PM Foo Orientasaun Rezolve Bolso Estdu Mas Prosesu Kudeik Iha MF

DR. Aurelio Guterres, Reitor UNTL

Tempo Semanal - Dili, 13/12/2012

Iha fulan hirak liu ba, mosu polémika kona ba atrazu iha pagamentus ba dosentes hirak nebé mai hosi rai liur liu hosi programa FUP ka Fundasaun Universidades Portuguesas hodi hanorin iha UNTL. Polémika ne’e halo parte dosentes sira no parte UNTL nian hatudu liman ba malun no Dosente balun foti desizaun hodi fila hikas ba sira rain.

Wainhira situasaun dosentes rai liur nian seidauk klaru lolos ba públiku, mosu tan problema seluk nebé afeta estudante Timor oan hirak nebé oras ne’e dadaun halao hela sira nian estudu iha Portugal liu hosi programa FUP. Estudante hirak nebé hetan bolsa liu hosi FUP, fo sai katak to’o agora sira nian estudu hetan ameasa tamba sira seidauk selu propinas ba universidades ho razaun katak sira seidauk simu osan bolsa nian.

Hare ba situasaun ne’e, TEMPO SEMANAL (TS) tenta buka hatene kona ba saida mak lolos ne’e akontese ba FUP no tamba sa mak bolsas ba estudantes Timor oan hirak ne’e atrazu, parte nebé los mak iha responsabilidade atu hatan ba situasaun ne’e no medidas saida mak UNTL tenta foti hodi rezolve situasaun estudantes no dosentes hirak nebé mai hosi rai liur? Atu hetan respostas ba perguntas hirak ne’e, bele akompanha intervista exklusivu nebé Journalista TEMPO SEMANAL (TS) halo ho Dr. Aurelio Guterres, Reitor Universidade Nasional Timor-Leste (UNTL)

TS: Karik Reitor bele esplika uitoan kona ba kooperasaun ne’ebe halo ona, entre UNTL ho IPAD husi Portugal hodi haruka Dosentes husi UNTL ba kontinua estudu iha Portugal?

DR. Aurelio Guterres: Durante ida ne’e, politika estadu Timorense ho estadu Portugues iha area edukasaun, espesifikamente ensinu superior, la’o hahu iha tinan 2000. Iha tinan sanulu nian laran estadu portugues haruka professores mai husi universidades parseirus sira hanesan iha Portugal. Universidades sira ne’ebe tama iha Fundasaun Universidades Portuguesas (FUP) nia koordenasaun, mai hanorin iha ne’e liu hosu apoiu IPAD nian.

Alein de ida ne’e, iha tinan lima (5) kotuk nian laran ne’e, IPAD loke mos oportunidade hodi fo’o mos bolsus estudus ba professores UNTL ninian. Tinan-tinan, por volta de nain sanulu ba eskola hodi hasai programa S2 ka S3 iha Portugal. Ne’e maka kooperasaun ne’ebe hala’o durante ne’e, to’o agora.

TS: Karik bele, foo hatene mos numeru dosentes UNTL ninian nain hira mak eskola ona iha Portugal liu husi Kooperasaun ne’e ka hetan apoiu husi fatin seluk mos?

DR. Aurelio Guterres: Dosentes Timor oan ne’ebe eskola iha Portugal tuir ambitu jeral, kada tinan iha ema besik atus ida resin ka kuaze atus rua mak eskola iha ne’eba, mas metade maioria fila fali tiha ona. Oras ne’e daudauk, sira ne’ebe kontinua eskola iha ne’eba, por volta de 60 ital no tama hamutuk ho programa IPAD ninian ka sira ne’ebe maka IPAD maka fo’o bolsu de estudu ne’e por volta de vinte profesores. Ne’e hanesan iha IPAD ninian ka iha eskema bolsu estudu husi IPAD ninian.

TS: Ba sira seluk ne’e husi ne’ebe maka foo bolsu de estudu?

DR. Aurelio guterres: Ne’e bolsu estudu husi Governu Timor ninian maka haruka sira ba eskola iha ne’eba. Hamutuk seixenta kuatru (64).

TS: Karik bele esplika durante programa bolsu de estudus sira ne’e, dosentes sira ne’ebe haruka ba eskola iha ne’eba infrenta problemas ruma ne’ebe ita bo’ot rejista?

DR. Aurelio Guterres: Problemas iha rua; ida problema akademiku no seluk fali maka problema administrasaun financeiru. Durante ne’e seidauk iha problema seriu ida hanesan ne’e. Problema liu maka sira ne’ebe iha IPAD ninia okos ne’e. Sira iha kriteriu ida ne’ebe ketak.  Wainhira estudante ne’e ba eskola iha ne’eba, nia tenke ser pasa disiplina. Por ijemplu, se estudante mak la pasa de’it disiplina ida mos nia lakon ona bolsu estudu. Iha kazu ida ne’e, husi FUP ne’ebe ke jere bolsu estudus ne’e, informa mai UNTL katak bolseirus ida hanesan ne’e nia bele kontinua estudu mas nia komu la pasa materia ida hanesan ne’e entaun nia labele hetan ona bolsu estudu. Entaun nune’e husi ita iha UNTL, atravez bolsu estudu governu ninian maka halo intervensaun. Durante ne’e laiha problema tan ba responde problemas sira ne’e ho modelu hanesan hau esplika ne’e.

TS: Sr. Reitor, iha mos kazu balun ne’ebe ami rejista katak iha dosentes UNTL nain walu maka la pasa iha primeiru ano nune’e sira lakon direitu ba bolsu estudu husi IPAD nune’e sira iha problemas ninia laran daudaun ne’e. Oin sa ita nia hare?

DR. Aurelio Guterres: Sim, husi nain walu ne’e, Universidade Nasional foin hetan informasaun tiha ona. Relatoriu mai husi FUP, katak sira nain walu ne’e la pasa materia balun entaun sira lakon sira nia bolsu estudu. Ne’ebe, ba 2013 hatama tiha ona ba eskema bolsu estudu UNTL ninian. I depois UNTL mos, liu hosi gabinete reitor nian kontaktu tiha ona estudantes ka profesores sira ne’ebe eskola iha ne’eba ne’e, para haruka sira nia detalhus liu-liu kona ba sira nia konta bankaria mai. Ne’e para 2013 ne’e sira simu direitamente husi bolsu estudu UNTL ninian.

TS: Bele klarifika, ne’e katak la liu ona husi FUP?

DR. Aurelio Guterres: Sim ne’e, la liu husi FUP ona iha 2013. Mas agora sira nia situasaun, parese ke husi Otubru, Novembru no Dezembru, IPAD ka FUP la selu ona, tamba sira lakon ona. Mas iha 2013, Universidade “atur” para selu mos sira nia atrazadus fulan tolun nian ne’e. Ne’e para sira bele hetan nafatin.

TS: Saida maka tenke halo atu bele ajuda sira resolve situasaun ne’ebe sira nain walu hasoru daudaun ne’e. Tan ba iha surat ne’ebe jornal Tempo Semanal hetan hatudu katak sira nia situasaun seriu tebes?

DR. Aurelio Guterres: Ba dosentes UNTL ninian ne’ebe agora iha ne’eba ne’e, Komu relatoriu hatama ona mai ami, ami sei koordena no servisu hamutuk fali ho Ministeriu financas para buka dalan. Primeiru Ministru mos fo’o ona orientasaun ba Ministeriu Financas, dezde Setembru atu halo transferencia osan sisa sira ne’ebe ke durante ne’e seidauk halo transferencia ba iha Portugal ka ba iha FUP, no mos bolsu estudu sira ne’ebe UNTL ka ita selu rasik ne’e mos to’o agora ita seidauk halo transferencia ba sira. Durante ida ne’e universidade parseirus sira ne’e maka halo hela “advance” (adiantamentu) ba estudantes sira, nune’e fulan-fulan selu hela bolsu estudu sira ne’e. Ne’ebe ita seidauk selu fali sira, parese ke kuaze fulan neen ona mak ita seidauk selu sira nia bolsu estudu.

TS: Iha kazu ne’e, bele dehan Governu Timor-Leste maka selu tarde ka UNTL maka tarde? Ou se los maka tarde halo transferencia ba Bolsu de estudu ne’e?

DR: Aurelio Guterres: Sim hanesan ne’e, Iha Abril ne’eba, orsamentu ne’e, Primeiru Ministru halo tiha ona despacho para oin sa maka atu prosesa bu’at ne’e. I depois de Governu foun ne’e hari’i tiha, Primeiru Ministru mos fo’o tan orientasaun. Nune’e bu’at sira ne’e iha hotu ona Ministeiru financas. Nebé Ministeiru Financas maka sei trata hela buat sira ne’e. Oinsa maka halo transferencia, Ministeriu Financas maka sei halo transferencia ba sira.

TS: Ami mos rona lian ne’ebe dehan katak kona ba osan ba bolsu estudu ka osan ba UNTL mos,  Primeiru Ministru fo’o tiha ona orientasaun ba parte sira nebé relevante, maibe Ministeriu balun to’o agora la transfere osan ne’e ba ita bo’ot sira. Karik ita bo’ot sira hetan esperiencia ida ne’e?

DR. Aurelio Guterres: Sim, husi Senhor Primeiru Ministru ninia orientasaun iha Setembru ne’eba dehan katak problemas hotu-hotu tenke resolve hotu ona iha fulan Setembru. I depois iha tempu ne’eba ne’e, Ministeriu Financas dehan la iha osan entaun Universidade foti fali osan husi UNTL ninian hodi selu uluk professores sira ne’e balun. Ne’ebe konsege selu to’o fulan Otubru, ne’ebe selu tiha hotu ona. Depois Senhor Primeiru Ministru rasik maka fo’o orientasaun hateten katak to’o Otubru ne’e tenke resolve problemas hotu kedan. So ke depois Ministeriu Financas ho ami nia Ministeriu dehan sira presiza relatoriu. Entaun ami prepara relatoriu sira ne’e pronto hotu “termasuk”, naran hosi professores sira ne’ebe mai hanorin iha ne’e, naran hosi ita nian bolseirus sira ne’ebe eskola hela, Professores sira nia viajen no seluk tan. Relatoriu sira ne’e ami prepara hotu no kompletu ho dokumentasaun sira hotu. Depois ami entrega hotu ona ba iha Ministeriu Financas i ami ate ke enkontru beibeik. Mas to’o Otubru, sira seidauk halo pagamentu ida i depois to’o Novembru mak dehan atu selu maibe foin daudauk ne’e, ami rona informasaun, Ministeriu Financas dehan katak osan la iha fali. Entaun husi Universidade, hau rasik prepara fali karta ida hodi ba entrega fali ba Senhor Primeiru Ministru kona ba razoens ka problemas sira nebé UNTL infrenta. Servisu ne’e tuir orientasaun nebé iha no orientasaun Senhor Primeiru Ministru ninian nebé hatun mai ami, ami halo tuir ona. Nune’e en termus de dokumentasoens, ami prepara hotu ona i agora hein de’it oin sa maka Ministeriu Financas atu halo transferencia pagamentus ba bolseirus sira no mos halo transferencia osan sira ne’e ba iha Portugal atu bolseirus sira simu no mos selu viajen professores sira nian mai iha ne’e hanorin ita nia S2 ho S3 iha ne’e.

TS: Senhor Reitor, orsamentu ba rekursus umanus ne’e aloka iha orsamentu jeral maibe komik kuandu selu tarde hela de’it hodi empata fali dezenvolvimentu ba area prioritariu ne’e, oin sa?

DR. Aurelio Guterres: Ami mos iha limitasoens ba ida ne’e. Iha UNTL, la’os UNTL maka kaer osan. Wainhira iha tinan kotuk iha enkontru kona ba fundus ne’e, orsamentu UNTL kona ba fundus kapital umanu, se maka jere ne’e, halo parte iha Ministeriu Edukasaun. Ne’ebe 2012 ne’e, Ministeriu Edukasaun maka toma konta ba fundus kapital Umanu. Tan ba iha tempu ne’e UNTL la kontempla iha kapital Umanu ne’e. Ah, 2013 ami halo ona orsamentu kontempla kapital umanu. Ne’e maka iha tempu ne’e presiza desizoens politika. Tan ne’e maka Senhor Primeiru Ministru halo ona desizaun atu Ministeriu Financas ajuda atu resolve problemas ne’e.

TS: Karik Sr. Reitor bele fahe mos informasaun ruma kona ba professores hira maka mai ajuda hanorin iha UNTL liu husi kooperasaun IPAD?

DR. Aurelio Guterres: Atravez FUP (Fundasaun das Universidades Portugesas) no IPAD ne’e hanesan Institutu Apoiu dezenvolvimentu ka hanesan “Lembaga bantuan internasional” Portugal ninian. Agora haruka dosentes mai iha UNTL ne’e jere husi Fundasaun. Ne’e duni, Universidades “Negeri” (Públiku) sira iha Portugal ne’e maka halo fali konsorsium ida, sira maka selesiona dosentes sira ne’e mai husi universidades sira iha Portugal. Liu-liu hanesan Minho, Coimbra, Porto, Avero, Lisboa, Algarve no Evora, sira ne’;e mai hamutuk mak hanorin durante tinan sanulu ne’e. Agora daudauk ne’e professores sira ne’ebe liu hosi koordenasaun FUP ninian ne’e, por volta de 130 ou 140 professores maka halo deslokasaun mai UNTL. Nune’e sira maka fo’o apoiu hanorin iha programa post graduasaun. Liu-liu S2 ho S3 ne’ebe ita hala’o hela ne’e.

TS: Iha mos problemas pagamentus tarde ba salariu professores Internasionais Brasil ninian. Karik Reitor bele esplika uitoan?

DR. Aurelio Guterres: Kona ba professores sira husi Brasil, pagamentus salariu iha grupu professores rua. Grupu Professores sira ne’ebe hanorin S2 ho S3. Sira 130 ka 140 professores ne’e, estadu Timor-Leste liu hosi UNTL, ita selu maka, sira nia viajen ho sira nia estadia iha ne’e. Agora kona ba professores sira husi Brasil ne’e ita selu sira, mas la’os selu direitamente ba sira. Maibe ita selu liu hosi FUP, mak, FUP selu fali ba sira tamba ho “kerjasama” (kooperasaun) universidade Brasil nian ida maka ne’ebe ita iha ligasaun ho sira kleur ona. Ba Professores sira ne’e, en termus pagamentus salariu ita selu tiha ona fulan walu no hela fulan rua de’it maka seidauk selu. Hanesan fulan Otubru ho Novembru maka seidauk.

TS: Maibe iha kazu ne’ebe mosu iha Setembru tinan ne’e, iha komentariu balun ne’ebe dehan UNTL halo tiha kooperasaun ho Universidade iha Brasil maibe la hato’o ba Ministeriu ne’ebe relevante no sira dehan Reitor maka sala ne’e oin sa?

DR. Aurelio Guterres: Servisu en termus de Kooperasaun, UNTL ho Universidade seluk, UNTL hanesan responsavel ba edukasaun liu-liu formasaun ensinu superior ninian. UNTL exekuta de’it politika estadu nian, liu-liu Governu nian. Antes UNTL halo akordu bilateral ho universidades sira ne’e, atu implementa projetu sira ne’e, iha ona akordu mak estabelece iha “tingkat Menteri” (nivel Ministru) nian ona, Ministeriu Edukasaun Timor-Leste nian ho Ministeriu Edukasaun Portugal no rai seluk ninian. Entaun tamba bu’at ne’e iha ligasaun ho formasaun rekursus umanus liu-liu ensinu superior, maka UNTL atu ezekuta ne’e, nia tenke halo akordu bilateral ho universidade parseiru sira no mos ho FUP. Agora kestaun problemas ho osan ne’ebe atu selu ba professores sira, ne’e kestaun tekniku iha prosesu ne’e maka tarde hodi la selu iha Setembru. Mas iha tempu Senhor Primeiru Ministru fo’o tiha orientasaun, sira (Governu) selu hotu tiha kedan to’o Setembru. Hahu husi Fevereiru, Marsu, Abril, Maiu, Junhu, Julhu, Agostu no Setembru katak fulan walu selu hotu ona, hela maka fulan rua ne’e no agora sei prosesa hela iha Ministeiru Financas.

TS: Se hanesan ne’e problema la iha ona no Profesores sira ne’e la fila ba Brasil hanesan informasaun maka sirkula iha publiku?

DR. Aurelio Guterres: Professores sira ne’e balun hanorin, parese ke balun “ujian” (ijame) hotu ona no fila tiha ona. Iha tinan oin sei halo fali prosesu avaliasaun foun no rekrutamentu foun maka sira bele mai fali.

TS: Karik bele konfirma tan, kona ba profesores sira ne’ebe dehan la simu salariu maka protesta no husik hela Timor-Leste hodi fila fali ba Brasil ne’e oin sa?

DR. Aurelio Guterres: Dosentes halai de’it ne’e la’os tamba la selu vensimentu. Ne’e la’e. Maibe dosentes sira balun, sira mai iha ne’e la iha disiplina. Kuandu Universidade hateten sira tenke hatama relatoriu regular kona ba servisu sa ida de’it maka sira halo ona hanesan sira nia hanorin no fo’o apoiu sa ida de’it. Wainhira Universidade liu husi ninia mekanismu internu iha ne’e, oin sa atu halo avaliasaun interna. Entaun tuir lolo’os sira halo relatoriu regular. Entaun sira hakfodak. Dosentes balun por ijemplu, sira dehan osan han la iha, mas sira bele ba pasiar iha Singapura, bele ba pasiar iha Xina, Australia no fatin seluk. Mas atu hanorin no osan han iha ne’e la iha fali. Nune’e maka dosentes balun ne’e mai “benar-benar” hakarak mai hanorin duni maibe balun fali  mai iha ne’e la’os mai atu hanorin maibe mai iha ne’e atu aproveita “kesempatan” (oportunidade) atu mai pasiar iha Timor de’it. Manan osan husi Estadu Timorense nian osan, depois ba pasiar de’it. Entaun hodi fali razoens sira balun ke tuir lolo’os la lo’os ida. Ema balun liu-liu sira nebé ke “benar-benar” mai servisu iha ne’e, sira halo. Iha grupu ida ka rua iha ne’e maka halo bu’at sira ne’e. Iha ema nain lima ka neen iha ne’e maka sai fali hanesan ema dehan mobiliza fali atu halo “public opinion” (opiniaun públiku) entre professores sira ne’e atu dehan katak sira mai iha ne’e iha problemas bo’ot mas na realidade la’e, tamba maioria das professores balun mai hanorin duni to’o hotu maka sira fila. (**)

THE EMILIA AND ALFREDO PIRES HEGEMONY OVER PROJECTS SUCH AS G7 AND TACI MANE

Vicente Maubocy 

OOPINION By Vicente Maubocy

Sister and brother Emilia and Alfredo Pires are trying to inscribe their names in the history of Timor-Leste through G7 or Taci Mane-like projects. They are very good at using opportunities (opportunists) and also at using other people’s sweat and effort (parasites). They sit in in their air conditioned offices and homes, did not spend any time campaigning, and suddenly they have the good fortune of becoming Finance Minister and Minister of Petroleum, their fate arising from Xanana’s big name, according to the “law of the least effort”.

The Melbourne Mafia is very smart when building their structure and putting together their people, and they dominate the Vth Constitutional Government for their own long term self- interest. In this case, the strategic positions are Finance Minister to manage the Government funds, Petroleum Minister, as petroleum is where the government gets all its money, the President of the Council of Ministers, this being the place where important agendas are elaborated and discussed and decisions at high level made, in a way totally controlled by the Melbourne Club Mafia. The Melbourne Club Mafia is aware of our Older Brother’s weaknesses, which helps them achieve their objectives. Facts and evidence will expose their maneuvers and manipulations.

Let’s analyze the trajectories of the Melbourne Club Mafia

Emilia Pires, as the Finance Ministry from 2007 onwards, tried to appropriate the G7 group for her personal projects, showing her performance inside Timor-Leste as well as outside. Inside Timor-Leste, she tried to convince Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao to trust her so that she could impose her personal self-interested views as well as her cronies’ of the Melbourne Club. In that view, she tried to manipulate and dominate economic strategic sectors such as Finance and Petroleum and to manage the Petroleum Fund.

She attempted to convince the International Community through the World Bank Financial Institution. Her strategy for obtaining the trust of the World Bank is to use the flag of the fight against poverty through the institution of G7 so that in the end she could one day become a World Bank manager. She wants to emulate Sri Mulyani, a former Finance Minister from Indonesia, who became a World Bank manager. Emilia is confident that she could use G7 as a springboard to get acquainted with Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, and get nominated to the world class United Nations Millennium Development Goals Panel. AgioPereira, as the spokesman of Government, releases communiques in praise of Emilia Pires while other members of Government that do not belong to their group do not receive any attention despite their achievements.

In the worst cases of manipulation of the decisions of the Council of Ministers, the final version sent to the President of the Republic for publication in the Journal of the Republic is contrary to the decision. There are many examples, such as when the Government decided to lease the SAPT building to ENSUL for 99 years and the then Minister of Justice expressed his desire to re- examine the issue, which was not authorized by Agio Pereira. The same thing happened about the appointment of the temporary Chairman of the Board of RTTL, Esposito Ximenes, whose mandate was supposed to be for the duration of the Government only and a new Chairman should have been appointed by the new Government: in reality, it was learned later that the appointment of Mr. Esposito Ximenes had been recorded in the Journal of the Republic for a four year mandate.

Manipulations by Emilia Pires

Emilia Pire’s actions have demonstrated her ambition: to add the Foreign Affairs Minister’s portfolio to her own Finance Minister portfolio. According to the constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, the mission of the Foreign Affairs Minister is to execute the external affairs policies. A few years ago the then Minister of Foreign Affairs Zacarias Albano da Costa had a confrontation with Emilia Pires and big boss Agio Pereira of the Melbourne Club, involving Xanana. Emilia Pires had lobbied an Indian IT Training Institute to accept students from Timor. It appeared later that the Institute had no international recognition. More seriously, Emilia Pires sent her Director General for Cooperatives to sign an agreement, in violation of state protocol: in the case of a treaty between nations, in absence of the Minister, only the Vice-Minister is entitled to sign. Director General Santina Cardose was made Vice Minister and the decision was forced on old man Xanana.

In this Vth Constitutional Government, Jose Luis Guterres doesn’t have any power as foreign Affairs Minister, he doesn’t execute any foreign affairs policies, he just attends to meetings and establishes agendas according to Amelia’s strategic interests. Amelia Pires grasped the role of Foreign Minister so that she could solve the problems of the world and implement her ambitions with regards to the G7. Inside the country, Emilia Pires and Agio Pereira use Xanana’s influence to fulfill their own economic objectives. For all things, the final decision is theirs. For example, recently, before the formation of the Vth Government, they were not part to the electoral campaign efforts, but although the CNRT Party Structure was the one to really work hard, in the end it was not involved in the decision making to form the Government. The ones who decided were Agio Pereira, Emilia Pires, and the Melbourne Club.

Dionisio Babo is nominally the Secretary General of CNRT, but in reality the Secretary General is Agio Babo, advised by Emilia Pires. The list of cabinet candidates that was presented to Xanana was elaborated by Agio Pereira and Emilia Pires of the Melbourne Club. 

The list of candidates

prepared by the Executive Structure of CNRT did not even reach Xanana. This shows that the Melbourne Club tries hard to isolate Xanana from the structure of CNRT.

The composition of the Vth Government clearly shows that the Melbourne Club Mafia is consolidating its power through enhanced portfolios: Agio Pereira, Minister of State, President of the Council of Ministers, Emilia Pires, Finance Minister with a portfolio reinforced by that of the former Economy and Development Minister, Joao Goncalves, and Alfredo Pires, promoted from Secretary of State to Minister, thus gathering the power to make all the decisions for the big projects of Taci Mane, Greater Sunrise, etc. The Melbourne Club Mafia installed their people in all the key positions of the economy: Petroleum Fund Manager at the Finance Ministry, ANP, Timor GAP, FCDH, CNA, etc. The Melbourne Club also tried to obtain $200 million more for the budget by using the Petroleum Fund and financial operations on the international market. Emilia Pires with her Melbourne Club Mafia has also installed her agents in all Ministries and more importantly in the Cabinet of the Prime Minister where a strategy was elaborated to ensure that their messages reach the Prime Minister at the appropriate time. Before meeting with the Prime Minister to impose their plans, Emilia Pires, Alfredo Pires and Agio Pereira first call Elizabeth Esposto to inquire whether “the Prime Minister is in a good mood or not”. If Elizabeth says “the Prime Minister is in a god mood”, then they go and see Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao. A concrete result is the Hera port and there are many more.

Emilia Pires, Alfredo Pires, Agio Pereira and their Melbourne Club Mafia enjoy a special treatment: for example, only just recently, before the Budget Ratification, all members of government had to stay in Timor to discuss the issue. However, the Melbourne Club could enjoy their holiday abroad, instead of staying home to discuss the Budget Ratification.

The Budget Ratification wasn’t obtained yet that Agio Pereira went overseas, and Alfredo Pires and his Melbourne Club spent the holidays in Bali, at Nusa Dua, while other Members of Government were in Parliament, responding to Parliamentarian criticism.

Emilia Pires manages to impose her desires and ambition to appropriate G7 in order to promote herself so that one day she can obtain a position of responsibility within some international financial institution. She takes advantage of Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao and other available resources, technical and financial, at her office to promote her activities at G7 level. Helder da Costa is the intellectual PhD and the Master of Ceremonies to promote Emilia Pires’ image, prestige and name within international financial institutions, so that one day she can develop some career at the World Bank.

Evidence of these self-promotional efforts is to be found in the “Four Corners” program of Australian ABC on October 1st, 2012. She showed herself on television, discussing tax matters related to Bayu Undan, claiming that ConocoPhillips owed $3 billion in back taxes. I have the feeling that this is some big absurdity. Why did she not wake up until now? Five years in the job and Emilia Pires’ and Alfredo Pires’ teams were not interested in the matter until now? Didn’t the tax teams of the Ministry of Finance and the accounting team of ANP monitor the production quantities weekly, monthly and yearly? More ironically, upon inquiring ourselves with ANP in the past, we found the data there were absolutely inconsistent. When we inquired about the correct data from the Australian Resource Department, we were told that ANP was in charge of all that information (big confusion).

Later on, a lady from the Australian Resource Department came to visit Emilia Pires and when she inquired about production quantities, Emilia said: “I don’t know!” (big absurdity). She should have said: “I don’t know the exact quantities but however I will let you know after I consult with the relevant division”. This shows Emilia Pires is a “dimwit”.

Alfredo flew to Suai in a UN helicopter with the ABC reporter to make propaganda for his mega project, Taci Mane. They then went to Hera to show the Power Plant and he said that the pipeline from Sunrise would supply the gas for the Power Station. More ridiculously, Alfredo promoted the Hera Power Plant as his own project, within his portfolio. According to regulation, he should have invited Januario Pereira, the Secretary of State for Electricity, to accompany him, as this project belongs to Januario’s Department.

I asked Januario about the visit and he said: “Brother, I didn’t know”. I told Januario: “you must be careful with the Melbourne Club Mafia, we will end up like headless chicken”. Also, “we cleared the land, sowed the seeds, harvested the crop, took the crop to the house and cooked, after which the Melbourne Club Mafia stole all the food from us. They eat and are satisfied, but we only have air to fill our bellies and by the end of the day we will be sick”.

I have no idea how Alfredo will bring the gas from Beaco to Hera. Which means of transportation will he use? Pipeline? Ships? Trucks? From the way it looks his concept is not very clear. How can Alfredo achieve success? I have a lot of doubt about Alfredo’s capacity to carry out his Taci Mane project. In the next article, I will describe in detail all the reasons why the Taci Mane Project will not succeed, so that readers can appreciate the issues and make their own assessments.

Practice is the criterion of truth, acts derive from thinking. From their behavior, I am convinced that the Melbourne Mafia now in the Vth Government dominates the strategic sectors of Finance, Petroleum and the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, with their own agenda about all the important national issues. I can see that some members of the Vth Government are clever, but they don’t have the courage to counter the Melbourne Club Mafia.

How can we fight the manipulations of the Melbourne Club Mafia?

This is the responsibility of all, Parliamentarians, Politicians, Academics, Businesspeople: all together we have the strength to destroy it.

Ramos Horta Rejeita Foo Sai Ninia Hanoin Kona Ba Rezignasaun TMR

Tempo Semanal,Dili-06/09/2099

Prezidenti da Republika DR. Jose Manuel Ramos Horta rejeita atu hatoo ninia hanoin kona ba pedidu rezignasaun komandante F-FDTL, Major Jeneral Taur Matan Ruak husi ninia pozisaun no desizaun atu husi roupa militar hodi ba moris hanesan ema civil.

"Ha'u labele komentariu ba ida ne'e, tan ba foin maka to'o. Ha'u seidauk hasoru malu ho Primeiru Ministru i Ministru de Defeza. Aban dader sei hasoru malu ho Jeneral Taur Matan Ruak ne'e maka depois ha'u sei haree sebele komentariu ruma ka la'e," Prezidenti da Republika, DR. Jose Ramos Horta.

Xefe Estadu Major F-FDTL, Major Jeneral Taur Matan Ruak hatama ninia pedidu de rezignasaun dahuluk iha primeiru Governu Konstitusional ninian tempu maibe la aprova nune'e mos iha tinan ruma kotuk nia husu tan dala ida la konsege nafatin. Nune'e duni iha loron Kinta (01/09/2011) Jeneral fitun rua ne'e haruka pedidu rezignasaun ba Prezidenti da Republika no komandante Supremu Forcas armadas, DR. Jose ramos Horta no Primeiru Ministru no Ministru de Defeza Jose Alexandre Kay rala Xanana Gusmao. Iha Sexta Feira (02/09/2011) Jeneral Taur informa ba publiku kona ba ninia surat rezignasaun no hein hela aprovasaun husi ulun boot estdau Timor Leste. Maibe Konsellu de Ministrus iha loron hanesan halo ona apresiasaun no aprovasaun ba pedidu refere maibe ba jornalista sira Prezidenti da Republika so'e biadas hodi dehan nia sei foo premiu wainhira informasaun ne'e loos.

"Se governu aprova tiha ona, ita boot sira, ha'u foo parabeins tan ba informadu di'ak liu fali Prezidenti da Republika. Entaun tinan ida ne'e ha'u sei foo kondekorasaun bo'ot ida ba ita bo'ot sira tan ba informasaun di'ak liu fali," Ramos Horta Goja Jornalista.

Ho liman rua nakloke, ulun doko tun sa'e no hamas sinista Ramos Horta hatutan, " se loos duni ne'e......depois....ha'u hateten ke'e ne'e la loos mas ha'u la rona ida ne'e."

Prezidenti da Republika iha momentu ruma dehan ona ninia rezesaun ba informasaun ne'ebe cirkula iha fulan juniu tinan ne'e kona ba Jeneral Taur ninia intensaun ne'e dala ida tan hatudu husi ninia body language katak nia lakonkorda ho rezignasaun Komandante Jeneral F-FDTL ninian ne'e.

"Ha'u hateten daudaun ha'u la komentariu ba ida ne'e tan ba ha'u seidauk ko'alia ho Primeiru Ministru ho Ministru de Defeza depois maka ita bele ko'alia liu tan. Tan ba asuntu ne'e loloos ne'ene manadtu, portofolio ba Primeiru Ministru ho Ministru Defeza ninian. I ha'u tenke ko'alia lai ho nia depois maka ita haree, solusaun sa ida, resposta sa ida no komentariu sa ida."

Iha loron 22/06/2011 DR. Jose Ramos Horta indika ninia intensaun katak 90% nia sei la rekandidata aan ba periodu darua iha ninia kadeira maibe iha mos informasaun katak Prezidenti Ramos Horta hetan fiar husi ema atu rekandidata hikas. Nune'e duni Jornalista ida koko sadik posibilidade Ramos Horta ninia barani hodi kompete kontra Jeneral Taur Matan ruak iha elisaun oin mai. Maibe diplomasia Xefe do Estadu ne'e dehan, "Posibilidade, ita hotu-hotu iha posibilidade atu sai prezidenti da Republika. Ha'u nia be'e oan mos posibilidade iha. Portantu sei sedu demaispara ita ko'alia kona ba prezidencia da Republika, ema balun ita bo'ot sira kuinese no hateten tiha ona."

Prezidenti husu atu labele kahor asuntu rua ne'e hamutuk. "Bu'at rua ne'e ketaketak. Ida Rezignasaun xefe estadu major jeneral Forcas aramadas ninian. I asuntus seluk kandidaturas ba prezidencia da Republika, ba parlamentu nasional, buat sira ne'ene oin seluk.

Maibe Prezidenti da Republika nafatin rejeita atu komentariu ho detallu kona ba asuntus ninia kandidatura ninia an ba pozisaun ne'ebe agora nia okupa ho rezignasaun Jeneral Taur ninian. Maibe publiku hahu hatene ona kona ba kandidatus ba Prezidenti RDTL datolu maka hanesan Angela Freitas, Kandidata husi Partidu Trabailista, Eis Prezidenti Partidu Fretilin no eis Ministru Interior iha Primeiru Governu Konstitusional, Rogeiro Tiago Lobato, kandidata aan hanesan independenti, Prezidenti Partidu PNT, Abilio de Araujo,  Prezidenti Fretilin Mudanca no atual Vice PM, Jose Luis Guterres, Membru Parlamentu Nasional husi bankada PD, DR. Lucas da Costa ne'ebe kandidata aan hanesan ema independenti, Prezidenti ASDT, Francisco Xavier do Amaral ne'ebe mos Eis Proklamador Unilateral independencia RDTL kandidata husi liga partidu tolu. Tuir informasaun ne'e mos dehan Fretilin sei iha sira nia kongresu ne'ebe sei hala'o iha loron 11/09/2011 hodi kandidata sira nia Prezidenti Partidu, Francisco Lu OLo Guterres maske iha membru balun laran rua-rua nune'e mos husi partidu PD sei kandidata sira nis Prezidenti do Partidu ne'ebe hanesan Prezidenti parlamentu nasional, Fernando Lasama de Araujo liu husi kongresu partidu refere iha fulan ikus tinan ne'e. Iha mos informasaun ikus ne'ebe dehan sei mosu tan kandidatu independenti seluk hanesan Jeneral Taur Matan Ruak no husi partidu KOTA sei kandidata DR. Manuel Tilman.

Former East Timor Freedom Fighter Struggle To Liberate TL From Portugal Telecom Monopoly

Dili-Tempo Semanal, 19.08.2011

Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao in his speech to the Timor-Leste Chamber of Commerce and Industry said the country economy is growing rapidly, benefiting from substantial investment in the physical infrastructure we need – roads, bridges, electricity, water and waste among others. He also informed the Chambers that his Government Priorities in investing in human infrastructure to improve population’s access to health services and education. He recognised these are all essential foundations for developing a thriving business sector – one that brings better products and services to our people, creates jobs and opportunities for all segments of our society. But in the mean time Time East Timor Freedom Liberation leader recognized the importance of Free East Timor Telecommunication market from Portuguese Telecom Monopoly.

"At the moment in Timor-Leste, all of our electronic information communication is handled by a single company. We are one of the last countries in the world to have this crucial sector still under monopoly. In the South Pacific, countries like Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Samoa have all introduced competition and have benefited with better and cheaper services – and more investment in telecommunications networks. Our neighbors in Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Singapore, all have competition," Xanana said.

In 2002 the under East Timor Government signed of a monopoly agreement with the Portuguese Telecom in the East Timor. 

"We have a monopoly for historical reasons – shortly after our independence, we signed a 15 year exclusive Concession agreement with Portugal Telecom in 2002, which owns the majority of Timor Telecom. But these are public services that can’t simply be left under monopoly. Coming out of conflict is no excuse. Lots of countries have had terrible conflict but introduced competition in telecommunications – Afghanistan, Angola, Ivory Coast, Kosovo, Palestine and Rwanda, for example."

"One of the key foundations is our information and communications technology sector. Businesses depend on information – information about prices, about delivery schedules, about product offers, wholesale markets, retail sales, and so on. Just about everything you can think of in business depends on information," Xanana said in his speech.

He said businesses need to be able to communicate that information here in the country and abroad. "We need to be able to communicate with our foreign investors, export markets for our products, trade partners for our imports. We need to be able to communicate with our foreign government and institutional partners," he explained.

"Our economy needs a healthy variety of telecommunications services to grow and to innovate. We need to be able to make and receive phone calls abroad that get through reliably and are at reasonable prices. We need higher speed access to the world’s information highways so that we can be integrated into the world economy."

During Xanana's Campaigned for parliamentary election in 2007 he promised to liberalize the Telecommunication market in Timor Leste and before the chamber xanana said, "I have come here today because I believe that my government and your Chamber can work together in bringing about the next big leap in Timor-Leste’s ongoing development, the introduction of competition to its telecommunications sector," Xanana told the audience. 

On June 22nd this year, the Council of Ministers recognized the importance and urgency of introducing reform and competition to the telecommunications. "We adopted the National Telecommunications Policy, which had been launched a year earlier. That Policy states our government’s clear intention to realize three key objectives for the sector: to allow new service providers to enter the market, to encourage a vibrant competitive market and to establish a healthy regulatory environment."

"One of the first steps we have taken to implement that Policy has been to seek agreement with Timor Telecom to transition from monopoly under its Concession to competition. We are aware that in the last few years, Timor Telecom has been making substantial investments in its network and services and increasing its reach to serve more of the population."

"But it is clear that the ongoing monopoly hinders the ongoing growth and expansion of our country’s telecommunications sector – and so our businesses and economy as a whole."

"All over the world, countries with competitive markets for fixed, mobile and broadband services demonstrate every day that competition is the key to investment, innovation and growth. The introduction of competition has consistently brought lower prices, better quality services and more choice."

"With these benefits in mind, our government has delivered a copy of the National Telecommunications Policy to Timor Telecom and seeks to agree the terms of its transition from monopoly to competition without delay. We are targeting the end of October this year for the conclusion of negotiations with Timor Telecom, and plan to license new service providers so as to allow them to start providing services in early 2012."

"We believe that Timor Telecom stands to gain through this. We hope it does – we want Timor Telecom to be a strong and successful telecommunications company. We believe that competition will create a vibrant and growing market in which Timor Telecom stands to be a leader over the long term."

Xanana said Introducing competition and establishing efficient and well-functioning product and services markets will support creation of more jobs, boost productivity and enhances the incentive to invest and innovate. It is essential to the ongoing development of Timor-Leste and for the development of your business. At the moment there are several telecom companies such as Digicel and another indonesian company have indicated their wiliness to compete with Timor Telecom

Political Earthquake: Major General Taur Matan Ruak to Run for President.

Tempo Semanal-14/07/2011

Reliable Tempo Semanal  souces said that the Chief of the East Timorese Defence Force, FALINTIL-FDTL has strongly indicated in public and in private that it is his intention to soon resign from the defence force because he intends to run in the 2012 Presidential election.

(L) L-7, (C) Xanana Gusamao (R) Taur Matan Ruak
 1999 in Remexio

Ruak’s most serious competition on the Presidential elections likely includes FRETILIN’s President Fransisco “Lu Olo” Guterres, current President Jose Ramos-Horta, and the President of the National Parliament Fernando Lasama.  Some indications include that Deputy Prime Minister Jose Luis Guterres will also candidate himself.

According to Tempo Semanal sources General Ruak will resign from the national defence force by the end of the year and quickly announce his candidacy as a civilian citizen for the Presidency in early 2012.

According to Tempo Semanal sources, General Ruak informed the President of the Republic Jose Ramos-Horta in late June 2011 that it was his intention to run for the Presidency.  President Ramos-Horta indicated to General Ruak that it was 90% certain he would not run for the Presidency again.  According to TS sources President Ramos-Horta shortly afterward met with Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao and the Secretary-General of FRETILIN Mari Alkatiri and informed them that General Ruak intended to resign from the defence force and candidate himself for Presidency.

After hearing that General Ruak intends to run for the Presidency on 22 June 2011 President Ramos-Horta indicated that he is almost certain he will not seek re-election.

General Ruak is known to have strong popularity in the ranks of the FRETILIN Opposition but is also known to have strong ties to Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao based on common experience in the guerrilla struggle.  General Ruak’s position as a military officer has been carefully independent of political party position, but it is known that he privately questions the agendas of many civilian political leaders.  According the TS sources General Ruak understands that he can only play a role in national politics as a civilian, so he must resign from the defence force.

Major-General Taur Matan Ruak is a 24-year veteran of the armed struggle against Indonesian occupation between 1975 and 1999.  However, he is not of the older generation who played leadership roles in the 1975 civil war.  He is both of the past and the present and the future.

General Ruak was a field commander in FALINTIL during the 1980s and 1990s.  After Xanana Gusmao the commander of FALINTIL was captured in 1992 and later on Konis Santana was declared field commander in 1993 Ruak was appointed Chief of Staff of FALINTIL with responsibility for military operations.

After Santana died in March 1998 Ruak was appointed field commander of FAILINTIL.

In 2000 upon the resignation of now Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao from FALINTIL, Ruak became commander of FALINTIL.

On 1 February 2001 FALINTIL was transformed into the modern defence force FALINTIL-FDTL.

Between 2001 and 2006 Ruak was the lead uniformed defence leader in Timor-Leste under the civilian leadership of the FRETILIN government. Ruak came under considerable pressure in 2006 and 2007 for the real and perceived mistakes made by the defence force during the crisis.

Since 2007 under the civilian leadership of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao and the Secretary of State for Defence Julio Pinto, Ruak has made many changes in the defence force. Numerous soldiers have been rewarded from professional success and a large number have been dismissed for misconduct and even crimes that the civilan justice system cannot process.  The defence force is also in a stage of advanced development regarding naval and even air components and is soon the join international peacekeeping efforts in Lebanon in the UN peacekeeping mission UNIFIL.

General Ruak “Jose Maria Vasconselos” is from Baguia subdistrict in Baucau.  He speaks Makassae, Naueti, Tetun and Portuguese.  He is also a self-taught English speaker.  He is known, as being a strong-minded frontal personality who has conviction is positions.  General Ruak was recommended for prosecution by the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry into the event of the crisis of 2006.  He is also known to have fully cooperated with this commission in its fact-finding efforts.  He was subsequently cleared of allegations.

General Ruak is married to Isabel Ferriera of Manufahi District and has three children, two daughters and one son. (***)

Xanana Welcome Rudd’s Visit But Will Have Hard Question

Tempo Semanal-Dili, 08/07/2011

Xanana and Rudd 

The former Prime Minister of Australia and now Foreign Minister of Australia Mr. Kevin Rudd arrives in Timor-Leste tomorrow (09/07).  The Timorese will be happy to receive Mr. Rudd for two reasons.  He is known to be a friend of Timor-Leste, and unlike almost all other senior Australian politicians, he is coming to stay overnight, and will leave on Sunday (11/07) after a visit to the rural areas.

In May 2010 Prime Minister Gusmao rejected to meet the Australian Minister for Trade, and in March 2011 Gusmao also rejected to meet the Australian Minister for Defence on his 6 hours visit to East Timor.  Mr. Rudd is being welcomed to East Timor because ehe has a long history and undertstanding of the Timorese, and is happy to make time and priority to stay overnight with his Timorese friends.

Tempo Semanal has learned that Rudd plans to meet with the President of Timor-Leste Jose Ramos-Horta, the Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, and the Foreign Minister Zacarias Albano da Costa.

According to TS sources Mr. Rudd will meet with Prime Minister Gusmao at 1730 hours on 9 July 2011 at the Government Palace.

This visit comes a few days after the Australian Government has responded to a review of Australian Aid – this change in Australian aid is due to the initiative of Foreign Minister Rudd.  Rudd has accepted that there have been long term mistakes made and is trying to correct some of those mistakes.  These mistakes were covered by this newspaper in 2008, 2009, and 2010.  Many of these issues caused the relationship between the Canberra and Dili to become bad.

Critically Australian aid is increasingly from $75 million a year to $125 million a year starting now.  However, the Governments of Australia and East Timor have not yet informed the public how this extra money will be used. But it is important to note that an extra $75 million is not viewed as being very much by Timorese authorities in the context of the Government’s current $1.3  billion annual budget. East Timor President, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance have many times expressed concern over the usefulness of international aid, including Australian assistance, in East Timor.

In May 2011 the Prime Minister angrily spoke out on the effectiveness of international aid in East Timor, asking what happened to the $8 billion dollars of aid between 1999-2009.  It is an issue, which Timorese of all political allegiances from Dili to the mountains ask over and over again.

Rudd’s visit to Timor-Leste comes just days before the Timor-Leste Development Partners meeting in which the Prime Minister of Timor-Leste Xanana Gusmao shall reveal to the international community his so called Strategic Development Plan for Timor-Leste 2011-2030.

There are remains serious differences of opinion between Canberra and Dili over the effectiveness of Australian aid in East Timor and the Timorese Government is making its own path to national development.  The Opposition in Parliament has differences of opinion with both Canberra and the Gusamo lead coalition Government.

Of most serious argument is the matter of the Greater Sunrise liquid natural gass field in which the Government, Opposition and Australia’s Woodside Company have very serious conflicts over the direction of the pipeline. North to East Timor or south to Australia.

In 2010 during the public consultation of the Strategic development plan by PM Gusmao the the PM accused Woodside and Australia of seeking to steal East Timor’s future economic prosperity.  The President of East Timor has tried to mediate between Gusmao, Woodside, Australia and the Opposition on the issue. 

President Ramos-Horta has appealed to Canberra to bring Woodside to the position of running the pipeline north to East Timor.

Rudd is in East Timor from 9-10 July.  The Woodside agreement expires in early 2012. There is not much more time for Australia, Woodside and East Timor to reach a solution.  Failure to do so will put the future of Timorese children at risk.

PM Xanana Will Present TL Strategic Development Plan in TLDP

East Council Minister announced that PM Xanana will launch of the Strategic Development Plan at the Timor-Leste Development Partners Meeting opens up opportunities for world’s best partnerships.

The Timor-Leste Strategic Development Plan 2011 – 2030 will be launched July 12 on the first day of the Timor-Leste Development Partners Meeting (TLDPM) at the Dili Convention Centre. The plan, which sets the course for Timor-Leste’s development trajectory over the next 20 years, is the product of wide ranging research, study, reflection and consultation by the Government of Timor-Leste, country stakeholders and the People.

In 2010 Prime Minister H.E. Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão crossed the country, personally visiting every one of Timor-Leste’s 65 subdistricts to discuss the opportunities and challenges that lay ahead for the nation, holding open meetings for inclusive consultation with the citizens of Timor-Leste. From the outset it was seen as critical that the SDP should be a Timorese plan for the Timorese people; a plan “country owned” and in its implementation “country led.”

The acceptance and emphasis on the country ownership of development is now supported by all major agreements on development partnerships including the Paris Declaration (2005), the Accra Agenda for Action (2008), the Dili Declaration (2010) and most recently, the Monrovia Roadmap (2011). Timor-Leste has played a lead role in advocating for more effective development partnerships as chair of the g7+ and co-chair of the International Dialogue for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding. Now representing 17 countries and some 350 million people across the globe, the g7+ provides solidarity and support for all who are seeking the best possible partnerships as their countries say “Goodbye Conflict and Welcome Development.”

The upcoming Timor-Leste Development Partners Meeting offers an opportunity for Timor- Leste and development partners to set new modalities and engagement efforts in the coordination and alignment of development assistance to the national plan. Moving from the short-term framework of annual National Priorities to this long term SDP now enables long term planning on the part of development partners which can lead to a more cohesive effort; avoiding the fragmentation, competition and parallel systems of the past, and accelerating progress towards the achievement of common goals articulated in the SDP, an improvement in the quality of life of the Timorese People and the delivery of a uniquely Timorese vision for Timor-Leste.

Ágio Pereira Secretary of State for the Council of Ministers noted “our pathway to development is one that is defined and owned by the Timorese people, so we can walk together in the direction we want to go. With our SDP to guide us, and as our citizens, the Government, Civil Society and Development Partners continue to share in Timor-Leste’s success story, we express our thanks for the many efforts made so far and look forward in these coming days to working together, looking for new and innovative ways to create world’s best practice in the coordination of development assistance; harmonized and aligned to this new national plan.” 

Today is the AMP coalition meeting and according to Tempo Semanal Source said the meeting is to discuss the presentation the Strategic development plan to the Parliament for approval.

In the meantime some donor countries reluctant to support financially the plan.

MISSAUN UNMIT: DEZENVOLVE OU DESTROI..?

Opiniaun Husi 

Julio Tomas Pinto

Secretario Estado da Defesa

(Article ne’e representa opiniaun Pesoal)

Dala ida tan, UNMIT ho nian ajénsias nia atetude (UNDP UNCDF, UNEST & DGSU), lori Timor oan sira para kestiona konaba Nassões Unidas nia missaun iha Timor-Leste.  Tuir sira nian hahalok, ita mos bele husu katak, UNMIT nian missaun ne’e para dezenvolve ou destroi?  Maibe, antes ita kualia konaba ne’e, ita tenki esklarece uluk sira nia mandatu. Mandatu UNMIT iha Timor-Leste, klaramente katak atu fo supporta ba Estadu Timor-Leste.  Supporta signifika katak, bele foo assistencia teknika ba Estadu iha area balun nebe defini tiha ona.  Pur ezemplu, ba PNTL, UNMIT foo apoiu iha área lima: operasaun, treinamentu, rekursos umanu no mos administrasaun.  Ba setór defesa, sira fo deit assistensia teknika, hanesan assesoria no mos hari’i edifisiu provejoria ba Institutu Defeza Nasional.  Maibe, se ita analiza didiak UNMIT nian atetude ho sira nia opiniaun iha Timor-Leste, ita hare katak dala ruma sira nia hahalok ho sira nian opiniaun la hanesan.

Iha tinan 2009, atan hau, hasai article ida ho tópiku, “Reforma Setór Siguransa iha Timor-Leste: Entre Progresu e Dezafius” (Reforming the Security Sector: Facing Challenges, Achieving Progress in Timor-Leste) para fanu e hatoo ba UNMIT katak, sira nia hahalok ho sira nian liafuan tenki hanesan.  Labele iha oin kualia ida, depois iha kotuk halo konspirasaun, hodi kria imagen aat ba Estado Timor-Leste, hodi sai hanesan, sira mak hatene buat hotu.  Article “Reforming the Security Sector: Facing Challenges, Achieving Progress in Timor-Leste (2009)” ne’e publika iha jornal hotu-hotu iha Timor-Leste, e hetan reasaun makaas husi UNMIT.  Dala ruma ita presiza intervensaun ida, para fanu UNMIT sira, husi toba, selae sira halai hanesan karau matan delek (blind cow).  Reasaun ba article ne’e mos mai husi Sr. Ian Martin.  Kuandu hau ho ekipa SED, halo inkontru ida, ho Timor-Leste nia kolega diak, Sr. Ian Martin iha 2009, nia mos foo nia reasaun konaba article ida ne’e.  Iha article ne’e, atan hau dehan katak, Timor-Leste hatene demokrasia, hatene direitus umanus e hatene mos dignidade povu nian.  Tamba ne’e, labele iha ema ida ou organizasaun ida, no mos nasaun ida, mai hodi obriga hanorin ou orienta implementasaun direitus umanus no mos demokrasia ba povu Timor-Leste.  Povu ho líder Timor-Leste hatene saida mak Timor-Leste presiza halo, laos saida mak ema seluk haruka halo iha rai doben ida ne’e.  Tamba ne’e maka ita tenki kaer metin prinsipiu “to do what we (Timor Leste) need to do, rather than what others want”, para prevene dotrina manipulativu, nebee ema balun lori mai hodi obriga Timor-Leste implementa.  Implementasaun direitus umanus no mos demokrasia nebee vigora universalmente iha komunidade internasional, tenki mai husi konsiensia povu e líder Timor-Leste, tuir konstituisaun e lei em vigor.

Kazu ikus liu maka informasaun nebe jornal Tempo Semanal hasai ba públiku konaba, UNMIT ataque Chefi Guverno (15/5/2011).  Iha loron 24 de Janeiru 2011, membru UNMIT ida halo aprezentasaun ho power point, ho tópiku, FOR SUSTAINABLE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE IN TIMOR-LESTE.  Kontribuisaun ba aprezentasaun ne’e mai husi ajéncias UN hanesan UNDP, UNCDF, UNEST & DGSU, tamba document ne’e hateten : “This presentation was based on contribution from UNDP, UNCDF, UNEST & DGSU”.  Ne’e signifika katak, informasaun hotu nebe iha aprezentasaun ida ne’e, mai husi ajénsias ONU nian, iha Timor-Leste e bazeia ba sira nian persepsaun diak ou aat ba guvernasaun Timor-Leste.  Aprezentasaun ne’e hateten katak: “the executive, especially prime Minister is seeking more and more power at the expense of parliament and the judiciary. By the end of 2012 this may have diminished the effective roles of the other two pillars and significantly reduced the accountability of the executive and rule of law, with the rule of prime minister. “ statement ida ne’e signifika katak...ezekutivu, espesialmente Primeiru Ministru buka atu hadau podér boot liu tebes husi Parlamentu no Tribunais sira (Tribunál de Contas sei hamosu atakes polítiku boot tebes). Molok 2012 prosesu ida ne’e nia rezultadu mak knaar efetivu husi órgaun soberania rua ne’e nian (ne’e refere ba parlamentu no tribunál) hodi responsabiliza ezekutivu, estadu direitu demokrátika sei menus, no “rule of law” sei menus no “rule of Primeiru Ministru” mak sei boot liu...” Se ita halo sumariu kik ba statement ida nee signifika, ONU ho sira nian ajensias hanoin katak: Primeiru Ministru sai hanesan obstaclu boot ba dezenvolvimentu demokrasia ba Timor-Leste.

Statement UNMIT nian iha retreat ne’e hatudu tan katak, sira hakarak interpreta sala pozisaun Primeiru Ministru nian, ba prosesu demokratizasaun iha Timor-Leste.  Sira interpreta sala konaba Fundu Rua nebe bain-bain ita temi, Fundu Kapital Humano nebe iha Primeiru Ministru nia okos e Fundu Infrastrutura nebe mos iha Primeiru Ministru nia okos.  Hau lakohi esplika tan fundu rua ne’e ba públiku liu-liu ba ONU, tamba sira ne’e sempre hare sira nia an perfeito liu Timor oan sira, liu-liu konaba demokratizasaun, reforma setor seguransa e seluk tan iha justisa.

Reasaun ba statement UNMIT nian ne’e, mai husi parte barak, inclui mos Opozisaun, Presidente Republika no mos Primeiru Ministru rasik. Primeiru, aprezentasaun UNMIT nian ne’e hanesan “vitamina” diak ida ba partido opozisaun. Purtantu Bankada Fretilin atraves deputadu Aniceto Guterres, ho kontenti hasai deklarasaun politika, hodi justifika e supporta absolutamente opiniaun UNMIT nian. Ne’e tamba klaru que nudar partidu opozisaun, Fretilin hetan supporta boot husi UNMIT nia statement.  Sigundo, reasaun mos mai husi Presidente Republika Dr. Ramos Horta.  Dr Ramos Horta ho hirus dehan, relatóriu nee ema beik ten nian, no mos hatutan katak “hau hanoin beik ten ruma maka halo karik. Ita hare to’ok se mak kaer programa ida naran oil and food iha Iraque, korupsaun ne’e makas 100 %, korupsaun $60 biloens. Purtantu, diak liu beik ten boot sira ne’e lalika koalia demais” (www.temposemanal.timor.blogspot.com).  Terseiro, reasaun mos mai husi Primeiru Ministru rasik wainhira hatete katak, “UNMIT ladun kunhese hau”.  Iha aspeto barak mak Primeiru Ministru temi iha nia diskursu ba seminariu akademi UNTL, iha loron 17 de Maio 2011 iha Centru Konvensaun de Dili.  Maibe hau hakarak aumenta tan deit assunto rua nebe Primeiru Ministru mensiona iha nian diskurso, nebe importante tebe-tebes.  Assuntu ida mak problema konaba IDPS nian iha tinan 2008 e seluk tan konaba Operasaun Komandu Konjuntu entre F-FDTL e PNTL para rezolve situasaun rebeldes nian iha tinan 2008.  Ita komesa uluk husi problema IDPs.  Konaba pergunta, oinsa rezolve problema IDPs, atan hau hakarak konta istoria oan ida konaba asuntu ne’e.  Iha tinan 2008, depois de assassinatu tentativa ba Prezidente Ramos Horta ho Primeiru Ministru Xanana Gusmao, Presidente interino Fernando Lasama de Araujo konvoka inkontru alto nivel (high level meeting) iha Palacio das Cinzas iha Kaikoli.  Iha inkontru ida ne’e, iha ajenda barak tebe-tebes para koalia, inclui mos pergunta konaba solusaun ba IDPs.  Oinsa mak IDPs bele fila hikas ba sira nia uma, no mos, tinan hira mak presiza para rezolve problema ida ne’e? Deputy SRSG ida (hau lakohi temi naran) hato’o kedas katak, ONU iha esperiencia rezolve problema IDPs iha nasaun barak, especialmente nasaun sira iha Africa.  Tamba ne’e Deputy SRSG ne’e hatutan tan katak, lori tinan 10-15 para bele taka kampu IDPs.  Membrus Guvernu nebee partisipa iha inkontro ne’e hakfodak tamba intensaun guvernu nian mak ne’e, katak problema IDPs e kazu Petisionariu sira, tenki rezolve lalais para ita bele fokus fali ba dezenvolvimentu nasaun nian.  Depois de rona tiha opiniaun ONU nian, Primeiru Ministru hato’o nia hanoin katak, povu Timor-Leste sira nebee agora sai IDPs, la hanesan povu Africa sira.  Primeiru Ministru Xanana Gusmao dehan mos katak,” hau kunhese povo terus atan ida ne’e, povu ida nebee terus iha funu naruk nia laran, tamba ne’e guverno sei presiza tinan 2-3 para rezolve problema IDPs, la persiza to’o fali tinan 10-15 tan”. “This was said and done”, ho tinan 2 nian laran, kazu de 150,000 IDPs rezolvidu kedas.  Timor-Leste nian esperiencia rasik, hatudu duni katak ho servisu makas entre orgaun Estadu nia hotu, specialmente Secretaria Estadu Dezastre Naturais ho Ministeriu Solidaridade Social, kazu IDPs rezolvidu duni iha tinan 2-3 nian laran. “Se líder estadu ho guvernu rona UNMIT nian hanoin, hanesan ita presiza tinan 10-15 para rezolve kazu IDPs, karik to’o agora, IDPs sira nian hela nafatin maka iha lona okos iha Hotel Timor nian oin, Obrigadu Barak nia Oin, Metinaro ho Hera no mos fatin seluk tan”. Maibe ita (orgaun estadu tomak) hamutuk, ita bele rezolve duni kazu boot ida ne’e (together we (all state organs) can solve the problem of IDPs).

Diskursu husi Primeiru Ministru mos temi konaba Operasaun Komandu Konjuntu entre FALINTIL-FDTL e PNTL, iha tinan 2008.  Operasun ida ne’e desidi husi Konselhu dus Ministrus, depois halo konsulta ho Prezidente Republika e Komandante Supremu interinu Fernando Lasama de Araujo, hodi foo sai deklarasaun Estado de Sitio.  Responsabilidade para harii Operasaun Komandu Konjuntu, Konselhu dus Ministrus nomeia Brigadeiro General (agora Major General) Taur Matan Ruak ho Komandante Afonso de Jesus (agora Adjuntu Komisariu PNTL), para sai hanesan Komandante e Vice Komandante ba Operasaun Konjuntu.  Razaun hodi hari’i Operasaun Kojuntu maka ne’e; primeiru, esperansa mak ita foo ba instituisaun internasional, atraves de International Stabilization Force (ISF) husi Australia e Nova Zealandia, la hetan rezultadu.  Kalan ida tomak Primeiru Ministru e Ministru Defeza e Siguransa, no mos SED, SES, Brigadeiru General Taur Matan Ruak e Komandante Afonso de Jesus halo inkontru ida ho Komandante ISF atu halo operasaun ida para rezolve problema rebeldes nian.  Maibe, depois de ISF halo tiha sira nian operasaun durante loron rua, ISF informa fali katak, sira hetan difikuldade tamba la kunhese ema sira ne’e.  Sigundo, laos UNPOL nian kompetensia, no mos UNPOL la iha kapasidade para rezolve problema ida nee.  Sira laos mai para hasoru risku boot iha situasaun dificil ida ne’e.  Tamba razaun rua ne’e mak Estadu deside, hari’i nafatin Operasaun Konjuntu.  Rezultadu husi Operasaun Konjuntu, hatudu ba mundu tomak, dala ida tan katak, Timor oan bele rezolve nia problema rasik.  Operasaun Konjuntu ho Timor-Leste nia dalan rasik (Timorese way) bele kria estabilidade ba nasaun doben ida ne’e.  Major ida husi Nova Zealandia mak servisu iha Operasaun Komandu Konjuntu, halo relatoriu ida e hakerek katak, Operasaun Konjuntu hetan susesu tamba primeiru hetan integrasaun pozitivu entre F-FDTL ho PNTL, e hatudu katak sira bele servisu hamutuk. Sigundo, Operasaun iha kunhecimentu konaba rebeldes e hetan supporta husi populasaun baze. Terseiru, implementasaun taktika psikologika militar, nebe laos para oho target.

Tamba Operasaun Konjuntu ne’e, maka Timor-Leste hetan susesu hodi resolve kazu petisionarius sira, iha 2008.  Maibe iha tempu neba, ita hasoru dezafiu boot husi Timor oan sira rasik nebe la fiar ita nia forsa rua, no mos husi UNMIT sira. UNMIT hateten katak, Timor-Leste komesa kahur papel Forsa Armadas ho Forsa Policial e sira akuza guvernu komesa halo militarizasaun ba polícia.  Maibe sira haluha tiha katak, durante Operasaun Konjunto ne’e, mak forsa rua F-FDTL ho PNTL hetan opurtunidade diak para servisu hamutuk e dezenvolve fali konfiansa ba malu depois de krize 2006.

Se ita analiza didiak ita bele hare katak, Timor-Leste iha esperiencia naruk iha violensia laran.  Depois de Restaurasaun Independensia, kada tinan rua Timor-Leste tama iha situasaun difísil nia laran.  Iha loron 4 de Dezembro 2002, violensia mosu iha Dili laran.  Ema sunu loja Hello Mister, sunu Loja balun iha Kolmera no mos sunu Marie Alkatiri nia uma iha Pantai Kelapa.  Iha 2004, violensia mosu iha Lospalos entre membru balun husi FALINTIL-FDTL ho PNTL.  Guvernu anterior hamutuk ho Prezidente Republika Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao harii ekipa ida hodi halo investigasaun.  Iha 2006, mosu krizi polítika no mos militar nebe hamosu problema boot ba nasaun foun ida ne’e.  Sidauk rezolve problema IDPs ho petisionarius sira, mosu tan problema assassinatu tentativa ba Chefi de Estado Dr. Ramos Horta e Chefi Guverno Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao.  Maibe guverno ida nebe lidera husi Permeiro Ministro Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao hakotu  korente (chain) konflito kada tinan rua ne’e iha 2010. Mesmu ita hetan problemas barak e situasaun difísil tebe-tebes durante tempu independencia nian laran, ita hatudu ba mundu tomak katak, ita rasik bele buka solusaun hodi rezolve ita nian problema.  UN sira bele iha esperiencia barak konaba conflitus iha rai seluk, hanesan Afrika, maibe sira la bele mai aplika sira nian esperiencia iha Timor-Leste, tamba sira la kunhese povu Timor-Leste.  

Tuir Prezidente da Republika nian reasaun, ita bele dehan katak, mesmu dala ruma ita nian liafuan hanesan kasar, mas parese ONU sira beik ten duni.  Ikus liu UNMIT sei kontinua hanoin, no mos hakarak los hanorin, buat barak ba Timor oan sira.  Hau bele foo ezemplu ida tan konaba ida ne’e.  Iha loron 6 de Maio 2011 Membrus Governu balun, hanesan Vice Primeiru Ministru Jose Luis Guterres, hamutuk ho Secretariu Estadu da Defeza, Secretariu Estadu da Siguransa, Vice Ministru Finansas e Vice Ministru Ekonomia ho Dezenvolvimento halo inkontru ho UNMIT staff sira inclui, Chief of Staf Amira Haq nian Toby Lanzer, Murray McCullough (Security sector Reform Unit UNMIT), e Komissáriu UNPOL Luis Carilho ho staff seluk tan, atu koalia konaba “Transition Plan”.  Iha aprezentasaun konaba Good Governance, staf UNMIT oan ida, koalia makas liu para husu guvernu Timor-Leste, hari’i lalais instituisaun ida para tau matan iha área Good Governance no mos Demokrasia.  Responde ba ideia ida ne’e, nudar diplomata e Vice Primeiru Ministru, Dr. Jose Luis Guterres, hato’o nia agradesimentu ba sujestaun UNMIT ne’e, maibe reasaun husi Secretario Siguransa makas liu.  Demokrasia la presiza institusionaliza atraves instituisaun especial Estado nian.  Tamba demokrasia konsagra ona iha Konstituisaun e sai hanesan kompromisu Estadu nian, sociedade civil, no mos povu Timor-Leste tomak.  Sosiedade Civil hanesan Fundasaun HAK, Rede Feto no mos NGO sira seluk tan, tau matan dadauk ba demokrasia ho direitus umanus.  Agora dadaun ita la iha instituisaun especial ida para tau matan iha área demokrasia, maibe demokrasia ho direitus umanus lao nafatin, tamba Konstituisaun e kompromisiu povo Timor oan nian.

Konaba missaun ONU nian iha Timor-Leste, ita mos bele analiza katak, UNMIT dalam ruma hetan infiltrasaun husi ema internasional e nasional, nebee iha ajenda politika ketak.  Jornal Timor Post iha loron 24 de Maio hateten katak, Xina agora iha intensaun para monta nia espionajen iha Ásia Sudeste.  Maibe Timor-Leste mos keta haluha katak infiltrasaun ne’e laos mai deit husi Xina, maibe mai husi nasaun seluk, inklui mos infiltrasaun iha instituisaun UNMIT nia laran para buka informasaun ba sira nia nasaun rasik.  Purtantu Timor-Leste la presiza hakfodak kuandu iha mos opiniaun balun katak, UNMIT mos iha ema barak, nebe nia servisu laos ba missaun UNMIT nian, maibe ba ninia nasaun mos.  Konaba assuntu ida nee, ita bele analiza katak, iha grupu rua e grupu politika ida mak agora halao ou servisu hela missaun ONU iha Timor-Leste (analiza ne’e bele los ou bele la los): Primeiro iha grupu ida nebe servisu ba nasaun seluk halao hela missaun “rekolha informasaun” atu bele hato’o ba nasaun seluk nebe nia servisu ba.  Grupu ne’e mak obriga hela ninia hakarak no mos bainhira hetan dezafius ruma, sira sempre kria opiniaun publiku atu halo aat ba situasaun iha rai laran. Grupu ida ne’e mak lakohi rai doben Timor-Leste dezenvolvi ninia an, hodi sai nasaun nebe independente e soberania.  Sigundo, Grupu ida nebe hakarak foo tulun ba Timor-Leste hodi sai nasaun dezenvolvidu ho neneik.  Grupu ida ne’e durante ne’e hanesan “burung terkurung dalam sangkar”.  Grupu ida ne’e mak domina lideransa UNMIT desde uluk kedas, mas iha grupu ne’e nia sorin, mesak grupu primeiru deit mak domina.  Terseiro, grupu Timor oan nebe servisu iha UNMIT. Iha Timor oan barak mak fo laran duni para bele kontribui ba dezenvolvimentu rai doben ne’e.  Maibe la sala mos katak iha mos balun mak, aproveita UNMIT para halao missaun politiku, pessoal ou grupu nian. PM Xanana iha nia diskursus dehan katak “hau hakarak dehan Timor oan sira nebe sai experts ba UNMIT, atu lalika loko-an, atu lalika hakruk demais ba ema nia osan, tamba ida ne’e, moras at ida nebe ita bolu : colonialism mental no colonialism intellectual”. Timor oan sira ne’e mos tuir PM Xanana lakohi UNMIT sai husi Timor Leste. Iha mundu ne’e interdependia e dependensia entre nasaun asunto ida normal mas nudar nasaun foun ida Timor Leste persiza halakon dependensia premature iha rai ida ne’e.

Hakarak hateten deit katak, saida mak agora sai polémiko iha publiku konaba aprezentasaun UNMIT nian, husi retreat mak akontece iha Janeiru 2011, klaru que laos relatorio ida.  Maibe ita bele dehan katak, aprezentasaun ne’e sai hanesan opiniaun husi instituisaun UNMIT, ho ajéncias seluk husi ONU iha Timor-Leste.  Maibe, klean tebe-tebes katak, tuir informasaun husi ema balun iha ONU, retreat ne’e involve líder ONU sira.  Ne’e signifika katak opiniaun husi líder ONU sira iha Timor-Leste, negativu ba guvernu no mos Primeiru Ministru.  ONU hanesan instituisaun ida mak tenki sai neutral e labele tama iha assuntu politika nian.  Mandatu UNMIT nian iha Timor-Leste maka, para foo supporta ba Estadu Timor-Leste iha aspeitu hotu, laos para mai destroi e fo opiniaun kontraditivu ba progressu no mos dezenvolvimentu nasional.