan sira husi konsellu de ministru nee….Loloos ne’e labele hetan infiltrasaun sira hanesan ne’e.

TS: Entaun Dr. Zacarias lahusu deskulba ga Sr. Vice Primeiru Ministru?

MC: La’e…la’e…Dr. Zcarias la husu deskulba. Jornalista sira iha ne’eba rona. Jornalista sira hatudu took filmajen sira ne’ebe imi halo ne’e ba ha’u katak Dr. Zacarias iha ne’eba hamriik hhusu deskulba ka konsidera nia sala ga? Nia la konsidera nia sala. Nia deskrefe faktus mak ne’e de’it.



TS: Maibe iha ne’eba Sr. Primeiru Ministru ho liman karuk hatudu ba Dr. Zacarias depois Primeiru Ministru hateten ba Dr. Zacarias katak, “Ita boot sala, “ no Dr. Zacarias rasik doko nia ulun hatudu ninia aceitasaun?

MC: Aceitasaun ida ne’eba la’os julgamentu ida ka tribunal ida.

TS: Entaun oin sa ho Sr. Vice PM sai iha media estranjeiru ita boot lamenta ho Dr. Zacarias nia hahalok?

MC: La’os lamenta ka la lamenta. Maibe ha’u hakarak hateten ba ita boot katak perguntas ne’ebe Dr. Zacarias halo hodiseik(14/04) hanesan Ministru Negosiu Estranjeiru la hetan resposta. Ne’e maka ha’u bele hateten ba ita boot.

TS: Obrigado Sr. Vice.

MC: OK?

Horta Still Ask Xanana to reshuffle Government

As arrived back from Maldives Horta held a press conference in Dili International Airport. Every time President return from his visits many government ministers blue plate pack the VIP parking area. But the situation is very different on Friday only Deputy Prime Minister Mario Carrascalao and Secretary state for Oekuse region is came to expect President. Horta has aske PM Xanana to reshuffle his cabinet and even President Name name. On Friday seat next to Deputy PM Carrascalao President reiterate his suggestion to Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao to reshuffle his cabinet. “My only suggestions as president but also as concern East Timorese citizen are whether it might be convenient to reshuffle the cabinet to change ministers around. That’s normal in many countries after two years of experience you see which ministers fits which portfolio better. Other issues I might discuss with Prime Minister are not for me to comment in public. The Prime Minister is one who should have the exclusive responsibility to decide who should be in his government in consultation with the parties in the coalition. The parties and the leaders in the coalition have a say who they want to be in the cabinet but that is their prerogative not mine. The former number one Timorese Diplomat Said, “It is the Prime minister right to appoint and to dismiss a minister no mine.”