Xanana Mistakenly Signs Contract with ETO (a company owned by his nephew)

Original with signed contract documentation in Tetun click here

PM mistakenly signs contract with ETO
Silverio: "that is not his fault"

Dili, Tempo Semanal
Edition No. 155 Year III - 2009
Monday, 7 September 2009

Prime Minister (PM) Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao is very serious about establishing and promoting a system of accountability and transparency which will help the management of the state’s finances, especially in areas of procurement and spending of the state budget. However, the Procurement Directorate of the Ministry of Finance has jeopardized the Prime Minister’s credibility because on 30/03/2009 this directorate presented the Prime Minister contract documents for supply of fuel to state vehicles which had the wrong contractor printed on it, with the name of Siverio Pereira Maubere from Aitula Fuels, instead of that of Nilton T. Gusmao from Esperansa Timor Oan (ETO).

This case involves similar allegations as the case where the Prime Minister is alleged to have signed a contract for the supply of rice to his daughter Zenilda Gusmao, because Nilton Gusmao is the Prime Minister’s nephew.

Because of this, some suspicions have emerged of fraud regarding the contract documents signed by the Prime Minister for ETO to supply fuel to government vehicles, in that the company ETO used another company’s name in order to win the approval for the contract from the PM
himself.

In this case, the Pm has also placed himself in a dangerous position because it is clear that he did not look properly at the document before signing it. But it is also possible that the Prime Minister and Nilton Gusmao signed the document at different times. Perhaps the Prime Minister signed first and Nilton Gusmao signed some hours later, as otherwise they would have been present and seen that the signer and signature clause did not correspond, because the documents signed were between the Prime Minister and Silverio Pereira Maubere of Aitula
Fuels. However, if the PM knew but proceeded to sign anyway, then he would once again be faced with allegations of fattening his own family though government contracts.

Nonetheless the substance of this case is pointing towards a breach of section 3 of Law 7 of 2007 on Constitutional Officeholders, which imposes prohibitions on certain commercial entities, such as would be the case if Nilton Gusmao has a shareholding exceeding 10% in ETO. This is because the law clearly states, firstly, that those commercial entities in which the office holder has a shareholding exceeding 10% are prohibited from participating in tenders to supply goods and services, or partake in commerce and industry involving contracts with the state or other public entities.

Secondly, line a), of sub-section 2. of section 3, states that commercial entities where the capital shareholding exceeding 10% is held by a spouse or son/daughter or collateral relative to the second degree of kinship, are also prohibited. Line b) of sub-section 2. of the same section 3, states that those commercial entities where the constitutional office holder, alone or together with his or her relatives referred to in line a), directly or indirectly, hold shares exceeding 10%, are also prohibiting from tendering or contracting with the state and its entities in the same way.

In order to find out what Nilton Gusmao’s shareholding is, Tempo Semanal journalists sought confirmation from the directorate of business registration of the Ministry of Tourism, Commerce and Industry, but it was uncooperative in providing the documents requested by the journalists. This type of conduct shows that the government has no commitment to fight against corruption, collusion and nepotism, despite declaring itself the leader of the fight against corruption, collusion and nepotism, which is popping up everywhere like mushrooms after the rains.

For some years now, the company Belak Fuels had been the sole supplier of fuel for thye state’s transport, but in 2007 the Timor-Leste government thorugh the Ministry of Finance, Directorate of National Procurement Services opened a public tender for Timorese companies
wanting to compete for this project.

A number of companies competed but Aitula Fuels and ETO were the winners. The tender results were announced and the companies were contracted to supply fuel to state vehicles, demonstrating the confidence of the government in their ability to perform the service. Although at present both Aitula Fuels and ETO supply fuel for state vehicles, there have been public suspicions as to discrepencies in the contract extension documents with ETO, which this newspaper has been able to access, contract No. 01-06-2008-C-40110 where the name of
Aitula Fuels Director Silverio Pererira Maubere appears, although the signature that appears on the document is that of Nilton Gusmao.

Amongst those of the public to have concerns over the document, are Timorese business persons who say it shows the lack of professionalism of the staff at procurement services, and weaknesses in the procurement law, evidenced by the lack of control over the work of
procurement services staff.

Despite these accusations, according to the National Director of Procurement, Francisco C Soares, this type of mistake is routine and critics are ill informed of the work of procurement.

Responding to these questions on Tuesday 1/9/09, at the office of Esperansa Timor Oan at China Rate, Taibessi, Dili, the director Nilton T. Gusmao dos Santos said that the public tender for the supply of fuel to government vehicles was held in 2008 and was open to the public, with a number of companies participating. The tender process and determination documentation shows that two companies, Aitula Fuels and Esperansa Timor Oan won because they submitted the best conditions and had the facilities to supply fuel to government vehicles.

When asked about the signature and name discrepancies on the contract document, Nilton said, “I think this contract was signed with two companies, one with Mr. Silverio’s company and one with us, only that the names that were written on the two contracts were the same ones, but I signed the contract myself and it was not somebody else, therefore I do not think there was any fraud involved with the documents. It was merely a technical error that I signed over Mr. Silverio’s name instead of my own,” Nilton explained self-assuredly.

According to Nilton, the contract document signed by the Prime Minister (PM) some months ago was similar to an extension, but that the principal contract was signed by the Minister for Finace Emilia Pires on 26/05/2008.

“The result of the tender shows that the company Esperansa Timor Oan and Aitula Fuels won the tender to supply fuel to government cars, but at the time the government gave them a six months trial period and because they were able to show that they could provide a good service
then the government extended their contract.”

“The contract extension the government granted at the time, was not just to one person but for the two of us, and it was because of this that at the time they wrote the wrong name, but because I did not notice it I signed it and it was only afterwards that I discovered that the name printed on the contract I had signed was incorrect,” Nilton said mockingly.

Nilton added, that because there were two contracts, with each having their own responsibilities, Aitula Fuels performing their own work by themselves and Esperansa Timor Oan did the same, only sometimes clashing when their areas of responsibilities clashed.

“I do not think there was any fraudulent manipulation in this case, because its clear.” Nilton added that when one speaks of fraudulent manipulation, there must be some intent to conceal and deceive through that manipulation, saying that nothing was neing hidden in this case
as everything went through the normal processes and the company Esperansa Timor Oan never interfered with the tender process.

“I never interfered with the tender process because I have confidence in my own capacity and conditions based on the proposal we submitted,” Nilton reinforced defending himself against the accusations.

The proposal and bid security for the tender for this contract was for 5 years, but the government only granted a contract for six months because they wanted to see how they performed in the contract. “This agreement stipulates that when we performed satisfactorily then of course each year the government would extend our contract until the fifth year, but if in the middle of that contract term the government felt our contract performance was unsatisfactory, then the government could automatically terminate the contract because the government does not want anyone to play with the contract,” Nilton recounted.

Grave doubts have emerged from the information obtained by the newspaper from the director of the company Esperansa Timor Oan, that the total budget they submitted for the five years was nearly US$8,000,000, but when we look at the second contract for the period between 1 January 2009 (12 months) that has a budget of US$2,000,000.

When Tempo Semanal journalists went to Aitula Fuels to clarify the questions referred to, the Director of Aitula Fuels Silverio Pereira Maubere said, “When the dispatch came down from the Prime Minister there was only his name, but at that time the two companies had won the tender, with the company Aitula Fuels coming first and the company Esperansa Timor Oan came second but the dispatch paper which came down was only in my name, but instead ETO’s name before they signed and because of this we don’t think it is a problem,” Silverio followed up.

According to Silverio, there is no indication of manipulation with this issue but it was merely a technical error because at that moment it was he himself who signed first on 26/03/2009 then afterwards Esperansa Timor Oan went to sign on 30/03/09, “but before Nilton was about to sign he himself rang to seek clarification on this issue but I told them not to worry and that was a technical error,” Silverio explained.

Responding to the question that possibly someone had deliberately manipulated the contract using his name, Silverio, confessed that he had no knowledge of any such manipulation, but it was merely a technical error by the staff who had prepared the contract for signing.

Aitula Fuels submitted a budget in the amount of US$2,981,105 for the 13 districts per annum and for the 5 years a total of almost US$8 million and a half.

Though the two companies won the tender each works in their pre-determined zones, with Esperansa Timor Oan taking care of Lautem, Baucau, Viqueque, Manatuto, Oecussi and Dili districts, whilst Aitula Fuels looks after Aileu, Ainaro, Same, Suai, Liquica, Ermera, Maliana
and also Dili District.

On the 02/09/09 the director of procurement Francisco Burlaco told Tempo Semanal that it was correct that there had been a technical error made to the Esperansa Timor Oan contract where it was written Aitula’s Fuel name instead, because of this, according to him there was no indication of any tampering with the contract because these contracts should correctly have had printed on it each company’s name, but because the kids incorrectly wrote in Aitula’s name on all the documents, which was later amended.

“This is merely an issue of the technical error so there is no impact to the budget process because we have corrected the incorrectly written name and there is no indication of tampering,” Francisco defended. Responding to accusations that procurement’s work was below standard, Francisco said, that we all have to understand that the kids have a lot of work to do, so mistakes are normal.

“Yes there was the problem with the name, but the amount was not the same because Aitula could not have taken responsibility for its work areas referred to because in the contract it was shown that this area was Esperansa’s so Esperansa was suppose to sign but because a technical mistake in administration is normal and the accusers do not know what they are talking about because they do not know the technical processes involved. As I said today I know there was a technical error in incorrectly inserting the name but also in the amount of money, but these mistakes are normal,” Francisco ended.

But Timorese businessman Rui Castro said, if someone legally challenged this contract, then it would not be simply dismissed as a technical error but involves legal issues, because there are
constitutional issues, and it gets worse when you start talking about who it was who signed the contract, and for that very reason it is not just a technical error because when you sign a contract either you do it according to the law or you do not, because if you do not, then its illegal.

This document is the total responsibility of procurement, so for that very reason, when a contract has to be delivered for the contractor to sign they have to exchange opinions as to its state so they can rectify anything that is incorrect, not to just let it go until it is
made public.

“If the contract has been able to fall into public hands it means that the people working in procurement have the intention of spoiling the PM’s government because when in front of the PM they kneel but behind his back they think something else and do something else,” Castro
explained defending the PM. “I don’t think this is the first time this has happened but there are
cases involving many members of government.”

Castro said that if it had been up to him “administrative action would have been taken
against the staff responsible for drafting the contracts, the Minister for Finance must hold the Director General Francisco responsible as well as the director of procurement, so the PM must hold them responsible.

“For me this issue is an attempt to smear the PM’s name because people to whom the PM has given his trust to manage the contracts are not working in good faith and because of this they have manipulated things so that the incorrect documents were presented to the PM for his
signature,” Castro said aggressively.

Castro added that, this error was not by the company because Nilton did not prepare this contract so if there is anything to be investigated it should be the people who should be investigated especially the head of the department where the PM signed the contract. “When we speak of shareholding exceeding 10% as prohibiting access to contracts from the government all of FRETILIN’s contracts were illegal because at that time Amat Alkatiri (Belak Fuels) had the contract to supply fuel to government cars but no one questioned the government for the three years, so why should we question Nilton,” Castro concluded.

Tempo Semanal Edisaun 155

PM Asina Sala Kontratu ho ETO

Silvério : "ne'e la'ós ami nia kulpa"

Dili, Tempo Semanál

Primeiru Ministru (PM) Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão iha senseriedade boot hodi es­tabelese no promove sis­t­e­ma akontabilidade no tr­a­n­sparente ne'ebé di'ak iha je­staun finansas estadu nian liu-liu iha prosesu ejekusaun orsamentu tenderizasaun.

Ma­ibé iha prosesu ida ne'e, Ministeriu Finansas liu husi Dir­esaun Nasional Ap­roviz­io­namentu tau iha ka­uza Pr­i­meiru Ministru ninia kre­di­bi­lidade tanba iha lo­ron 30/03/2009 diresa­un ida ne'e lo­ri PM ba asina sala kontr­a­tu fornesementu ko­m­bu­st­i­v­el ba kareta estadu nian, ta­nba iha dokumentu kontratu ha­kerek Silverio Pereira Ma­ubere husi,

Aitula Fuels ma­i­bé asinatura husi Nilton T. Gusmão dos Santos husi Es­peransa Timor Oan (ETO).

Kauza ida ne'e nia lalaok besik atu hanesan ho alegasaun PM asina ko­n­t­ratu sosa fos ba Zenilda Gusmão nu­dar PM nia oan feto, tanba Nilton Gu­smão mós hanesan PM nia subrinu. Nu­ne'e, asinatura PM iha dokum­en­t­us kontratu fornesementu komb­us­tivel ho kompania ETO, deskonfia mósu falsifikasaun tanba ETO uza ema no kompania seluk nia naran ho­di hetan aprovasaun kontratu forne­s­­ementu kombustivel ba kareta es­tadu husi PM.

Iha kauza ida ne'e mós, PM tau nia an iha risku tanba PM la haree didi'ak antes marka ninia asinatura iha sura tahan leten. Maibé, dala ruma asi­na­tura PM nian ho Nilton Gusmão nian la marka iha oras ho minutu hanesan. Karik PM asina uluk hafoin Nilton Gu­s­mão asina ikus iha oras balu nia la­r­an, tanba se karik PM ho Nilton Gus­mão asina iha oras ida deit no tur se oin ba malu iha meza ida, ne'e PM be­le kansela tanba PM asina kontratu ho Nilton Gusmão maibé iha dokum­e­ntus la hakerek Nilton Gusmão ho nia kompania nia naran maibé ha­kerek fali Silverio Pereira Maubere husi Aitula Fuels. Maibé se PM hatene momoos hela mas la halo inter­ve­ns­aun, entaun PM bele hasoru dala ida tan alegasaun publiku konaba hab­okur familia liu husi tend­er­izasaun.

Nune'e deskonfia prosesu ida ne'e ninia konteudu atu halai ba violasaun Lei Nú. 7/2007, Lei Estatutu dus Ti­t­ulares Orgaun Soberanu artigu 3 konaba Impedimentu Aplikaveis a Sosiedade, se karik Nilton Gusmão nia saham liu husi 10%. Tanba iha lei ne'e esplika klaru katak, ida empre­zas sira ne'ebé nia kapitál kaer husi titulár órgaun soberania liu 10%, hetan impedementu atu partisipa iha konkursu fornesimentu bens no servisu, halo knaar Komérsiu ka Indústria, liu husi kontratu ho estadu ho entidades publikas sira seluk.

rua alínea a), hateten, emprezas sira ne'ebé nia kapitál ho persentajen hanesan, ne'ebé nian feen ka la'en maka sai na'in ka haketak ema ho riku soin nia aman/inan no oan sira ho parentes kolatoral to'o 2 grau ho sira ne'ebé hela ho nia mós hetan impede­mentus. Iha alínea b) hateten, empreza sira ne'ebé nia kapitál/husi titulár órgaun, direta ka indireta husi nia mesak ka hamutuk ho familias ne'ebé refere iha alínea a), nia partisipasaun la ki'ik liu 10%.

Atu hatene Nilton Gusmão nia saham hira, jornalista tenta komfirma ho dir­es­a­un rejistu kompania husi Ministeriu Turismu Komersiu no Industria maibé diresaun ida ne'e la koopera didi'ak ho jornalista hodi fó sai dokumentus rejistu. Hahalok hanesan ne'e hatudu katak go­v­ernu laiha vontade atu kombate pek­adu KKN, maske governu tau nia an ha­nesan fundador anti KKN maibé KKN mó­su hanesan Kulat iha tempu udan.

Iha tinan hirak liuba, kompañia Belak Fuel sai nu'udar kompañia úniku ne'ebé fó asist­énsia fo­r­n­e­sem­entu mina ba tr­a­nsporte Es­tadu ni­an iha rai laran, ma­ibé iha tinan 2007 Go­v­e­rnu Ti­m­or Leste liu husi Min­is­t­ériu Fina­n­sas, Dire­s­aun Nas­i­onál Ser­b­isu De Ap­ro­­vi­zio­na­m­­entu lo­ke fila fali ko­nkursu públiku ba em­prezáriu Timor ne'ebé hakarak konkorre iha projetu ida ne'e.

Konkursu públiku ne'ebé partisipa husi kompañia lubuk ida maibé komp­a­ñia Aitula Fuels ho ETO mak sai ve­ns­edor. Ne'e duni bazeia ba akordu no re­z­u­ltadu konkursu ne'ebé iha hateten, kompañia rua ne'e mak hetan fiar husi go­vernu atu fornese mina ba kareta Es­tadu nian.

Maski agora daudaun kompañia Aitula Fuels ho ETO fornese hela mina ba karreta estadu nian, maibé iha do­k­u­m­entu kontinuasaun kontratu ETO ne'e­bé jornál ne'e hetan, hamósu duvida boot iha públiku liu-liu ba em­prezáriu Timor oan sira tanba surat kontratu ho No 01-06-20­08-C-40110 ne'ebé hakerek Diretór Aitula Fuels Silvério Pereira Mau Bere nia naran ma­ibé ninia asinatura uza fali Nilton Gusmão nian.

Diferensa naran no asina­tura ne'ebé hakerek iha surat kontratu No:RDTL -01-06-20­09­-C-40110 sai mós preok­up­asaun boot ba públiku, liu-liu ba emprezáriu Timor oan sira tanba kestaun ne'e hat­udu katak serbisu apro­vizion­am­entu seidauk profesional, nu­ne'e mós lei aprovizionamentu sei fraku tanba la iha ko­ntrola saun di'ak ba sis­tema serbisu aprovizi­onamentu nian.

Maski ema barak ak­uza katak sistema serb­isu aprovi­ziona­mentu nian la'o la loos, maibé tuir Dir­etór Nasional Apro­vezionamentu Fr­ancisco C. Soares katak, failansu ték­nik­u ne'e normál tan ne'e ba ema ne'­ebé kontra sistema serb­isu aprovi­ziona­me­ntu entaun nia la hat­ene prosesu tékniku admi­ni­st­rasaun.

Responde ba kest­a­un hirak ne'e, Te­rsa-fe­ira,1/09/09 iha edifísiu ko­mpañia Esperansa Timor Oan Sina Rate Ta­i­besi, Dili, Diretór Nilt­on T. Gu­smão dos Santos hateten, konku­rsu públiku hodi fornese mina ba karreta Governu ne'ebé hala'o iha ti­nan 2008 felizmente loke ba pú­b­l­i­ku no iha momentu ne'ebá kompañia lubuk ida mak hola parte mós iha konkursu refere, maibé bazeia ba desizaun no prosedimentu legál husi verifikasaun dokumentu hatudu katak kompañia Aitula Fuels ho Kompañia Esperansa Timor Oan mak manan tanba sira iha fasilidade ne'ebé kompletu atu fornese mina ba karreta governu nian.

Husu kona ba asinatura no naran ne'ebé ha­ke­rek iha surat ko­nt­r­atu nia lar­an ne­'e­bé di­ferente, Nilton ha­kt­uir, "Ha'u hanoin kontratu ne'e hala'o ba ko­mpañia rua, ida ba kompañia Sr Si­lvério nian no ida ba ami, soke naran ne­'e­bé hakerek iha surat ko­n­tratu rua ne'e sai ida de'it, ma­ibé ko­ntratu ne'e ha'u rasik mak asina la'ós ema seluk ne'e duni ha'u hanoin la iha indik­a­s­a­un manipulasaun maibé failansu tékniku de'it tanba ha'u asina fali iha Sr Silvério nia naran" esplika Nilton ho fiar an.

Tuir Nilton katak, surat kontratu ne'ebé Primeiru Ministru (PM) asina iha fulan kotuk liu ba, hanesan estensaun kontratu maibé kontratu 'induk' mak Ministra Finansas Emília Pires asina iha loron 26/05/08.

"Rezultadu konkursu hatudu katak kompañia Esperansa Timor oan no Aitula Fuels mak manan ne'e duni sira mak fornese mina ba karreta go­vernu nian, maibé iha momentu ne'ebá Governu fó períodu durante fulan 6 hanesan 'masa percobaan' mais tanba sira konsege hatudu rezultadu serbisu ne'ebé di'ak entaun Governu kontinua tan sira nia kontratu"

"kontinuasaun husi kontratu ne'ebé governu halo iha altura ne'eba, la'os ba ema ida de'it maibé kontratu ne'e ba ami na'in rua, ne'e duni iha mom­e­ntu ne'eba sira kala hakerek sala naran, mais tanba ha'u mós la repara buat hirak ne'e entaun ha'u mós asina tiha hafoin hare fali katak naran ne'ebé hakerek iha kontratu ne'e la lo­os". ha­s­ara Nilton.

Nilton hatutan, tanba surat kont­ratu iha rua, ne'e duni idak-idak hala'o ninia serbisu rasik, Aitula Fuels hala'o serbisu ho ninia kompañia rasik nune'e mós Esperansa Timor Oan, maibé soke de'it fahe zona serbisu nian.

"Ha'u sente la iha manipulasaun ba asuntu ida ne'e tanba kontestu husi manipulasaun ne'e la klaru". Nilton hatutan Kuandu ita atu ko'alia kona ba manipulasaun, entaun ita halo buat ida ho subar depois ita tenta atu manipula hodi bosok ema, maibé ha'u sente ita la subar buat ruma tanba buat hotu liu husi prosesu hormal no mós kompañia Esperansa Timor Oan nunka halo in­tervensaun iha prosesu tender

"ha'u nunka halo intervensaun ba prosesu tenderizasaun tanba ha'u fiar ha'u nia kapasidade ho kondisaun ba­zeia ba proposta ne'ebé ami hatama" reforsa Nilton hodi defende an husi ak­u­zasaun. Proposta no Bid Security ne'ebé ko­mpañia Esperansa Timor Oan aprez­e­nta iha konkursu ne'e ba tinan 5, maibé ba períodu primeiru Governu fó ko­ntratu fulan 6 tanba Governu hakarak ha­re sira nia proforma serbisu.

"Iha akordu ne'e hateten kuandu ami hatudu rezultadu serbisu ne'ebé di'ak konserteza kada tinan governu sei kontinua ami nia kontratu to'o ti­nan 5, maibé to'o dalan klaran mak go­vernu hare katak ami la hala'o serbisu ho di'ak otomatikamente governu sei hapara ami nia kontratu tanba go­v­e­rnu rasik lakohi ema atu halimar ho kontratu" Nilton konta tuir

Tuir informasaun ne'ebé jornál ne'e hetan husi diretór Kompañia Espera­nsa Timor Oan katak totál orsamentu ne'­ebé sira aprezenta iha konkursu nian kuaze US$8,000,000 ba tinan lima nian, maibé hare ba segundu kontratu ho períodu serbisu 01 Janeiru 2009 to'o 30 Dezembru 2009 (fulan 12) ne'ebé ho orsamentu US$­2,­0­0­0­,­000 sai duvida s ba públiku.

Bainhira jornalista TS hakat ba ed­i­fí­siu kompañia Aitula Fuels besik merkadu Komoro hodi husu kla­ri­f­ikasaun ba kestaun refere, maibé Di­retór kompañia Aitula Fuels Sil­v­ério Pereira Mau Bere hateten, "de­s­paxu ne'ebé hatún husi primeiru Ministru ha'u nia naran de'it mak iha, maibé iha momentu ne'ebá ko­mpañia rua mak manan tender, Kompañia ne'ebé hetan primeiru lugar mak Aitula Fuels no segundu lugar mak kompañia Esp­er­ansa Timor Oan mais bainhira surat de­spaxu ne'e tun mai ha'u nia naran mak iha hotu tan ne'e ha'u ba simu de'it ha'u nian depois ida fali sira apaga tiha Aitula tau fali ETO nia na­ran hafoin sira asina tiha ne'e duni ami sente la iha buat ida" haktuir Si­lvério

Tuir Silvério katak, kestaun ne'e la iha indikasaun manipulasaun maibé falénsia tékniku de'it tanba momentu ne'ebá husi nia parte rasik mak ba hala'o uluk asinatura iha loron 26/03/2009 depois Es­p­e­ransa Timor Oan ba asina iha lo­ron 30/03/09, "ma­ibé antes Nilton atu asina kontratu sira mós telefone ha'u hodi klarifika asuntu ida ne'e mais ha'u hateten ba sira katak la iha buat ida tanba falénsia tékniku" esklarese Silvério

Responde kona ba pergunta ne'ebé dehan katak karik iha uma ruma ne'ebé ma­nipula ita boot nia naran, maibé Silvério konfesa katak, nia parte la hatene kona ba ida ne'e tanba falénsia té­kniku ne'e la'ós husi sira no la'ós sira mak halo maibé ida ne'e mai husi té­kniku sira no sira mak kria.

Valór orsamentu ne'ebé Kompañia Aitula Fuels aprezenta iha konkursu, US$ 2,981,105 ba 13 distritu kada tinan no ba tinan 5 nian kuaze US$ 8 Juta resin.

Maski kompañia rua mak manan iha konkursu refere maibé kada kompañia hala'o ninia atividade tuir zona ne'ebé determina ona tan ne'e kompañia Es­p­e­r­ansa Timor Oan toma konta Distritu, La­utem, Baucau, Viqueque Manatutu, Oe­kusi, inklui Dili no mós kompañia Ai­tula Fuels toma konta Distritu, Aileu, Ai­naro, Same, Suia, Liquisa, Ermera, Ma­l­i­ana no mós Dili. Iha loron 02/09/09 Diretór Ap­r­o­v­i­zionamentu Francisco Burlaco ba jornál TS hateten, loos duni iha falénsia tékniku ba kontratu kompañia Espe­ra­nsa Timor Oan nian ne'ebé hakerek fali Kompañia Aitula nia naran, tan ne'e tuir nia katak la iha indikasaun mani­pu­la­s­aun ba kontratu tanba tuir loloos ko­n­tratu ne'e tau kompañia idak – idak na naran maibé tanba labarik sira hakerek sala tiha hodi tau hotu Aitula nia naran entaun hadi'a fila-fali de'it.

"Kestaun ne'e hanesan falénsia ték­niku de'it tan ne'e la iha impaktu no mós la implika ba prosesu orsamentu tanba naran ne'ebé hakerek sala iha kontratu ne'e ami hadi'a fali no la iha indikasaun manipulasaun" Francisco defende

Responde kona ba akuzasaun ne'­ebé dehan serbisu aprovizionamentu la iha kapasidade, maibé Francisco hateten, ita mós tenke komprende labarik sira tanba iha serbisu barak ne'e duni 'kesalahan' ne'e normál.

"Loos duni problema iha naran, ma­ibé kuantidade la hanesan tanba Aitula labele atu responsabilidade área refere tanba iha kontratu hatudu katak área ne'e Esperansa nian entaun Esp­eransa mak tenke asina tanba falénsia tékniku iha administrasaun normál tan ne'e ema ne'ebé halo ak­u­zasaun nia la hat­ene prosesu tékniku. "hanesan ohin ha'u hateten katak fa­lénsia tékniku ne'e normál tanba ke­s­alahan la'ós de'it iha na­ran maibé be­le mós ba iha kuan­ti­d­ade osan ne'ebé ita hakerek sala"hakotu Francisco.

Iha parte seluk, Emprezáriu Timor oan Rui Castro hateten, Bainhira ema ru­ma hakarak avansa ho kazu ida ne'e, ha'u bele dehan katak kestaun ne'e la'ós failansu admin­istr­asaun,maibé iha relasaun ho Lei tanba implika mós ba konstitusionál, nune'e mós pior liu ba­inhira ko'alia kona ba ema ne'ebe resp­on­savel ba asina kon­tratu ne'e duni la'ós failansu tékniku ta­nba atu asina kontr­atu ruma konserteza ita sei liu husi da­lan rua, ida mak liu husi prosesu normál no ida fali la liu husi prosesu normál (ilegál).

Dokumentu ne'e respons­ab­ilidade másimu iha aproviz­ionam­en­tu, ne'e duni bainhira atu entrega ko­ntratu ruma ba kontrator atu asina tenke fó hanoin ba malu para atu hadi'a se iha buat ruma ne'ebe la loos, la`'ós husik depois monu fali ba públiku nia liman. "Se kontratu ne'e konsege monu iha públiku nia liman signifika katak ema ne'ebe serbisu iha ap­r­ovizionamentu iha intensaun no hanoin aat atu estraga PM ninia Gover­nasaun tanba iha PM nia oin sira haraik an maibé iha kotuk PM hanoin buat seluk sira mós halo buat seluk" esplika Castro hodi defende PM.

"Ha'u hanoin la'ós foin kazu ida ne'e de'it mak akontese maibé iha mós kazu sira seluk ne'ebe envolve mós membru Governu barak". Castro halo kompar­as­aun ba ninia an katak se nia mak tuur iha aprovizionamentu kon­serteza 'tingdakan administrasaun sei la'o ba ema ne'ebe responsabiliza ko­nt­ratu nune'e mós Ministra Finansas tenke uza responsabiliza ba iha diretór jerál Francisco no mós diretór apro­vizionamentu nune'e mós PM tenke husu sira ninia responsabilidade.

"Ba ha'u kestaun ne'e hanesan te­ntativa ida ne'ebe hakarak hafo'er PM ni­nia naran tanba ema ne'ebe PM fó fiar hodi maneja prosesu kontratu la serbisu ho laran tan ne'e sira konsege manipula hodi oferese buat ne'ebe la loos ba PM asina" tenik Castro ho lian makas ba jornalista TS.

Castro hatutan katak, failansu ne'e la'ós husi kompañia tanba kontratu ne'e la'ós Nilton mak prepara tan ne'e buat ne'ebe atu investiga ne'e tenke in­vestiga ema ne'ebe prepara dokum­en­tu,liu-liu diretór ne'ebe respon­sa­biliza ba iha departamentu ne'ebe ag­ora nia asina kontra ba PM. "ko'alia kona ba 'saham' ne'ebe liu husi 10% la iha direitu atu hetan ko­ntratu, maibé Castro argumenta ka­t­ak,kuandu lei ida ne'e mak ita impl­e­m­enta duni en­taun kontratu ne'ebe halo iha governu Fretilín nian ilegál hotu tanba iha te­mpu Governu Fretilín nian Amat Alk­atiri (Belak Fual) mak Fornese kom­bustivel ba karreta Go­v­ernu durante tinan 3, maibe iha tempu ne'eba la iha ema ida kestiona ma­is tanba saida ita tenke kestiona ho Ni­lton nian", Hakotu Castro. (ts)