Wednesday, 15 September 2010
This is the first Video and Audio test
Tempo Semanal wish our reader can criticiuse us through this video. This is a test video and Audio but the event is the real one. thanks
PSD Deside Nafatin Iha AMP Nia Mahon Mário Carrascalão Fila Ba Deputadu
Dili, Tempo Semanál Hafoin de Enj. Mário Viegas Carrascalão rezigna husi ninia kargu hanesan Vice Primeiru Ministru ba Koordenasaun ba Asuntus Administrasaun no Jestaun do Estadu, durante loron rua partidu Sosiál Demokrata (PSD) hala'o reuniaun iha Dili hodi deside destinu AMP, PSD ohin no horisehik sei deside destinu Governu AMP, dehan membru prinsipál iha partidu ne’e.
Tuir Estudante UNTL, A. De A. Barros, ne'ebé husu atu jornál ne’e labele publika ninia naran tutun kompletu ne’e katak, iha opsaun rua ba lider sira iha PSD ninia laran katak solidáriu ho sira nia fundadór ou sira ta'uk lakon kadeira hodi atrai sira nia eis Presidente,“ tan ba ha’u haree agora sira tarik ulur.”
“Tuir ha’u nia observasaun AMP sei la monu mezmu PSD dada an tomak. Ne’e katak PSD mak lakon hetok aat liu tan kuandu sira deside sai husi AMP.
Nune’e duni saa de’it mak sira sei foti la dun fó benefísiu ba sira. Di’ak liu aproveita agora,” nia komenta kahur ho piadas.
Iha intervista eskluzivu ho Tempo Semanál (12/9) Sekretáriu Jerál Partidu PSD Marito Magno dehan sira la hala'o traisaun hasuru sira nia fundadór no informa mós katak Vice Primeiru Ministru ne'ebé husik hela ninia pozisaun hanesan Deputadu durante tinan ida fulan lima sei fila hikas ba uma fukun Timor-Leste.
Atu hatene liu tan mai ita akompaña intervista Tempo Semanál (TS) ho Sekretáriu Jerál Partidu Sosiál Demokrata, Marito Magno (MM) tuir mai ne’e.
TS: Sr. Sekretáriu Jerál karik bele esplika badak kona ba rezultadu enkontru loron rua ne’e ho relasiona ba Kazu Rezignasaun Vice Primeiru Ministru Enj. Mário Viegas Carrascalão ninian?
MM: Rezultadu enkontru Konsellu Nasionál no komisaun Polítika Nasionál iha loron rua ne’e diskute no desizaun ne'ebé ami foti kona ba rezignasaun ita nia Vice Primeiru Ministru, Enj. Mário Viegas Carrascalão katak, primeiru hanesan partidu polítiku ne'ebé iha AMP nune’e ami tetu no haree ba interese Nasionál.
Interese povu Timor-Leste nian tomak, i nune’e mós partidu PSD hola parte iha programa, iha Governu AMP. Iha programa barak mak implementa no balu la’o daudauk.
Eh.. ..hato’o ami nia solidariedade ba ami nia Vice Primeiru Ministru, Sr. Enj. Mariano no ami nia fundadór Sr. Enj. Mário ne'ebé hanesan Vice Primeiru Ministru.
Tan ba ida ne’e mak desizaun ikus ne'ebé ami foti tau interese sira ne'ebé ohin ha’u dehan PSD sei kontinua i apoiu nafatin ba iha Governu AMP to’o 2012 Eleisaun ba Parlamentu i membru do Governu.
Ami mós iha desizaun, iha Pontus sanulu (10) ida hanesan ne’e, ne'ebé ami sei hato’o diretamente ba sua Exelénsia Primeiru Ministru iha tempu badak ho karta ofisial sira ne'ebé mak ami nia diresaun partidu sei hato’o ba sua exelénsia Primeiru Ministru, kona ba kondisoins saida mak ami nia partidu sei husu sua exelénsia Primeiru Ministru.
TS: Ho desizaun ida ne'ebé ita boot sira foti horisehik hodi fó nafatin apoiu ba AMP ne’e la signifika ita boot sira nega fundadór no eis presidente?
MM: Naun..., ha’u hanoin ne’e la ida. Tan ba desizaun ne'ebé ami foti ne’e mós, desizaun ida ne'ebé ba interese Nasionál. Eh...agora nia Enjeñeiru ne'ebé hanesan mós fundadór ba Partidu, ami respeita nafatin ba nia.
I nia mós ami konvida hotu nia iha momentu enkontru ne’e, hato’o nia razoins hirak mak iha nune’e ami bele tetu no haree hodi foti desizaun ne'ebé mak merese ba ita nia rai no ita povu tomak.
Ida ne’e maka ami foti eh ami hanoin katak desizaun ne’e di'ak, la iha no la hala'o traisaun ida ba enjeñeiru tanba Sr. Enjeñeiru sei hanesan Deputadu Parlamentu Nasionál (PN) hodi asume ninia responsabilidade hanesan Deputadu PN. Parese iha tempu badak ne’e nia sei ba iha PN hanesan Deputadu ida.
TS: Entaun ne’e signifika katak Sr. Agostu Tara sei sai fali husi kadeira ne'ebé uluk nia ba substitui? Katak uluk kadeira ne’e Sr. Enjeñeiru Mário ninian mak Sr. Tara ba substitui ne’e karik Loos?
MM: Sin....depois ha’u sei haree lista ida ne’e. Ha’u hanoin ha’u sei haree Deputadu ida ne'ebé mak tenke ba troka maibé ha’u seidauk hakotu Tara ida.
TS: PSD ninia emar ida rezigna ona husi kadeira Vice Primeiru Ministru no kadeira ne’e ema balu konsidera hanesan PSD mak tenke prienxe fali. Karik bele esplika badak kona ba Pontus sanulu ne'ebé deside ona horisehik ne’e, iha pontus ruma mak PSD husu atu substitui kadeira Vice Primeiru Ministru rezignadu ho ema PSD seluk ruma?
MM: Ami la diskute kona ba kadeira ne'ebé Sr. Vice Primeiru Ministru husik hela. I ida ne’e ami fó tomak ba Sua exelénsia Primeiru Ministru karik nia mak foti desizaun atu hili Timor oan ida ne'ebé mak di’ak iha ita nia rai i nia husi partidu ne'ebé de’it.
I bele mós karik Sr. Primeiru Ministru sente katak la iha nesesidade ba pozisaun ida ne’e, ha’u hanoin Sr. Primeiru Ministru mak bele deside.
TS: Simpatizantes no apoiantes PSD balu hanesan iha Maliana dehan sira lamenta ho lia fuan Bosok teen no beik teen ne'ebé Primeiru Ministru refere ba eis Vice Primeiru Ministru Enj. Mário. Oinsá ita boot sira nia hanoin?
MM: Ha’u hanoin povu tomak hatene saa ida mak ita nia sua Exelénsia Primeiru Ministru ko’alia iha públiku maibé PSD la komenta ba ida ne’e tanba ita hotu-hotu hatene katak buat sira ne’e hotu akontese liu ona.
I tan ba lia fuan ida ne’e mak ita nia antigu Vice Primeiru Ministru hato’o ona ninia surat rezignasaun i nia rasik iha enkontru ne'ebé, nia lakohi komenta kona ba lia fuan ida ne’e.
Nia dehan, ha’u sei lakohi komenta ba lia fuan ida ne'ebé mak ita nia sua Exelénsia Primeiru Ministru ko’alia i ha’u hakarak dehan de’it katak ha’u rezigna an husi Vice Primeiru Ministru. Ida ne’e de’it.(ts)
Polemika Rezignasaun Vise PM Carrascalao:Amo Belo Kurize Intelektualidade Lideransa AMP
Dili-Iha tempu okupasaun militar Indonezia iha Timor-Leste, Amo Bispo Don Carlos F. Ximenes Belo nudar figura Igreiza Katolika nebe dala balu halo kritika hasoru Governador Eng. Mario Viegas Carrascalao konaba kazu asasinatus ba Timor oan sira nebe akontese iha momentu Carrascalao asumi pasta nudar Governador Tim-Tim. Maibe agora koandu Eng. Mario Carrascalao hetan kritika makaas husi Primeiru Ministru Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao, hodi rejulta Eng. Carrascalao ninia rezignasaun husi pasta Vise Primeiru Ministru, Amu Belo sente triste tanba tuir figura igreza Katolika ne’e katak, kazus korrupsaun iha Timor-Leste sei buras liutan. “Hau triste rona notisia ida nee (rezignasaun Carrascalao), tamba wainhira ema konvida Eng. Carrascalão atu tama iha Governu AMP, ho objektivu ida, atu kombate “CORRUPÇÃO”: Maibé “corruptoresa sira matenek liu! “Corruptores” uza “estrégia diabólica” atu hasai tiha Eng. Carrascalão. Nuneé buat nebé ema bolu “Ética na Política” ou “Moralidade na Política” iha Naçaõ Timor Loro Sa’e la bele la’o e sei la la’o, tan ba ema barak lakohi atu korrupsaun lakon iha sociedade Timorense”, dehan Amu Belo ba Tempo Semanal via E-mail. Tuir Amu Belo hateten “iha Governu nia laran, Primeiru Ministru ka Presidente do Conselho de Ministros iha direitu atu halo “remodelação governamental”. Iha Governu nia laran, Ministrus ka Secretáros de Estado iha direitu atu husu rezignasaun. Maibé, buat nebe mosu daudaun iha Timor, halo hau triste oitoan.,wainhira hau rona katak ita nia governantes sira bolu malu ho liafun nebé hakanek ema nia sentimentu iha publiku”.“Hau triste tan ba, iha ita nia Nasaun, “Ukun Nain” sira bolu malu “Beikten”, “Bosoken” no “Barukten” iha publiku. Nuneé ita la fo “imagem” diak ba mundo, ba sociedade, no ba Foin Sae ( jovens) no labarik sira”.“ Hau triste tan ba, Eng. Mário Carrascalão, maiske nia iha Tempo Integrasaun” sai Gubernur Indonesia nian, nia mos serbisu ba Timor no ba Timor oan sira. Hau seiduak rona katak, Eng. Carrascalão ema corruptor, sosa Karreta, halo uma iha Indonesia, no favorese nian parente sira. Maibé, nia ema nebé bele fo kontribuisaun atu hamenus korupsaun, e ikus mai, nia mak sai fali beikten, bosokten...” “ Hau triste, tan ba, Jovens no Labarik sira simu daudaun lisaun aat nia hosi ema boot sira nebé devia fo exemplo de “BOA EDU¬CAÇÂO”. Se Boot ida, se Ukun Nain ida mak bolu nia maluk “Bosokten”, “beikten”; aban bainrua, jovens no labarik sira mos, too iha Governo ka Parlamento, sei bolu sira nia Superiores hanesan ema “beikten, no “bosokten”, “barukten”. “Ba ida nee, atan hau husu: Ita loke Eskola no Universidade atu halo saida? Atu eduka jerasuan ida nebé? Atu eduka jerasun nebe bele enriquece-an ho valores éticos ka, ou gerasuan nebé sai malkriadu no mal-edukadu? ita loke ba gerasaun nebé bele hadi’a sosiedade Timorense ho sira nia kopentesia no profissionalismo, nebé respieta o BEM COMUM ka gerasaun de corruptores , jerasaun de Beikten e bosokten?.”
“Hau nia konlusaum simples deit: Ita husu desculpa ba malu, husu desculpa ba jovens no labarik sira, husu desculpa ba Povo iha Foho, e bele karik, dada-an mos hosi Governo, e fo fatin ba ema seluk nebe iha Integridade intelektual, moral; iha pasiensia, iha respeito, haraik-an, no prontu atu fo exemplu diak iha governasaun”, dehan Amo Belo iha ninia E-mail ba jornal nee iha sezta feira semana kotuk. (ts)
Monday, 13 September 2010
Strengthening Friendship: People to People and Horta after TL Guest Worker and Aids Money
The Australia Timor-Leste Friendship movement has committed itself to continuing the Friendship process for the next ten years. At the end of the first ten years of the Australia Timor-Leste Friendship movement, each of the Friendship groups attending the 'Strengthening Friendship; People to People' conference held in Maubese over 27-28 August, recommitted themselves to a further ten years of Friendship with the people of Timor-Leste.
The Australian Friends of Timor-Leste at the conference also unanimously voted in favor of the Australia Timor-Leste Friendship Network (AusTimorFN) establishing a website in cooperation with State Administration to share information between Friends in Timor-Leste and Friends in Australia. The conference brought together more than 100 people from Friendship groups in Australia and Timor-Leste for what was Timor-Leste's largest international conference outside Dili.
Addressing the conference, the President of Timor-Leste, HE Jose Ramos-Horta, highlighted the role played by the Friendship movement in Underpinning relations between Timor-Leste and Australia. President Ramos-Horta said: 'For a few years and Quit a while I have been encouraging to following this, what we can say more than people to people so lidarity and people to people relationships one of the best positive things about the relationships is based on the schools, not the government arrangements is real people to people and it’s goes beyond high official levels in Australia and Timor Leste to this level, to the Districts, sub-districts where unfortunately often the people fell that not much attention pay to them either by their own government or by the donor community .' '
He said, “If you travel around Timor Leste yourself, you will be able to find out by yourself whether Australian Aids presence or Australian Aids fund has had any impact on Maubese? Or is there any impact in Suai? Or Oekuse. We have questioned that. Where all the Australian money gone in this last ten years? You can investigate. You can monitor. But as we also said about US or American Aids or Japanese aid. We heard about billions of Dollars in the past ten years spent in or for Timor Leste. Where the result? I am going for a phrase which became very use able by many now in the government. There is yes, I have no doubt there is yes, that Australian Aid spent billions of Dollars, but on East Timor not in East Timor. On East Timor can be translated into billions of dollars paid for consultants, for consultants, for studies or more studies on poverty. The World Bank, the ADB and UNDP. Everyone is doing studies on poverty. As if poor people in Maubese has doesn’t know these words.” President Horta recognised Australia is the biggest donor to his country which every year contributing almost a hundred million to the Timor Leste Government but he also share his frustration with these Australian who came to Maubese that most of the aids money have been spent on the name of poor Timorese but not in East Timorese. He added most of the funds remain in Canberra or Washington or elsewhere.
Today there are 67 friendship groups of Australian and Timorese but Horta said the number is not enough yet and he wishes the Maubese conference participant to do their best to his target which 442 villages in East Timor to be adopt by city council in australia. “The challenge to you here, who came to Maubese with your Compatriot who dealing with Australia please spread the message,” said Horta.
My hope,' he continued, 'is for each suco in Timor-Leste to be adopted by a council in Australia. I want each school in Australia to adopt a school in Timor-Leste.'
President Horta appeals to the Australian friendships people who were participated Maubese conference to lobby their federal Government to accept the Timorese guest workers in Australia after delaying for years. “We have people in UK. We have people in South Korea. Australia next door still refuge to take Timorese guest workers. Whoever emerges in office next the few days or whatever, I hope I pay or accept my services lobbying Australian labour, whoever becomes the official Prime Minister of Australia as an example or a test you know why don’t we take, ok lets take 1000 Timorese in 2011, nine months visa. It would be fantastic. So whatever, you can do to persuade the next government we will be very much appreciate. It has been going on for five or six years absolutely closed door. The reason none heard why so paranoid about Timorese,” said Horta.
Opening the conference, the Timor-Leste Minister for State Administration, Sr Archangelo Leite, said he warmly supported the Friendship movement and wanted to see it continue to develop and to progress. He said that governments come and go, but that friendship continued.
The Australian Ambassador to Timor-Leste, HE Peter Heyward, told the conference that the Friendship movement was a true symbol of the closeness of Australia and Timor-Leste. He said that the people to people relationships provided an underlying substance to more formal bilateral relations.
The conference addressed a number of themes, with the individual Friendship groups identifying the long-term commitment of both Australian and Timor-Leste friends to the movement as being their greatest strength, followed by the successes of their many local projects. Communication, including language, telephone, internet and sometimes road access, continued to be the biggest challenge to the movement.
In his closing remarks, the Director of State Administration, Snr Abilio Caetano, referred to brothers and sisters coming together in love, peace and solidarity. He said that the challenges to the Friendship movement were in the process of being overcome.
The Convenor of AusTimorFN, Rae Kingsbury, offered her warm thanks to the participants to the conference, saying that the Friendship movement was owned by those people who comprised it.
The Australian Friends of Timor-Leste at the conference also unanimously voted in favor of the Australia Timor-Leste Friendship Network (AusTimorFN) establishing a website in cooperation with State Administration to share information between Friends in Timor-Leste and Friends in Australia. The conference brought together more than 100 people from Friendship groups in Australia and Timor-Leste for what was Timor-Leste's largest international conference outside Dili.
Addressing the conference, the President of Timor-Leste, HE Jose Ramos-Horta, highlighted the role played by the Friendship movement in Underpinning relations between Timor-Leste and Australia. President Ramos-Horta said: 'For a few years and Quit a while I have been encouraging to following this, what we can say more than people to people so lidarity and people to people relationships one of the best positive things about the relationships is based on the schools, not the government arrangements is real people to people and it’s goes beyond high official levels in Australia and Timor Leste to this level, to the Districts, sub-districts where unfortunately often the people fell that not much attention pay to them either by their own government or by the donor community .' '
He said, “If you travel around Timor Leste yourself, you will be able to find out by yourself whether Australian Aids presence or Australian Aids fund has had any impact on Maubese? Or is there any impact in Suai? Or Oekuse. We have questioned that. Where all the Australian money gone in this last ten years? You can investigate. You can monitor. But as we also said about US or American Aids or Japanese aid. We heard about billions of Dollars in the past ten years spent in or for Timor Leste. Where the result? I am going for a phrase which became very use able by many now in the government. There is yes, I have no doubt there is yes, that Australian Aid spent billions of Dollars, but on East Timor not in East Timor. On East Timor can be translated into billions of dollars paid for consultants, for consultants, for studies or more studies on poverty. The World Bank, the ADB and UNDP. Everyone is doing studies on poverty. As if poor people in Maubese has doesn’t know these words.” President Horta recognised Australia is the biggest donor to his country which every year contributing almost a hundred million to the Timor Leste Government but he also share his frustration with these Australian who came to Maubese that most of the aids money have been spent on the name of poor Timorese but not in East Timorese. He added most of the funds remain in Canberra or Washington or elsewhere.
Today there are 67 friendship groups of Australian and Timorese but Horta said the number is not enough yet and he wishes the Maubese conference participant to do their best to his target which 442 villages in East Timor to be adopt by city council in australia. “The challenge to you here, who came to Maubese with your Compatriot who dealing with Australia please spread the message,” said Horta.
My hope,' he continued, 'is for each suco in Timor-Leste to be adopted by a council in Australia. I want each school in Australia to adopt a school in Timor-Leste.'
President Horta appeals to the Australian friendships people who were participated Maubese conference to lobby their federal Government to accept the Timorese guest workers in Australia after delaying for years. “We have people in UK. We have people in South Korea. Australia next door still refuge to take Timorese guest workers. Whoever emerges in office next the few days or whatever, I hope I pay or accept my services lobbying Australian labour, whoever becomes the official Prime Minister of Australia as an example or a test you know why don’t we take, ok lets take 1000 Timorese in 2011, nine months visa. It would be fantastic. So whatever, you can do to persuade the next government we will be very much appreciate. It has been going on for five or six years absolutely closed door. The reason none heard why so paranoid about Timorese,” said Horta.
Opening the conference, the Timor-Leste Minister for State Administration, Sr Archangelo Leite, said he warmly supported the Friendship movement and wanted to see it continue to develop and to progress. He said that governments come and go, but that friendship continued.
The Australian Ambassador to Timor-Leste, HE Peter Heyward, told the conference that the Friendship movement was a true symbol of the closeness of Australia and Timor-Leste. He said that the people to people relationships provided an underlying substance to more formal bilateral relations.
The conference addressed a number of themes, with the individual Friendship groups identifying the long-term commitment of both Australian and Timor-Leste friends to the movement as being their greatest strength, followed by the successes of their many local projects. Communication, including language, telephone, internet and sometimes road access, continued to be the biggest challenge to the movement.
In his closing remarks, the Director of State Administration, Snr Abilio Caetano, referred to brothers and sisters coming together in love, peace and solidarity. He said that the challenges to the Friendship movement were in the process of being overcome.
The Convenor of AusTimorFN, Rae Kingsbury, offered her warm thanks to the participants to the conference, saying that the Friendship movement was owned by those people who comprised it.
Thursday, 9 September 2010
Former Vice Prime Minister Mario Carrascalao Resignation Letter: English Translation
Tempo Semanal is please to provide to readers an unofficial translation from Portuguese into English the contents of the resignation letter of former VMP Carrasclao leaked to this newspaper early today.
In the letter VPM Carrascalao responds to many of the allegations made against him by the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for the Council of Ministers. He also outlines the full range of problems facing the country and in some parts blames the governing coalition and the Prime Minister himself for many of them.
Readers may make up their own minds.
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His Excellency Mr. Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao
Prime Minister of the Government of the RDTL
Excellency,
In a letter dated 24 April 2009, or about a little more than one month after having been sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister Coordinator for State Administration Matters, on one of the few occasions I had to this date of being received by your Excellency, I handed you a
memorandum, where I stated that I had identified until that date 29 matters, to which I called your attention. They were as follows:
1. Corruption, nepotism and collusion, commonly known as KKN, continue to stridently increase, with the corrupt protecting one another, in an increasingly sophisticated way. Everyone talks about fighting corruption, but in the moment of truth arrives only a few, a very few, have the courage to maintain themselves in the front line.
2. Domestic violence continues to be given space to continue to increase and oxygen to give it life.
3. Those principally responsible for the 2006 crisis and its consequences continue to remain free as birds.
4. Our balance of trade continues to remain dramatically in the negative.
5. The purchasing power of the majority of Timorese has not improved. It has remained stagnant.
6. Foreigners are increasingly dominating commerce.
7. There is practically no Timorese industry.
8. Agriculture has been flooded with tractors but these are not being properly used. They poured millions of dollars from the State’s coffers but in much of Timor-Leste famine remains a constant threat.
9. Tourists avoid Timor-Leste because conditions to receive them have not yet been established so that Timor-Leste is an attractive/interesting destination.
10. Many children of school age still do not attend school. There is still no compulsory education policy. There is a lack of schools and those that exist continue ill provided for or ill equipped of teaching aids.
11. The uncontrolled manner with which new universities are emerging and the growing number of new graduates is proportionally greater than the number of job places being created.
12. Land transport means are degraded and lack the capacity to respond to the demand in the country, either in quality or quantity.
13. There are many areas in Timor-Leste still not covered by the telecommunications network. Where there are the cost of these services are very high.
14. Overseas air transport is totally controlled by foreign companies that have flights to Timor-Leste without reciprocity. In the meantime the Baucau international airport remains practically abandoned.
15. Timor-Leste’s air space is not being controlled and our maritime borders are being constantly breached.
16. Pulmonary tuberculosis has not been given the attention it deserves and there are no proper facilities to treat those that have contracted the disease.
17. HIV/AIDS continues to spread dangerously. The preventive measures that have been adopted have been insufficient to stop its expansion.
18. Unemployment continues to grow, as does the immigration of foreign workers.
19. Discriminatory laws that thereby breach human rights of the Timorese protected in the Constitution of Timor-Leste, drafted by the first three governments, enacted by the parliament and proclaimed by the President of the Republic remain in force. These were adopted by the AMP government as if its own.
20. We still do not have a Land Law because some unnamed interests in a manner detrimental to the general population have transformed issue of land into a monster.
21. The capital of Dili remains without an urbanization plan. The plan exists, but like most things in our country, it remains in some irresponsible persons drawer whilst they prefer to see the city without order because it favors their interests.
22. Discriminatory concepts such as “mestico” (term for mixed blood Timorese), “pure blood Timorese”, “Timorese from the diaspora”, “integrationist”, “autonomist”, “collaborationist”, “Maputo group”, “Melbourne mafia” etc etc increasingly form part of the vocabulary of our demagogues.
23. The National Parliament in which the AMP retains a majority of seats has problems producing new laws that guarantee Timor-Leste’s status as a democratic state under the rule of law.
24. Justice is still not functioning to the satisfaction of our people. It lacks credibility because it travels through turbid waters in its implementation of laws.
25. Impunity seems to have been introduced as a new element in our culture. Those who breach law and order are becoming accustomed to the idea that “crime pays.”
26. Power continues to be concentrated in Dili, because administrative reform has been moving at “crab’s pace.” Difficult days ahead must be anticipated.
27. The administrative bureaucracy practiced in Timor-Leste, if not the worst, is at least, one of the slowest in the world. It suffers from an excessive complexity and as a consequence, slowness. Almost nothing is done in a reasonable time, as previously established. Our
bureaucracy reminds me of what use to happen in Spain in days gone by, when someone tired of waiting for a train at a station asked the station staff when the train would be arriving would get the answer: “hombre, the train will arrive when it arrives.”
28. As the case with previous governments, the current government also is made up of watertight compartments, where each ministry trails its own path only crossing with others by accident.
29. We are still giving little attention to empirically transferring “know how” from international advisors, paid in weights of gold, to the Timorese. The creation of positions for Timorese advisors would resolve this question and save the state of Timor-Leste millions of dollars.
In a report publicly presented to the government in September 2009, in the presence of diplomatic representatives of friendly nations accredited in Timor-Leste, UNMIT, Timorese and foreign Non Government Organizations and other individuals, in a seminar held at the Ministry of Foreign affairs meeting hall, in which your Excellency was also present, I presented the difficulties I had faced with space and shortage of staff in the 5 months in which I had been in the post in carrying out my mission as set out in Decree Law No. 14 of $ March
2009 and other duties attributed either by the Council of Ministers through decree laws or resolutions or even by mere dispatch of the Prime Minister, as well as the results achieved, challenges and other objectives to be reached.
Regarding the results achieved I informed the following: 1. A new structural law for the inspectorate general of the state was created, which conferred on the inspectorate greater independence in auditing the accounts of the state and in its inspections of the government; 2.
The establishment of mechanisms of inter-ministerial and inter-agency coordination, including: a) Inter-ministerial Commission for Rural Development; b) Inter-ministerial Commission for Physical Projects; c) Inter-ministerial Commission for Special Investments; d) Monthly meetings with Ministers and Secretaries of State; e) Visits to Ministries and Secretariats of State; f) Coordination of activities of institutions with the mandate of fighting against corruption before the establishment of the Anti Corruption Commission; etc etc.
Regarding the challenges and obstacles, I told of conscious the difficulties I was going to encounter in accepting the position of deputy PM Coordinator for State Administration Matters but I accepted because I wanted to contribute to the administrative reforms on course. Overall, I verified in during five months that the majority of measures taken to that date were met with silence, disinterest and passivity of many. The majority of the 60 memorandums addressed to the ministers and secretaries of state went unanswered. One of the great challenges which I encountered was that some sought protection offered by hierarchy for their own personal interests.
As far as the objectives to be achieved in the area of implementing my duties I reported the following: 1. The adoption of a Governance Strategy, including an Anti Corruption Strategy; 2. Development of regional cooperation (with Australia, Indonesia, Singapore) on anti-corruption; 3. Creation of Strategic Plan for decentralization; 4. Establishment of a functional and efficient procurement service; 5. Development of a Strategic Plan for the Office of the deputy PM; 6. Establishment of a functional mechanism to facilitate regular meetings
with civil society; 7. Establishment of better mechanisms of coordination with ministries and secretariats of state; 8. Establishment of a special investment agency; 9. Simplification of the
administrative processes of the government and the betterment of the public service; 10. Creation of a Unit with functional and efficient inspection and auditing of ministries and secretariats of state.
In order to implement the objectives set out, the office of the deputy PM – CAGAE began to take on support from foreign and Timorese specialists funded by Australia, the European Union, the USA and the state budget. The office of the deputy PM started to have the conditions to undertake many of its obligations so as not to delude the expectations of the Timorese when your Excellency decided to invite me to join the government. But, the improvement in the sufficiency of material means and human resources of high quality in the office of the deputy PM and the consequent increase in activity, in the efficiency and the productivity of my office was accompanied by increasingly hostile actions on the part of some members of the government, whose positions began to become more vulnerable also making their actions more visible and so susceptible of being called to account for themselves. In the face of such a situation, made worse by the unavailability of the Prime Minister to meet fortnightly with his deputy Prime Ministers. As is stipulated in the Government Structural Law, as well as during his long domestic trips, the silence and or passivity revealed in relation to acts of irresponsibility, the disrespect shown by the Secretary of State for the Council of Ministers and his staff, created the substratum for some waited for the day when they could see themselves free of the deputy PM for State Administration Management matters. It was with all this in mind and reluctant of a deterioration of the situation that I decided to write you a letter in the first fortnight of August, handed to you by hand during a meeting granted by you after a gap of months, which letter contained a short summary of what had been occurred and where I requested that you give me an opportunity to meet with you to discuss the best way to move forward together for the rest of the time the AMP has to complete its mandate. The said meeting took place with cordiality and despite it being over an hour in duration I did not hear the smallest of criticism from the Prime Minister regarding my method of work. I do not therefore believe, the state of spirit of the Prime Minister in the way he screamed at me loudly in the Council of Ministers meeting when I signaled for him to hear me because the speech he was making was not corresponding with the truth, was a spontaneous act but an act influenced by information received from those with their own interests, sufficient proof of which exists in the media release in the name of the government which is full of lies authored by the Secretary of State for the Council of Ministers.
Everything that happened in the Council of Minister’s meeting, one can say, without margin for error was an internal disagreement within the government and resolvable by the AMP presidential council, in fact because I as a member who is loyal to the principles of the PSD, which states that for the PSD all political problems can and should be resolved through dialog, instead of physical or verbal violence.
The Prime Minister did not state during the meeting or during the council of minister’s meeting when he screamed at me emotionally what he came to do during a public meeting with the Dili sub district population. He did so as a personal attack so as to damage my personal dignity. Had he done so deliberately with some truth for which I am responsible, but no, he ignored the truth, when someone asked him over the alleged loss of US$3 million in the Ministry of Finance, he did not try to find out the truth, and pulverized the masses with untruths people told him about me. If the Prime Minister or his collaborators had red the newspapers, they would certainly discover what I did was to order that an investigation be undertaken
regarding the veracity of a statement made in the National Parliament by the illustrious deputy (member of parliament) Antonio (in fact Inacio) Moreira from the FRETILIN party and then published on the front page of newspapers in the capital. TVTL covered the insults and slander spoken by the PM that the Secretary of State for the Council of Ministers expected.
At the age of 73 this is the first time anyone has ever called me “beikteen” (tetum: stupid) or “bosokteen” (tetum: liar). As a normal citizen, he who did so has the freedom to repeat it as many times as he wants, because he will have a response of the same caliber. But the PM of an AMP government supported by PSD, will not have the opportunity of repeat these insults or slander as he did. I WILL NOT RESPOND IN WORDS, TO PERSONAL ATTACKS, BECAUSE MY MANNERS DO NOT PERMIT ME TO DO THIS. MY RESPONSE IS TO RESIGN FROM MY POSITION OF DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER FOR COORDINATION OF STATE ADMINISTRATION MANAGEMENT MATTERS AND LOOK TO SERVE MY COUNTRY WHERE I CAN BE USEFUL AND BE RESPECTED BY WHOMEVER WILL BE MY SUPERIOR IN HIERARCHICAL TERMS.
As a final note and for all to secure the interests of the state, I request your Excellency that in as short a time as possible, you order an inspection/audit of my office covering all areas of interest to the state so that the handover of my portfolio is done in a responsible way and that there will be no inventions after my exit so as to denigrate my dignity.
I am Your Excellency, Respectfully yours,
Dili, 6 September 2010
Engineer Mario Viejas Caracalla
(VPM-CAGAE)
Cc: His Excellency the President of the RDTL
In the letter VPM Carrascalao responds to many of the allegations made against him by the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for the Council of Ministers. He also outlines the full range of problems facing the country and in some parts blames the governing coalition and the Prime Minister himself for many of them.
Readers may make up their own minds.
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His Excellency Mr. Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao
Prime Minister of the Government of the RDTL
Excellency,
In a letter dated 24 April 2009, or about a little more than one month after having been sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister Coordinator for State Administration Matters, on one of the few occasions I had to this date of being received by your Excellency, I handed you a
memorandum, where I stated that I had identified until that date 29 matters, to which I called your attention. They were as follows:
1. Corruption, nepotism and collusion, commonly known as KKN, continue to stridently increase, with the corrupt protecting one another, in an increasingly sophisticated way. Everyone talks about fighting corruption, but in the moment of truth arrives only a few, a very few, have the courage to maintain themselves in the front line.
2. Domestic violence continues to be given space to continue to increase and oxygen to give it life.
3. Those principally responsible for the 2006 crisis and its consequences continue to remain free as birds.
4. Our balance of trade continues to remain dramatically in the negative.
5. The purchasing power of the majority of Timorese has not improved. It has remained stagnant.
6. Foreigners are increasingly dominating commerce.
7. There is practically no Timorese industry.
8. Agriculture has been flooded with tractors but these are not being properly used. They poured millions of dollars from the State’s coffers but in much of Timor-Leste famine remains a constant threat.
9. Tourists avoid Timor-Leste because conditions to receive them have not yet been established so that Timor-Leste is an attractive/interesting destination.
10. Many children of school age still do not attend school. There is still no compulsory education policy. There is a lack of schools and those that exist continue ill provided for or ill equipped of teaching aids.
11. The uncontrolled manner with which new universities are emerging and the growing number of new graduates is proportionally greater than the number of job places being created.
12. Land transport means are degraded and lack the capacity to respond to the demand in the country, either in quality or quantity.
13. There are many areas in Timor-Leste still not covered by the telecommunications network. Where there are the cost of these services are very high.
14. Overseas air transport is totally controlled by foreign companies that have flights to Timor-Leste without reciprocity. In the meantime the Baucau international airport remains practically abandoned.
15. Timor-Leste’s air space is not being controlled and our maritime borders are being constantly breached.
16. Pulmonary tuberculosis has not been given the attention it deserves and there are no proper facilities to treat those that have contracted the disease.
17. HIV/AIDS continues to spread dangerously. The preventive measures that have been adopted have been insufficient to stop its expansion.
18. Unemployment continues to grow, as does the immigration of foreign workers.
19. Discriminatory laws that thereby breach human rights of the Timorese protected in the Constitution of Timor-Leste, drafted by the first three governments, enacted by the parliament and proclaimed by the President of the Republic remain in force. These were adopted by the AMP government as if its own.
20. We still do not have a Land Law because some unnamed interests in a manner detrimental to the general population have transformed issue of land into a monster.
21. The capital of Dili remains without an urbanization plan. The plan exists, but like most things in our country, it remains in some irresponsible persons drawer whilst they prefer to see the city without order because it favors their interests.
22. Discriminatory concepts such as “mestico” (term for mixed blood Timorese), “pure blood Timorese”, “Timorese from the diaspora”, “integrationist”, “autonomist”, “collaborationist”, “Maputo group”, “Melbourne mafia” etc etc increasingly form part of the vocabulary of our demagogues.
23. The National Parliament in which the AMP retains a majority of seats has problems producing new laws that guarantee Timor-Leste’s status as a democratic state under the rule of law.
24. Justice is still not functioning to the satisfaction of our people. It lacks credibility because it travels through turbid waters in its implementation of laws.
25. Impunity seems to have been introduced as a new element in our culture. Those who breach law and order are becoming accustomed to the idea that “crime pays.”
26. Power continues to be concentrated in Dili, because administrative reform has been moving at “crab’s pace.” Difficult days ahead must be anticipated.
27. The administrative bureaucracy practiced in Timor-Leste, if not the worst, is at least, one of the slowest in the world. It suffers from an excessive complexity and as a consequence, slowness. Almost nothing is done in a reasonable time, as previously established. Our
bureaucracy reminds me of what use to happen in Spain in days gone by, when someone tired of waiting for a train at a station asked the station staff when the train would be arriving would get the answer: “hombre, the train will arrive when it arrives.”
28. As the case with previous governments, the current government also is made up of watertight compartments, where each ministry trails its own path only crossing with others by accident.
29. We are still giving little attention to empirically transferring “know how” from international advisors, paid in weights of gold, to the Timorese. The creation of positions for Timorese advisors would resolve this question and save the state of Timor-Leste millions of dollars.
In a report publicly presented to the government in September 2009, in the presence of diplomatic representatives of friendly nations accredited in Timor-Leste, UNMIT, Timorese and foreign Non Government Organizations and other individuals, in a seminar held at the Ministry of Foreign affairs meeting hall, in which your Excellency was also present, I presented the difficulties I had faced with space and shortage of staff in the 5 months in which I had been in the post in carrying out my mission as set out in Decree Law No. 14 of $ March
2009 and other duties attributed either by the Council of Ministers through decree laws or resolutions or even by mere dispatch of the Prime Minister, as well as the results achieved, challenges and other objectives to be reached.
Regarding the results achieved I informed the following: 1. A new structural law for the inspectorate general of the state was created, which conferred on the inspectorate greater independence in auditing the accounts of the state and in its inspections of the government; 2.
The establishment of mechanisms of inter-ministerial and inter-agency coordination, including: a) Inter-ministerial Commission for Rural Development; b) Inter-ministerial Commission for Physical Projects; c) Inter-ministerial Commission for Special Investments; d) Monthly meetings with Ministers and Secretaries of State; e) Visits to Ministries and Secretariats of State; f) Coordination of activities of institutions with the mandate of fighting against corruption before the establishment of the Anti Corruption Commission; etc etc.
Regarding the challenges and obstacles, I told of conscious the difficulties I was going to encounter in accepting the position of deputy PM Coordinator for State Administration Matters but I accepted because I wanted to contribute to the administrative reforms on course. Overall, I verified in during five months that the majority of measures taken to that date were met with silence, disinterest and passivity of many. The majority of the 60 memorandums addressed to the ministers and secretaries of state went unanswered. One of the great challenges which I encountered was that some sought protection offered by hierarchy for their own personal interests.
As far as the objectives to be achieved in the area of implementing my duties I reported the following: 1. The adoption of a Governance Strategy, including an Anti Corruption Strategy; 2. Development of regional cooperation (with Australia, Indonesia, Singapore) on anti-corruption; 3. Creation of Strategic Plan for decentralization; 4. Establishment of a functional and efficient procurement service; 5. Development of a Strategic Plan for the Office of the deputy PM; 6. Establishment of a functional mechanism to facilitate regular meetings
with civil society; 7. Establishment of better mechanisms of coordination with ministries and secretariats of state; 8. Establishment of a special investment agency; 9. Simplification of the
administrative processes of the government and the betterment of the public service; 10. Creation of a Unit with functional and efficient inspection and auditing of ministries and secretariats of state.
In order to implement the objectives set out, the office of the deputy PM – CAGAE began to take on support from foreign and Timorese specialists funded by Australia, the European Union, the USA and the state budget. The office of the deputy PM started to have the conditions to undertake many of its obligations so as not to delude the expectations of the Timorese when your Excellency decided to invite me to join the government. But, the improvement in the sufficiency of material means and human resources of high quality in the office of the deputy PM and the consequent increase in activity, in the efficiency and the productivity of my office was accompanied by increasingly hostile actions on the part of some members of the government, whose positions began to become more vulnerable also making their actions more visible and so susceptible of being called to account for themselves. In the face of such a situation, made worse by the unavailability of the Prime Minister to meet fortnightly with his deputy Prime Ministers. As is stipulated in the Government Structural Law, as well as during his long domestic trips, the silence and or passivity revealed in relation to acts of irresponsibility, the disrespect shown by the Secretary of State for the Council of Ministers and his staff, created the substratum for some waited for the day when they could see themselves free of the deputy PM for State Administration Management matters. It was with all this in mind and reluctant of a deterioration of the situation that I decided to write you a letter in the first fortnight of August, handed to you by hand during a meeting granted by you after a gap of months, which letter contained a short summary of what had been occurred and where I requested that you give me an opportunity to meet with you to discuss the best way to move forward together for the rest of the time the AMP has to complete its mandate. The said meeting took place with cordiality and despite it being over an hour in duration I did not hear the smallest of criticism from the Prime Minister regarding my method of work. I do not therefore believe, the state of spirit of the Prime Minister in the way he screamed at me loudly in the Council of Ministers meeting when I signaled for him to hear me because the speech he was making was not corresponding with the truth, was a spontaneous act but an act influenced by information received from those with their own interests, sufficient proof of which exists in the media release in the name of the government which is full of lies authored by the Secretary of State for the Council of Ministers.
Everything that happened in the Council of Minister’s meeting, one can say, without margin for error was an internal disagreement within the government and resolvable by the AMP presidential council, in fact because I as a member who is loyal to the principles of the PSD, which states that for the PSD all political problems can and should be resolved through dialog, instead of physical or verbal violence.
The Prime Minister did not state during the meeting or during the council of minister’s meeting when he screamed at me emotionally what he came to do during a public meeting with the Dili sub district population. He did so as a personal attack so as to damage my personal dignity. Had he done so deliberately with some truth for which I am responsible, but no, he ignored the truth, when someone asked him over the alleged loss of US$3 million in the Ministry of Finance, he did not try to find out the truth, and pulverized the masses with untruths people told him about me. If the Prime Minister or his collaborators had red the newspapers, they would certainly discover what I did was to order that an investigation be undertaken
regarding the veracity of a statement made in the National Parliament by the illustrious deputy (member of parliament) Antonio (in fact Inacio) Moreira from the FRETILIN party and then published on the front page of newspapers in the capital. TVTL covered the insults and slander spoken by the PM that the Secretary of State for the Council of Ministers expected.
At the age of 73 this is the first time anyone has ever called me “beikteen” (tetum: stupid) or “bosokteen” (tetum: liar). As a normal citizen, he who did so has the freedom to repeat it as many times as he wants, because he will have a response of the same caliber. But the PM of an AMP government supported by PSD, will not have the opportunity of repeat these insults or slander as he did. I WILL NOT RESPOND IN WORDS, TO PERSONAL ATTACKS, BECAUSE MY MANNERS DO NOT PERMIT ME TO DO THIS. MY RESPONSE IS TO RESIGN FROM MY POSITION OF DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER FOR COORDINATION OF STATE ADMINISTRATION MANAGEMENT MATTERS AND LOOK TO SERVE MY COUNTRY WHERE I CAN BE USEFUL AND BE RESPECTED BY WHOMEVER WILL BE MY SUPERIOR IN HIERARCHICAL TERMS.
As a final note and for all to secure the interests of the state, I request your Excellency that in as short a time as possible, you order an inspection/audit of my office covering all areas of interest to the state so that the handover of my portfolio is done in a responsible way and that there will be no inventions after my exit so as to denigrate my dignity.
I am Your Excellency, Respectfully yours,
Dili, 6 September 2010
Engineer Mario Viejas Caracalla
(VPM-CAGAE)
Cc: His Excellency the President of the RDTL
AMP Nakdoko: Mario Rezigna Aan
Mario oficialmente resigna an husi Vice PM.
Surat ne'ebe hakerek ho data 6/9/2010 mak asina husi Mario Carrascalao haruka ba Primeiru Ministru Xanana Gusmao.
Mario hakerek ho lian portuguese ne'ebe traduz ba Tetun dehan, "ho tinan 73, foin ba dala uluk, maka ema ida foin bolu hau, "beikten ka bosokten." Hanesan cidadaun normal, se maka halo, sei hetan liberdade dala hira hakarak, tan ba sei hetan letra, ho atakes pesoais, tan ba hau nia edukasaun la permite. Hau nia resposta maka resigna an husi kargu Vice Primeiru Ministru ba koordenador ba asuntus ba jestaun administrasaun estado no prokura servir hau nia rain iha fatin ne'ebe bele util no respeitadu husi se se de'it maka sai hanesan hau nia superior," Mario dehan iha pagina 5 alina 2 husi ikus.
Surat ne'ebe hakerek ho data 6/9/2010 mak asina husi Mario Carrascalao haruka ba Primeiru Ministru Xanana Gusmao.
Mario hakerek ho lian portuguese ne'ebe traduz ba Tetun dehan, "ho tinan 73, foin ba dala uluk, maka ema ida foin bolu hau, "beikten ka bosokten." Hanesan cidadaun normal, se maka halo, sei hetan liberdade dala hira hakarak, tan ba sei hetan letra, ho atakes pesoais, tan ba hau nia edukasaun la permite. Hau nia resposta maka resigna an husi kargu Vice Primeiru Ministru ba koordenador ba asuntus ba jestaun administrasaun estado no prokura servir hau nia rain iha fatin ne'ebe bele util no respeitadu husi se se de'it maka sai hanesan hau nia superior," Mario dehan iha pagina 5 alina 2 husi ikus.
Surat Rezigna An: Husi Mario.
Rui Castro lamenta ho Mario Carrascalao ninia atetude ne'ebe la konsege kaer ruma husik hela ninia kargu tan de'it kritika Primeiru Ministru Xanana Gusmaio.
Hau haree Mario Viegas Carrascalao ne'e inkonsitente bo'ot ida. Ne'e dezde uluk kedan iha tempu integrasaun mos nia la konsisten. Ema ne'ebe konsisten ne'e mak Abilio Ozorio Soares no Francisco Lopes da Cruz.
Carrascalao sae ba Vice PM atu hadia administrasaun ho aijuda kombate KKN. Maibe hafoin tinan ida KKN maka'as liu tan no la iha korruptor ida tama kadeia i nia halai soe hela nia pasta tan ba alergi ho kritika," dehan Rui Castro.
Iha parte seluk Sonia x. da Cruz Freitas, estudante ida husi UNTL dale,"Sr. Carrascalao laiha espiritu transparencia tan ne'e kritika kois de'it resigna an. Ne'e hatudu katak Sr. Carrascalao gosta defende ninia prestijiu duke buka rezolve povu nia susar. Nune'e duni haree ba hahalok ne'e nia la'os lider ne'ebe demokratiku di'ak."
Breaking News - Political Drama in Timor-Leste: Mario Resigns.
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In a dramatic political move Vice Prime Minister (VPM) Mario Carrascalao has resigned from office, putting pressure on the Parliamentary Majority Alliance as it could possibly cause VPM Carrascalao's political party PSD, of which he was formerly President, to pull out of the coalition. Tempo Semanal sources suggest this could cause a political earthquake in Dili.
Tempo Semanal has obtained a copy of a multi-page letter of resignation dated 6 September 2010 in which VPM Carrascalao gives up his post as Vice Prime Minister in the Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste.
This comes a s result of recent attacks on him made by Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao. These attacks have seen the Prime Minister refer to his deputy as stupid and incompetent in many public settings, including via national television on 2 September. Notably the former VPM Carrascalao has not publicly responded to the attacks. His response has been to resign, effective 6 September as documented in a letter Tempo Semanal has obtained in the last 30 minutes.
Foreign Minister Zacarias da Costa, currently President of PSD was also attacked by Prime Minister Xanana recently for his threats to resign from his post earlier this year - via SMS. Da Costa was subjected to public scrutiny via his questioning by the Prime Minister in a nationally televised Council of Ministers meeting earlier this year.
Mario Carrascalao was formerly Governor of the Indonesian province of Timor Timor, having elected to stand side by side with the Indonesian occupation of Timor-Leste. It was during his tenure in the 1980s that a short cease fire was brokered with Xanana and FALINTIL, many students began to be sent to university in Indonesia, and many public works projects were done as Indonesia extended its roads, school system and state apparatus into the mountains of Timor-Leste. Carrascalao has had prominent business interests in Timor-Leste and is the patriarch of a large and powerful family.
Mario Carrascalo was appointed Vice Prime Minister by Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao in January 2009. His mandate was to improve government machinery, eradicate corruption and strengthen the administration.
Wednesday, 8 September 2010
CARRASCALAO FAN XANANA SOSA
Filipe Rodrigues Pereira*
*Analista Politika no Sosial, Membro Komite 12 de Novembro, Dili.
Artigu ne’e Hakerek’nain prepara loron ida antes depois de rona VPM Mario Carrascalao publika ninia resignasaun ba publiku iha dia 8/9/2010. Rona tiha informasaun katak VPM hato’o ona ninia resignasaun, Hakerek’nain buka elabora oituan tan artigu ne’e hodi publika ba sani’nain sira.
Hanesan publiku akompanha, depois de mosu ‘konflitus-kroat’ entre PM, Xanana Gusmao no VPM, Mario Viegas Carrascalao nebe’e publika luan ba publiku, rona dehan VPM Mario Carrascalao husu lisensa de trabalho semana ida laran ba PM ho razaun moras. Mosu espekulasoins oi-oin, lisensa ka prepara atu resigna a’an?! Afinal….?!
‘Konflitus elites’ entre PM Xanana no VPM Carrascalao sai kroat liu tan wainhira PM Xanana ataka VPM Carrascalao ninia personalidade nebe hateten ba publiku katak VPM ne’e beikten. PM Xanana sukit mos katak iha tempu Indonesia VPM Carrascalao servisu ba intereses politika integrasaun nian. Hanesan publiku akompanha, ataka ba personalidade ne’e PM Xanana halo iha loron konsultasaun ba Planu Estratejiku Dezenvolvimentu Nasional (PEDN) iha eis Mercado Minicipal Dili semana liuba.
Tuir informasaun, konflitus entre PM no VPM ne’e mosu tamba iha diferensas de ideias sobre policyinternal governu nian nebe’e halo VPM Carrascalao halaisai husi reuniaun Conselho de Ministros (CdM), no CdM suspende kompetensia balun VPM nian. Publiku mos akompanha, depois de hetan suspensaun, VPM sei tama servisu hanesan bai-bain, maibe wainhira hetan ataka ba ninia personalidade husi PM Xanana, VPM Carrascalao iha dia seginte haruka kedan surat ba PM Xanana hodi husu lisensa de trabalho semana ida ho razaun moras. Iha ne’e hatudu katak ataka ninia personalidade nudar buat ida todan tamba ne’e afeta VPM Carrascalao sai moras, la’os disizaun CdM nebe’e suspende VPM ninia kompetensia balun mak halo VPM monu moras.
Koalia konaba suspensaun maka administrativamente suspensaun de kompetensia ba VPM Carrascalao signifika nudar sanksaun. Mosu sanksaun hatudu katak VPM Carrascalao halo sala. VPM Carrascalao halo ou la’halo buat ruma no ninia hahalok ne’e kontradis ho politika governu Aliansa Maioria Parlamentar (AMP). Hanesan informasaun nebe’e hafakar sai ba publiku liu husi SE Agio Pereira indika katak VPM Carrascalao la’iha k’bit naton atu implementa ho maximu programas governu nian balun tuir kompetensia nebe’e PM fo’o ba VPM ne’e. Hanesan publiku hotu akompanha, husi prinsipiu VPM Carrascalao husu PM entrega kompetensia nebe’e bo’ot no luan ba VPM Carrascalao wainhira nia simu kargu nudar VPM. Tuir evaluasaun CdM nian afinal hatudu mos katak iha indikasaun ‘mosu KKN’ iha VPM ninia gabinete.
Liu husi ilustrasaun hirak iha leten iha parte ida hatudu katak diferensas de ideias hodi implementa ka la’implementa programas governu nian hamosu ‘konflitu’ entre PM no VPM Carrascalao, maibe abut husi ‘konflitus elites’ ne’e sai a’as wainhira mosu mos atetude husi VPM Carrascalao nebe’e gosta ataka-malu ka loke frakeza governu AMP nian liu husi no ba imprensa. Iha ne’e hamosu impresaun iha APM nia let katak mosu opozisaun iha kualisaun nia laran. Objektivu hili imprensa hodi ataka-malu bele ho hanoin positivu no negativu. Negativu, hakarak hatudu deit ba publiku konaba id-idak ninia superioridade de governar. Durante ne’e, iha governu AMP nia laran, VPM Carrascalao mak iha habitu gosta fakarsai disvantagem governu APM ba publiku. Pozitivamente hahalok ne’e dalaruma ho intensaun atu dada publiku partisipa no tau matan-lesuk konaba saida deit mak akontese iha governu nia laran. ‘Esperitu de transparensia’ mak dalaruma VPM Carrascalao opta hodi hakarak hatauk membros governus sira seluk, li-liu SE no Ministros sira atu bele hala’o k’nar los no mo’os. Maibe ikus, wainhira mosu indikasaun nebe’e dehan, VPM Carrascalao komete mos praktika KKN iha ninia gabinete maka halo publiku lakon ikilibrasaun atu simu intensaun positivu ka negativu nebe’e temi iha leten.
Husi partes seluk, deklarasauan PM Xanana nebe’e ataka VPM Carrascalao nia personalidade hodi dehan VPM Carrascalao beikten no bosokten, hamosu perguntas iha publiku nia let, karik hatene hela Carrascalao ne’e Maubeik ka Maubosok, nusa AMP foti Carrascalao ba tu’ur iha estrutura governu nian nebe’e a’as tebes nudar VPM?! Publiku konfundi, publiku mak bulak ka governantes sira mak pontu. Mos, wainhira hetene hela VPM Carrascalao nudar kolaborador politika Indonesia nian iha pasadu nusa fo’o fatin no k’bit iha governu ne’e nia laran?! Maibe hanesan hot-hotu hetene, nudar nasaun demokratiku AMP presiza airin forte hodi forma governu iha tinan hirak liu ba, nebe wainhira demokrasia permite maka atu eis-integrasionistas, eis-oportunistas no diaboistas mos bele halimur hamutuk enkuatu bele sai airin ba AMP. Kestaun mak ne’e, nusa ikus mai governantes sira rasik gosta sukit-malu ho id-idak nia background politika pasadu nian nebe’e wainhira fakarsai maka povu ki’ik iha kraik mak sei senti terus liu, tamba povu iha baze mak simu sofrimentus barak no todan iha tempu ekspansionistas no sira nia lakalhus sira ukun.
Sukit VPM Carrascalao ninia background politika nebe dehan, uluk iha Indonesia nia tempu VPM Carrascalao hala’o mos intereses politika integrasaun nian bele hamosu mos sentimentus anti eis-integrasionistas iha nivel massa grass root. Iha kazu ne’e, sorte que maioria maluk eis-integrasionistas sira sei hela iha Timor Ocidental, karik moioria sosiadade ne’e fila hotu ona ba Timor-Leste, no iha grupu ruma boleia deklarasauan emosional PM Xanana nian ne’e, maka dalaruma bele mosu ‘movimentus tara no duni’ eis-integrasionistas sira husi Timor-Leste. Wainhira movimentu refere ne’e mosu maka bele rezultas IDP’s foun iha nasaun ne’e. Maibe iha parte ne’e, dalaruma PM Xanana mos kala sukat nanis, agora daudaun sei la’mosu IDP’s ho klasifikasaun eis-integrasionistas tamba sira barak mak hili hela iha Indonesia. Grupu ho klasifikasaun ne’e iha deit kamada ki’ik-o’an ida mak hili hela iha Timor-Leste. Maski ho kuantidade ki’ik maibe maluk hirak ne’e kuaze tu’ur hotu hanesan membros do governu iha nasaun ne’e. Nudar membros do governu maka so PM Xanana mesak mak iha k’bit atu bele ‘hakilar fo’o hanoin’ no chama atensaun ba sira, povu ki’ik labele hakilar sira tamba tauk ho sira nia eskoltus nebe’e mak estadu selu hodi fo’o siguransa ba sira loron to’o kalan.
Fila ba konflitus elites, ho konflitus entre PM Xanana no VPM Carrascalao sei hadoko airin governu APM? Hakerek’nain hare katak wainhira VPM Carrascalao gentleman maka airin governu APM sei la’nakadoko, VPM Carrascalao sei buka atu konsidera katak intereses nasional a’as liu buat hotu, no sei hatu’ur konflitus nebe’e mosu entre nia no PM Xanana nudar problema pessoal, tamba PM Xanana ataka no hakanek ninia dignidade pessoal, la’os ataka no hakanek PSD, maski husi prinsipiu konflitus ne’e iha relasaun ho servisu governamental.
Ikus, ho konflitus elites hanesan durante ne’e mosu iha governasaun APM nia laran, hein katak ita hotu-hotu, liu-liu governantes sira bele foti hodi aprende nudar lisaun ba futuru. Konflitus mosu tamba bazeia deit ba reaksaun emosional, “o fan hau sosa” sei la’ajuda governu no estadu lori ninia povu ba odamatan bo’ot liberdade no prosperiedade nasaun nian iha tempu hirak nebe’e sei mai. **End***
Tuesday, 7 September 2010
Siaran Pres/Press Release: Media dan Keamanan di Timor-Leste/Media and Security in Timor-Leste husi FM
MAHIEN NIA LIAN No. 10: Siaran Pres: Media dan keamanan di Timor-Leste
Siaran Pers, 5 Sept 2010
ENGLISH BELOW / Bahasa Ingriss di bawah
Menurut Fundasaun Mahein (FM), kebanyakan media cetak di Timor-Leste, baik media cetak maupun elektronik, menerbitkan kejadian-kejadian yang hanya bersandar pada retorika hasil pertemuan-pertemuan atau seminar ataupun workshop, yang digunakan oleh media sebagai berita tanpa melakukan pengecekan terhadap bukti-bukti faktual dari pernyataan yang dikeluarkan dalam pertemuan-pertemuan, seminar dan workshop. Seringkali media menerima bukti-bukti berupa dokumen tapi tidak melakukan konfirmasi mengenai kejadian dan pernyataan-pernyataan yang diberikan. Hal ini menyebabkan media, dalam beberapa kejadian tertentu, kelihatan lemah dalam menghadirkan bukti-bukti faktual yang kemudian diterbitkan sebagai berita. Seringkali, laporan mereka menciptakan kebingungan, dan pada akhirnya, memiliki potensi untuk menciptakan konflik di dalam masyarakat.
Berdasarkan investigasi yang dilakukan FM, kami bisa mengatakan bahwa, terbitan Suara Timor-Lorosae (STL) selama ini telah menelan korban sekitar 11 orang, enam orang diantaranya adalah para siswi sekolah menengah, selain itu sekitar 4 institusi negara, dua diantaranya adalah institusi pemerintah. Terbitan pada 13 Juli 2010 telah menciptakan konflik antara Komandan PNTL Distrik Dili Pedro Belo dan STL. FM mengarisbawahi konflik antara STL, Veteran dan Komandan PNTL Distrik Dili Pedro Belo, adalah akibat dari provokasi yang diciptakan melalui peliputan para jurnalis yang tidak memiliki latar belakang tentang persoalan pertahanan dan keamanan. FM mencatat bahwa kebanyakan media cetak di Timor-Leste tidak menugaskan jurnalis yang tepat pada situasi yang tepat. Seringkali para jurnalis yang memiliki latar belakang pendidikan dalam bidang hiburan ditugaskan untuk meliput tentang persoalan pertahanan dan keamanan. Ketidakjelasan peranan dari para jurnalis juga menciptakan metode yang berbeda dalam melakukan peliputan dan analisa perihal stabilitas pertahanan dan keamanan dalam negeri.
Karena itu, FM menemukan bahwa STL dalam publikasinya, seringkali memprovokasi konflik politik. Konflik telah menelan banyak korban, bukan hanya para veteran, kalangan politisi, dan PNTL tetapi juga rakyat biasa. Pemberitaan STL tidak lama berselang juga menelan korban di kalangan siswi yang foto-fotonya dipublikasi, sebagai akibatnya para siswa ini dikeluarkan oleh pihak sekolah. FM menghimbau kepada seluruh media agar bisa berkontribusi secara positif untuk perdamaian dan stabilitas di Timor-Leste, dan mempraktekan jurnalisme perdamaian yang tidak berorientasi pada provokasi. FM menghimbau kepada media cetak untuk meningkatkan kapasitas para jurnalisnya, khususnya saat mereka melakukan peliputan tentang isu-isu pertahanan dan keamanan, agar mereka bisa menghasilkan kualitas berita yang memadai. Karena itu media perlu mengubah paradigma dalam praktek jurnalisme, untuk berkontribusi terhadap demokrasi, rekonsiliasi dan perdamaian.
Beberapa laporan dari STL telah menciptakan konflik antara Veteran, Komandan PNTL Distrik Dili, Pedro Belo. Untuk menghindari terjadinya konflik yang sama di masa depan, FM merekomendasikan kepada Komisi B Parlemen Nasional, agar kiranya dapat melakukan intervensi di masa yang akan datang, jika pemberitaan yang sama terjadi lagi, agar bisa menghindari pemberitaan-pemberitaan yang membingungkan masyarakat. FM juga merekomendasikan kepada pemerintah agar membentuk team investigasi independen untuk menemukan motif-motif tersembunyi dalam setiap pemberitaan STL yang bertujuan untuk menciptakan konflik di dalam masyarakat.
Propaganda memiliki potensi dalam menguncang kehidupan normal dengan mengutamakan propaganda dan informasi yang keliru. Lembaga-lembaga media mempunyai tanggungjawab terhadap publik agar memberikan informasi yang jelas dan faktual. Ini adalah tanggungjawab yang harus diemban secara serius. Pemberitaan STL belakangan ini menyebabkan elemen di dalam masyarakat menjadi curiga akan tujuan mereka, karena relasi mereka dengan Uni Timor Assuwain (UNTAS). Ini merupakan hal yang harus diinvestigasi oleh pemerintah dan media masa lainnya.
Fundasaun Mahein juga merekomendasikan agar dibentuk sebuah dewan pers yang bisa bekerjasama dalam menyelesaikan setiap persoalan yang muncul akibat kualitas laporan media yang memprihatinkan. FM juga merekomendasika agar media menulis berdasarkan fakta-fakta, dan tidak memberikan opini mengenai pernyataan-pernyataan dan dokumen, tanpa menyebut itu sebagai persoalan editorial.
Untuk informasi lebih lanjut silajkan kontak
Nelson Belo,
Direktur Fundasaun Mahein
www.fundasaunmahein.wordpress.com,
email: direktor.mahein[at}gmail.com
tlp +670 737 4222
Press Release, 5 Sept 2010
According to Fundasaun Mahein (FM), most media outlets in Timor-Leste, print media and electronic media alike, publish coverage of events that are only based on rhetoric from meetings or seminars or workshops, which the media shares as news without any checking of the factual evidence of the statements made in these meetings and seminars and workshops. Not very often, does the media receive documentary evidence to confirm the true nature of the statements being provided. This makes the media, in certain cases, seem weak in their presentation of evidence of factual news being published. Often times, their reporting is obscure, and in the end, has the potential to create conflict in the community.
Based on FM investigations, we can say that, Suara Timor-Lorosae (STL) publications during have victimzed at least 11 people, six of them being female senior high school students, as well as at least 4 Institutions, two of them being government institutions. The publication on 13 Juli 2010 created a problem in the community between the FALINTIL veterans and the PNTL Commander of the Dili District, Pedro Belo, and STL. FM underlines that the conflict between STL, the Veterans, and Commander Belo, was a provocation caused by the coverage of journalists who have no security and defense background. FM notes that many media outlets in Timor Leste do not task the correct journalists to the right situations. Sometimes those journalists with an education and entertainment background are tasked to cover news about security and defense issues. An obscure role for journalists also causes different methods of coverage and analysis on defense stability and internal security.
Therefore, FM acknowledges that STL in its reporting, quite often provokes political conflict. The conflicts victimize many people, not just the Veterans, politicians, and PNTL. The recent coverage from STL also victimized students who were photographed and then kicked out of school. FM calls upon all media to make a positive contribution to peace and stability in Timor-Leste, and to practice peaceful journalism which is not oriented towards provocations. FM invites the media outlets to increase the capacity building for their journalists, especially when covering security and defense issues, so they produce better quality news reports. Therefore the media needs to undergo a paradigm shift in their practice of journalism, to contribute to democracy and peaceful reconciliation.
Several of STL’s reports have created conflicts between the Veterans, PNTL Dili District Commander Pedro Belo. In order to counter this conflict in the future, FM recommends to National Parliament Committee B, intervene in the future, if any similar reporting takes place, to get rid of pro-con opinions being disseminated in the community. FM also recommends the government forms independent investigation teams to find the hidden motives in all STL reports that cause conflict.
Propaganda has the potential to disrupt normal life by promoting false ideas and misinformation. Media institutions have a responsibility to the public to provide clear and factual information. It is a responsibility that must be taken seriously. STL’s recent reporting caused many in the community to be suspicious of their intentions, because of their relationship with United Heroes of Timor/Uni Timor Asuwai UNTAS. This is something the government, and other media outlets should investigate as well.
Fundasaun Mahein also recommends that a council of press be formed which can work together to solve any problems that arise from poor quality media reporting. FM also recommends that the media provide the facts they are basing their articles on, and not provide opinions about statements and documents, without labeling them as being Editorials.
For further information please contact
Nélson Belo,
Director Fundasaun Mahein,
www.fundasaunmahein.wordpress.com,
email.direktor.mahein[at]gmail.com ,
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