Tempo Semanal Edisaun 130

Deskonfia Dr. Abilio Viola Akta $50.000,00

Dili, Tempo Semanal

Iha kompromisiu politiku iha 2007, Dr. Abilio Conceicao de Araujo nebe
hanesan Prezidente partidu hetan big hug (hakuhak boot) husi povu nebe
apoia nia liu-liu Prezidente Republika Dr. Jose Ramos Horta tanba
Horta hatoo ninia apresia ba Dr Abilio ninia kontribuisaun ba
livertasaun rai ida nee. Maibe kompromisiu politiku nee Dr. Abilio
organiza iha problema balu nia leten, tanba Abilio deskonfia halakon
osan kompra kombustivel ho total US$13 millioens husi kompania Coloca
Fuel Pty. Ltd, nebe entrega ba Dr. Abilio iha fin du anu, 30/12/2004,
no oras nee Dr. Abilio sai suspeitu hafoin Tribunal Distritu Dili iha
03/03/2009 foti desizaun kontra Abilio ho prosesu nú. 16/Sivil/2006.
Kazu lori Dr. Abilio ba meja modok nee, hanesan primeiraves akontese
iha agenda moris Dr. Abilio nian iha era independensia. Maibe kazu nee
apar ho kantiga nebe ema hasaran ho dalen Melayu katak, "buah jatuh
tidak jauh dari pohonnya", tanba antes Dr Abilio simu osan kompra
kombustivel husi Coloca Fuel Pty. Ltd iha 2004, Dr. Abilio mos halo
preparasaun hodi asina kontratu sosa rai hektar rua husi Maria de
Jesus iha Aldeia Bitaba, Suku Hudi-laran, Sub distritu Dom Aleixo,
distritu Dili hanesan estasaun mina Dr. Abilio nian nebe sei supply
mina ba Coloca Fuel tuir kustus orsamentu US$13.000,00 nebe nia simu
husi kompania nee. Iha prosesu sosa rai nee, dona Maria de Jesus akuza
Dr. Abilio inresponsabilidade tanba la respeita kontratu nebe sira
asina hamutuk iha Defensoria Publiku. Du'un inresponsabilidade nee
Maria de Jesus tula ba Dr. Abilio nia Kbas, hafoin durante tinan lima
nia laran, Dr. Abilio abandona kontratu hodi la selu kada tinan
US$10,000.00 ba Maria de Jesus hanesan rai nain. "ami sai vitima ba
Sr. Abilio de Araujo nebe la kumpri nia dever durante tinan lima nia
laran hahu husi Abril 2004 too Abril 2009 hodi la selu kada tinan
US$10.000,00 ba Maria de Jesus. Tan nee, ami deside lori kazu nee ba
tribunal no kazu nee regista ona iha Tribunal Distrital Dili,
27/11/2007 ho Nú. Proc. Nú. 36/A/Sivil/2007", dehan Maria de Jesus
nebe oras nee ho idade 80 resin. Tuir dokumentus audensia ho pajina 3,
nebe jornal nee hetan esplika katak, iha Setembru 2000, Alianca da
Conceicao Araujo husu ba Maria de Jesus katak nia presiza rai hektar
2 atu sosa ba nia maun Abilio de Araujo hodi halo bisnis fan mina,
fabrika sabaun, fabrika susu been nebe sei fo servisu ba komunidade
liu-liu foin sa'e sira."iha 18/09/2000, ami asina kontratu ida nebe
partisipa husi Americo Menezes nudar testamunha husi Alianca da
Conceicao no Lucas de Oliveira husi parte Maria de Jesus. Iha sina
kontratu nee, parte rua konkorda ho folin Rp.100.000/m2", dehan Maria
de Jesus. Hafoin asina tiha kontratu, entre fulan Janeiru too Jullu
2001, Maria de Jesus simu duni osan ho total Rp. 293.900.00,
ekivalensia ho US$29,390.00. Osan nee, rai nain uza hodi selu (ganti
rugi) ba okupante temporariu sira nia plantasaun. Husi Agostu 2001 too
2003, rai nain hein hela sira nia direitu ba osan restu husi Alianca
ho nia maun Abilio. "ami husu ba sra. Alianca tanba sa demora selu
osan nee maibe Alianca esplika katak, tuir loloos nia selu tiha ona
maibe tanba ema Portugues ida nebe Dr. Abilio fo komfiansa hodi kaer
osan nee, lori lakon tiha osan US$170 mill resin, nunee too agora
prosesu pagamentu atraza", katak Maria de Jesus. De Jesus alega liutan
katak, iha Fevereiru 2004, Sra Alianca fo hatene ba de Jesus katak
Alianca nia maun Dr Abilio fila ona husi Portugal no agora too ona iha
Dili atu koalia konaba kontratu foun. Sobre kontratu foun nee, iha
karta husu audensia fo sai pontu balu hanesan, uluk Dr Abilio hakarak
sosa rai hektar rua maibe ikus presiza deit hektar ida, wainhira
kontratu foun nee asina mak Dr Abilio sei fo tan osan US$20,000.00.
Osan ida nee atu uza hodi seluk ikupante temporariu sira nia uma no
plantasaun. Ho US$20,000.00 nee mak osan nebe simu ona husi parte
komprador besik US$50,000.00, maibe sei falta osan sorin hamutuk
US$50,000.00 atu selu US$10,000.00 tinan-tinan durante tinan lima nia
laran hahu husi Abril 2004 too Abril 2009.Liutan, karta husu audensia
nee alega katak, iha artigu 4 pontu ida kontratu 29 de Abril 2004 nee
hateten, "wainhira komprador la kumpri nia dever durante fula ida mak
sei kona multa 2% husi total osan rai nia folin nebe seidauk selu. Iha
pontu rua husi artigu nee hateten mos katak, wainhira atrazament nee
too fulan tolu ba leten mak parte komprador kona multa 5% husi total
rai nia folin nebe seidauk selu.Kontratu 20 de Abril 2004 nee halo iha
Defensoria Publika nebe asina husi Dr Manuel Sarmento husi parte
komprador no Dr Arlindo Maria Freitas advogado Fortuna husi parte rai
nain ka vendedor. "Tanba iha loron nebe determina komprador la kumpri
nia dever, maka iha Junho 2005, ami haruka surat ba komprador Dr
Abilio. Segunda karta ami haruka tan iha Julho 2005 maibe parte
komprador la fo resposta. Tanba la hetan resposta maka, iha 27 Janeiru
2006, ami hasoru diretamente ho Dr Abilio iha nia servisu fatin. Iha
hasoru malu nee Dr Abilio hateten, "surat hirak nebe ami haruka nia
simu tiha ona no respeita nafatin kontratu nebe halo tiha ona no
pagamentu atu halo iha loron hirak mai nia laran", alega Maria de
Jesus iha nia karta audensia. Maria de Jesus haree katak, problema ida
nee halo nia atu lakon nia direitu ba osan rai nian maka, iha 2007
Maria de Jesus desidi lori kazu nee ba tribunal. "ami desidi lori ba
tribunal no regista iha Tribunal Ditrital Dili iha loron 27 de
Novembru 2007 ho numeru proc. No. 36/A/Civil/2007, maibe too ohin
loron prosesu nee atraza hela iha tribunal tanba laiha prosesu
julgamentu ruma ka husu hanoin ba Reu no sira hotu nebe involve iha
problema ida nee". Liutan de Jesus alega katak, sira desidi lori kazu
nee ba tribunal atu haten justisa ba sira nia direitu. "opsaun nebe
ami hili hodi aprezenta kazu sivil nee iha tribunal tanba ami hakrak
hetan justisa hafoin ami sai vitima durante tinan 5 nia laran,
wainhira Dr Abilio abandona kontratu", nia alega. Iha karta
deklarasaun nebe jornal nee hatetan haktuir katak, Maria de Jesus ho
nia kaben matebian Agosto da Silva alias Waimanu hela iha rai nee
desde tinan 1955, tempu nebe liu tiha tinan 4 nia laran mak foin mosu
movement Timor oan kontra guvernu Portugal iha Watucarbau 1959. Iha
tinan 1975 wainhira forsa Indonezia tun iha Dili, Maria ho nia kaben
Waimanu halai ses tiha ba ailaran hamutuk ho Falintil sira no sira tun
hikas mai vila ia 1979 hodi hela nafatin iha rai nebe oras nee sai
polemika. "iha tempu guvernu Indonsia, tinan-tinan hau selu taxa ho
valor Rp.350.000 ka ekivalente ho US$35.00 kada tinan", dehan Maria
hodi hatudu ba jornalista evidensia Surat Pemberitahuan Pajak nebe
asina husi Kepala Kantor Pelayanan PBB Drs. Rapot Manik nomos Surat
Tanda Terima Setoran. Iha 29 Abril 2004, Maria de Jesus hanesan rai
nain ba iha Defensoria Publiku hamutuk ho Abdullah Rahim Balafif
hanesan emprezariu ho Abilio da Conceicao de Araujo hanesan emprezariu
hodi asina akta fan rai. Tuir dokumentus kontratu ka Akta Jual Beli
Tanah dan Bangunan nebe jornal nee hetan haktuir katak, iha artigu 3
husi artigu 14 akta nee nian esplika katak, osan husi akordu fan no
sosa rai ho folin US$100,000.00 nee sei selu tuir sistema mak hanesan;
ida, etape primeiru iha Marsu 2003 selu tiha ona ba Maria de Jesus
hamutuk US$30,000.00. rua, etape ba darua selu tiha ona iha 20 Abril
2004 ho koantia orsamentu hamutuk US$20,000.00. tolu, osan restu
hamutuk US$50,000.00 sei selu durante tinan lima nia laran no
tinan-tinan sei selu US$10,000.00 ba rai nain, konta husi 24 Abril
2004 too 24 Abril 2009. Maibe too agora Maria de Jesus la haten
pagamentu. Nunee Maria deklara Dr Abilio viola artigu 3 kontratu akta
fan no sosa rai nian nebe sira asina hamutuk iha Defensoria Publiku
nebe sai sasin ba asina akta nee mak Defensor Fortuna, Alvaro Maria
Freitas SH ho Defensir Publiku, Manuel Sarmentu. Atu komfirma sobre
notisia nee, iha 18/04/2009 tuku 10:35 jornalista Tempo Semanal ba
hasoru malu ho Sra Alianca iha nia hela fatin Lahane atu husu
komfirmasaun hodi Intervista ho Dr Abilio, maibe Alianca hateten nia
maun Dr Abilio sei halao vizita ba rai liur.Nunee, Alianca fo tuir nia
numeru mobile atu jornalista bele kontaktu hikas nia iha dia
28/03/2009 wainhira nia maun Abilio fila hikas husi nia vizita ba rai
liur. Entertantu winhira jornalista husu atu Sra Alianca esplika
oituan informasaun konaba rai nee maibe nia rezeita fo komentariu.
Jornalista mos tenta telephone ba numeru mobile Dr Abilio nian maibe
mosu samada hateten "fora da area do cobertura". (aro)

Povu Kiik Hahu Lori Dr. ba Tribunal

Iha loron Tersa-feira,(3/3/) foin lalais ne'e, Tribunal Distrital Dili
halao julgamentu ba kazu ne'ebe ho prosesu numeru 16/sivil/2006 hodi
akuza Abilio Conceçao de Araujo konaba kazu orsamentu ho valor US$
150.000 ne'ebe atu importa kombustivel mai kompainia Coloca Fuel Pty
Ltd, maibe to'o ikus buat hotu la realiza. Alein de ne'e, Abilio mos
nudar ema ne'ebe koinesidus tebes tanba nia mos nudar fundador Nasaun
Timor Leste, tanba wainhira Nasaun ida ne'e hahu forma partidu no
Abilio involve an hamutuk ho Proklamador Francisco Xavier do Amaral,
halo buat barak ba Nasaun ida ne'e. Ikus liu iha 28 Novembru 1975 sira
ho barani ida ke maka'as konsege Proklama TL sai Nasaun independenti,
maibe ikus mai tanba Timor rasik momentu neba la iha unidade entaun
partidu UDT ba konvina ho Indonesia hodi nune'e 7 Dezembru 1975, forsa
TNI mai invade Timor Leste hodi nune'e povu sira halai namkari ba foho
lolon no mota kuak. Ikus mai depois TL hetan ukun rasik an, ema ne'ebe
sai koinesidus tebes hasoru Meja modok atu toma responsabilidade,
tanba inklui iha kazu sosa rai iha Aldeia Bitapa/Hudi-Laran, Suku
Bairro Pite, Sub-Distritu Dom Aleixo, Distritu Dili ne'ebe to'o ohin
loron seidauk selu hotu. Relasiona ho karta ne'ebe redasaun Tempo
Semanal, hetan foin lalais hateten, iha fulan Setembru tinan 2000,
Abilio Araujo nia alin Senhora Aliança da Conceiçao Araujo ba iha
senhora Maria de Jesus nia uma ho objetivu atu sosa rai hektar 2
(rua), atu nune'e nia maun Abilio bele uza hodi loke negosiu 'bisnis'
konaba faan mina, fabrika sabaun no fabrika susu ben. Hafoin halo
negosiasaun konaba rai nia folin, iha loron Segunda-feira,18 Setembru
2000 husi parte rua ne'e halo kedas akordu hodi asina kontratu ne'ebe
iha momentu neba, husi parte sosa rai nian, sra. Aliança ho nia
testamunha Americo Menezes mak asina nomos husi parte faan rai Maria
de Jesus ho ninia testamunha Lucas de Oliveira(alin Maria de
Jesus).Bazeia ba akordu ne'ebe iha, momentu neba husi parte rua ne'e
konkorda ho rai nia folin Rp 100.000 m2 (Seratus Ribu Rupiah Permeter
Persegi), tanba iha altura neba TL sei uza osan Rupiah.Depois halao
tiha asina kontratu konaba rai nia folin, entre fulan Janeiru to'o
Julhu 2001 husi parte Sra. Maria de Jesus simu duni osan husi Sra.
Aliança ho total RP 293.900.000, ne'ebe konta ba Dollar
US$.293.390.00, maibe osan refere ne'e uza hodi selu deit "ganti
rugi," konaba tempurariu sira nia plantasaun no ai-han seluk ne'ebe
eziste iha rai leten. Tanba Abilio ema ida ne'ebe matanek entaun nia
uza ninia poder nomos rikusoins hodi bosok fali povu kiak sira, ne'e
duni iha fulan Agustu 2001 to'o tinan 2003 husi parte Sra. Maria hein
Sra. Alianca ho nia maun Abilio atu kualia wainhira atu selu hotu rai
hektare rua nia folin nomos dala barak husi parte Maria husu nafatin
ba sira katak tanba saida demora nafatin. Maibe, Sra. Alianca esplika
katak, tuir lolos selu hotu ona, maibe ema Portugues ne'ebe Abilio fó
konfiansa hodi kaer osan ne'e, lori lakon tiha osan US$ 170.000 resin,
tan ne'e seidauk selu hotu. Iha fulan Febvreiru 2004,Sra. Aliança fó
hatene ba rai nain sira katak, nia maun Abilio husi Portugal no to'o
ona iha Dili no hakarak atu kualia fali kontratu foun tanba uluk
Abilio hakarak sosa rai hektar rua, maibe ikus fali presiza deit ona
hektar ida, ne'e duni sira hateten wainhira kontratu foun ne'e asina
ona hafoin fó tan osan US$ 20.000, atu selu okupante temporariu sira
nia uma nomos plantasaun hirak ne'ebe iha.Osan ne'ebe simu husi parte
komprador, mais ou menus besik ona US$ 50.000, nune'e mos osan sorin
hamutuk US$ 50.000, sei selu durante tinan lima laran, hahu husi loron
asina kontratu iha fulan Abril 2004 to'o Abril 2009 ne'ebe kada tinan
sempre selu ho US$ 10.000, maibe to'o ohin loron la iha rezultadu ou
informasaun husi Abilio, tan ne'e husi parte rai nain desidi lori kazu
refere ba Tribunal no kazu refere mos rezista iha Tribunal Distrital
Dili, iha loron 27 Novembru 2007 ho nu.36/A/sivil/2007, mais to'o
agora kazu ne'e seidauk iha julgamentu. Tanba Abilio abandona
kontratu, ne'e duni husi parte Sra. Maria aprezenta kazu sivil ne'e
iha Tribunal, atu nune'e bele hetan Justisa, maibe hein tinan ida
resin Justisa la dauk mosu, entaun nudar povu mukit ne'ebe moris husi
familia ai-leba haruka surat ida ba iha Ministeriu Justisa tanba
hakarak halo audensia ho Ministra Justisa ne'ebe kaer assuntu
Justisa.Hafoin dadalia ho jornalista Tempo Semanal, avo Maria de Jesus
ne'ebe agora dadaun ho idade 80 resin ho kondisaun fiziku ne'ebe fraku
hanesan matan labele haree no tilun la rona ona, hateten iha tinan
2001 Abilio Araujo atu sosa rai, maibe la 'jadi' tanba dehan katak ema
ida ne'ebe nia fó konfiansa lori halai osan ne'e duni iha 2004 halo
akordu foun fali.Iha momentu neba Abilio fó osan hodi selu ema nia
plantasaun no uma ne'ebe eziste iha rai ne'e, nune'e mos promete ba
Maria de Jesus katak tinan–tinan sei selu US$ 50.000 to'o dala lima,
maibe fulan Abril agora tama ona tinan lima mais nunka selu dala ida.
Karik tanba Abilio Araujo hanesan ema ida ne'ebe koinesidu no matenek
entaun nia uza ninia poder hirak ne'e hodi hakarak hanehan povu ki'ik
sira, maibe hanesan povu ai-leba ne'ebe la iha poder sira sempre
esforsu an nafatin hodi hato'o kazu ne'e ba iha Tribunal hodi nune'e
bele hetan Justisa. Avo ne'e haktuir liutan, rai ne'e malae Altur Luz
husi Portugal nian, maibe iha tempu kolonialismu Portuguesa wainhira
akontesi kontra Golpe malae Altur Luz entrega kedas rai ne'e ba nia ho
nia kaben (matebian) tanba, sira nain rua mak iha momentu neba halao
servisu hodi atende Altur Luz 'asuliar.'"tanba rai ne'e entrega ona
mai hau, ne'e duni ami barani hodi halo sertifikadu rai nian iha tempu
Indonesia, nune'e mos hau lakohi bosok ema boot sira se karik rai ne'e
laos hau nian tanba wainhira ita bosok ema Maromak sempre
hatene,"halerik Maria ho triste.Wainhira husu konaba pergunta ne'ebe
dehan katak, hafoin faan tiha rai mais ou menus simu ona orsamentu
hira mak Abilio fó, maibe avo Maria resposta ho mata ben katak, to'o
ohin loron nia seidauk hetan osan husi parte sosa rai, mais soke deit
fó osan US$ 50.000, hodi selu ba ema sira nia plantasaun.Nune'e mos
parte seluk, Direitur DTPSC Distritu Dili Antonio Carceres haktuir ba
jornal TS katak, haree ba legalidade dokumentus realidade hatudu katak
rai ne'e Maria de Jesus nian, ne'e duni apapun yang terjadi Maria de
Jusus mak iha direitu ba rai ne'e tanba nia iha sertifikadu konaba rai
nian, ne'e duni tenki rekoinesi. Maske iha ona ema balu ne'ebe mai
hato'o informasaun konaba rai refere, maibe informasaun ne'ebe sira
hato'o ne'e la iha baze legal nomos la tuir dokumentus ne'e duni husi
parte DTPSC la rekoinesi, tanba ne'e DTPSC konsidera katak Maria de
Jesus mak iha direitu. Direitur ne'e haktuir, Guvernu labele
intervensaun ba kestaun refere, tanba rai ne'e privadu nian, mais
kuandu nia okupa rai Estadu nian hafoin dehan rai ne'e ninian entaun
otomatikamente Guvernu tenki foti medidas ruma, ne'e duni ba kualker
sidadaun ne'ebe hela iha neba tenki aluga. Se karik iha ema balun mak
dehan katak rai ne'e ninian entaun nia tenki lori dokumentus
komparativu ba Tribunal hodi hasoru Maria de Jesus, tanba Maria iha
dokumentus legal.To'o ohin loron DTPSC seidauk hetan informasaun no
reklamasaun ruma katak rai ne'ebe Abilio hola ne'e iha problema, maibe
kuandu iha problema karik entaun entre Maria ho Abilio tanba rai ne'e
seidauk selu hotu.Maske, iha Lei inan hateten ona katak ema ne'ebe iha
direitu ba rai 'hak milik atas tanah,' mak ema sidadaun orjinal, maibe
direitu atu hetan rai hektares hira ne'e seidauk defini tanba ne'e
Guvernu iha planu implementa mekanismu hirak ne'e se lae ema balun
bele hetan to'o 100 ou 200 hektar mais ba ema balun atu halo deit uma
mos susar teb-tebes.(Ico/tov)

Pacific Freedom Forum Petitions Against "Unconstitutional" Defamation Case

"Unconstitutional" Defamation Case

Tuesday, 10 March 2009, 12:03 pm

Press Release: Pacific Freedom Forum

Pacific Freedom Forum Petitions Against "Unconstitutional" Defamation Case

For immediate release: Monday, 09 March 2009 –
Attempts by the government of Timor Leste to push
criminal defamation charges against a newspaper
publisher will have "chilling effects" on freedoms of speech.

"East Timor has a choice – it can follow other
states down a well beaten track towards
corruption," states Pacific Freedom Forum interim Chair, Susuve Laumaea.

"Or it can begin a fresh chapter for
resource-rich Pacific Islands by encouraging
robust news reportage – even critical commentary."

José Antonio Belo is being sued for criminal
defamation because of an article he published
alleging corruption by the country's Justice Minister, Lucia Lobato.

In his article, Belo highlighted a contract
between the Justice ministry and that of the
minister's husband, for prison repairs and guard uniforms.

The PFF strongly condemns attempts to limit
freedoms of speech in any country and has begun a
petition online to back up an earlier effort by
the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism.

"Freedoms of speech are laid down in concrete
terms in East Timor," says PFF co-chair Monica Miller.

"We shouldn't have to remind the democratically
elected representatives of Timor Leste about what
is set down in black and white in their own
constitution – the ruling law of the land."

"There are extensive constitutional protections
for freedoms of speech and, unusually, freedom of
the press and mass media," says Miller.

"For the government of East Timor to hide behind
the same colonial laws used by Indonesia to
suppress and intimidate genuine efforts towards
democracy ignores blood sacrifice by thousands of
their own citizens in support of freedom."

The PFF statement comes after the criminal
defamation case was criticised by media workers
and researchers, through the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism.

More than 85 signatures have been sent to East
Timor prime minister; Xanana Gusmao from the
Sydney based University of Technology.

"We urge islands media to show solidarity with
their colleague in East Timor by signing the
petition and encouraging others to do so as well," says Miller.

"Failure to do so may see a chilling effect on
freedoms of speech in East Timor and the region's
youngest media at a time when neither can least afford it."

ENDS

Tempo Semanal Edisaun 128

Akuzasaun PGR: AP fo Sigaru,

Alfredo Agresivu, GS Kombinar no MC Tiru PR

Dili, Tempo Semanal

Ema barak sempre kestiona failansu iha Ministeiru Publiku no kapasidade Prokurador Jeral DR. Longuinhos Monteiro ninian. Maibe iha semana ida kotuk nia laran gabinete Ministeiru Publiku halo mudansa ruma ne'ebe kada vez bele sulan netik is kritika nain sira. Iha loron 03/03/09 DR. Monteiro anunsiu ba Publiku katak akuzasaun ba arguidu nain 28 ne'ebe deskonfia involve iha atentadu kontra PR no PM hahu hatama ba tribunal. Iha tuir kedan Dokumentus pajina rihun ruma ne'ebe asina husi Prokurador Internasional ne'e rejista iha Tribunal Distrital Dili. Iha Loron 05/03/09 Gabinete foun no luxu Ministeiru Publiku ninian Inagura. DR. Longuinhos tuir iha sofa besik Presidenti da Republika nia sorin ho oin midar no hafoin de seremonia, nia hahu
hu sigaru nia suar sai hodi dada iis naruk. "Dala barak ema sempre kritika ami maibe sira la kompriende ami nia servisu," dehan DR Monteiro.

Hafoin de tinan ida loron sanulu resin lima(11/02/08-26/02/09).Prokuradoria Distrital Dili tuir dokumentus akuzasaun ne'ebe asina husi Prokurador Internasional Felismino GarciaCardoso hatur ona akuzasaun kontra arguido nain 28 inklui AP ne'ebe nu'udar ex Major Alfredo Reinado Alves nia Assesor Juridiku no namorada. AP ne'ebe moris iha Lospalos hanesan Timor oan no bot iha Australia hetan sidadania rai Kangaro ne'e, hetan akuzasaun hanesan autora indireita (tuir kodiku Penal artigu 55 n.1, 1) iha kazu loron 11/02/08. Nia hetan akuzasaun hamutuk 23 hanesan pontu uluk liu nian akuza AP halo krime atentadu hasoru vida Presidenti da Republika
ne'ebe tuir konkursu real, P.e P kontra artigu 104 kodiku penal. Akuza halo Krime hamutuk 12 kona ba atentadu Homesidu tuir P. e P. kontra artigu 53 ho 338 kodiku penal. Akuza mos Krime 7 ba atentadu Homesidu iha P. e P. tuir artigu 53 no 338 kodiku Penal ninian no ikus liu nia
mos hetan akuzasaun ho krime 3 ba hakanek nian ne'ebe define iha artigu 406 kodiku penal. Ministeiru Publiku akuza AP maka fomenta Alfredo atu labele rende ba Justica, influensia Alfredo atu mai partisipa iha sorumutuk ida iha 16/11/2007 iha Palacio Presidenti Kaikoli, hafoin AP fila husi Australia iha 06/02/08 nia lori tipu de sigaru ida ba Ex-Major Alfredo ne'ebe kuandu fuma Ex-Major ne'e sempre agresivu nune'e mos ninia emar sira ne'ebe fuma mos, fumenta Alfredo katak se nia mai hasoru malu ho Presidenti no Primeiru Ministru maka
nia sei mate, no iha loron ruma ikus antes de akontesementu mosu angelita dehan, "vao la mata o dois caes," Referindu ao PR e ao PM." AP durante tinan ida liu ona labele sai husi Timor Leste fila ba haree ninia familias iha Australia ne'e, nia senti duvidas atu hetan justisa lolos ba nia kazu no iha posibilidade justisa sei la justu. "Se sistema judisial TL mak kontinua nafatin hanesan dadaun ne'e, iha posibilidade," dehan Angie Pires ba Televizaun SBS Australia no Jornal Tempo Semanal iha loron Kinta (05/03/09) iha Dili. Nune'e tuir ninia hanoin, agora dadaun depende deit ona ba Maromak nia tulun ho atensaun husi rai liur atu garantia nia sei hetan justisa ne'e lolos. "Buat ne'ebe ha'u bele halo agora maka halo apelu ba komunidade internasional atu nune'e sira akompaina no monitor kazu ne'e ho didiak nune'e ha'u bele hetan justisa ne'ebe lolos. Tan sira hatene didiak sa los maka akontese iha TL."Angelita mantein nafatin katak nia la
involve iha atentadu kontra Presidenti ho PM. "Ha'u inocenti," nia dehan. Wainhira jornalista tenta husu hanoin husi Angelita Pires nia hateten, "Ha'u labele elabora barak liu. Ha'u la iha liberdade tuir legal nian atu koalia, maibe iha duni akuzasaun 23. Ha'u bele hateten
ne'e. Ha'u bele konfirma buat ne'e. Ha'u hanoin buat sira seluk husik ba ha'u nia Defensor mak bele koalia liu tan. Los duni akuzasaun hirak ne'e konfuzaun tebes i ha'u rasik mos la kompriede no hela ho konfuzaun." Husu kona ba karik ho akuzasaun ne'e iha ona mudansa ruma ba ninia estatus maibe nia dehan," Ha'u sei nafatin iha meus judisial hanesan. Ha'u nia Pasaporte sei nafatin iha tribunal, ne'ebe ha'u labele sai. Buat ne'e exatamente hanesan nafatin." Wainhira husu Angelita Pires kona ba oinsa ninia moris hafoin lakon Alfredo. Nia hatan ho oin triste no matan wen dehan, "ne'e buat ne'ebe difisil tebes. Ha'u hanoin hanesan ema hotu hatene katak, ha'u lakon Reinado, lakon bebe ne'e. Hetan akuzasaun ne'ebe la justu, perseguisaun hhhh.
Ha'u hanoin ha'u selu ona presu balun. karik lolos ha'u lalika hetan akuzasaun ba buat seluk ruma. Lolos akuzasaun ne'ebe los mai ha'u ne'e maka hadomi Reinado no hadomi bebe ne'e. Ha'u ne'e hanesan di kambing hitamkan no ema hotu hatene katak ha'u ne'e sai kambing hitam.
Akuzasaun ne'e ambigius" Iha parte seluk autoridade judisial konsege hola lian husi testamunia hamutuk ema nain 134 hahu husi Presidenti da Republika, Primeiru Ministru, ema Nasional no Internasional maka hanesan nain ba kareta ne'ebe uza hodi mai Dili, Seguransa PR ho PM,
sira ne'ebe hela vizinu ho uma PR inklui sira ne'ebe kareta nain no besik ba Grupu Ex-Major Alfredo hanesan staf NGO Internasional ho Nasional balun mos ba ema internasional ho Nasional ne'ebe besik fatin akontesementu ninian. Ba arguido sira seluk hanesan AdC, DdA, GJS, PNL, MC, GSM, JMG., ELC, ISMS ho CdSX., hanesan ko-autoria mos autoria singular, no forma konsumada, e tuir concurso real katak sira hetan akuzasaun krime dala husi atentadu kontra vida Presidente da Republika, p. e p. pelos art ° 104° do kódiku Penal, akuza halo krimes
atentadu de Homesidu hamutuk sanulu resin rua tuir p. e p. iha art° 53° e 338° kodiku penal ninian. Arguido hirak ne'e mos hetan akuzasaun halo krime hakanek ida, maka kontra p. e p. pelo art° 406° do kodiku Penal. Sira nain hirak ne'e hetan tan akuzasaun seluk ida ba krime
estraga sasan kontra p. e p. pelo art.° 365°/2, § 2°, do kodiku Penal. Nune'e mos krime ida ba detensaun no uza armas de fogu hodi halo perturbasaun ba ordem publika ne'e kontra p. e p. pelo art.° 4° no 4.7 do Regulamento da UNTAET n.5/20001. Ba arguido GS, AdC, BdC, AdA, JB,
RMB, JSG, GL, JAM, JAS, QES, JdCV, TT, JA, FXA ho AdA hanesan ko-Autor ka autor singular hetan akuzasaun krime 7 ba atentadu de Homocidiu P.e P. pelos art.° 53 e 338 husi kodiku penal. Sira mos hetan akuzasaun krime hakanek nian 2 tuir p. e p. pelo art. °406 husi kodiku Penal mos hetan akuzasaun halo krime 1 ba detensaun no uza armas de fogo hodi halo perturbasaun ba ordem publika, p. e p. tuir art.° 4° no 4.7 do Regulamento da UNTAET n. 5/2001. Arguido GS, hanesan autoria singular, tuir forma konsumada no iha konkursu realf akuza ho krime ida de konspiração kontra p. e p pelos art.° 88° e 110° no. 1 e 5 do kodiku Penal.

Maske Arguido GS dala balun ba jornalista nia nega hatene kona ba planu atentadu 11 de Fevereiru 2008 maibe Parte autoridade hatene ona katak arguido GS, maka nu'udar kombinar no planear, hamutuk ho sira seluk hodi halo mate ka agredir fisikamente Presidenti da Republika, lalaok hirak ne'e bele opta hanesan pratika krime planeadu. Ministeiru Publiku konsege mos deteta provas lubuk hanesan kareta ne'ebe Arguido sira uza inklui material funu sira seluk.Kareta hirak ne'ebe uza hodi tula grupu Ex-Major Alfredo Reinado Matebian ho Arguido GS ninia grupu mai Dili ne'e maka hanesan kareta Nissan Safari, ho numeru matrikula
02-083 Gj18-397 TLS no Mitsubishi Pajero, ne'ebe ninia numeru matrikula 16-891 TLS, ema ne'ebe sai hanesan sofer maka ex-major Alfredo Reinado no Leopoldino Exposto. Viekolu rua ne'e hodi tula arguidos sira mos transporta fardamntus, medikamentus, kilat no muniçoens.Ema hirak ne'ebe sa'e tuir kareta rua ne'e maka arguido AdC, DdA, GJAdS, PNL, GSM, MC, JMG, ISMS, ELC ho CdSX, mesak fardados no lori arma. Ema hirak ne'e ba diresaun uma Presidenti da Republika iha Metiaut ne'ebe to'o iha ne'eba pur volta tuku 6 dader, 11 de Fevereiru 2008. Iha akuzasaun ne'e Prokurado dekreta katak Arguido ne'ebe tiru Presidenti Republika maka MC, ne'ebe identifika ona husi seguransa PR nian. Arguido ne'e lori kilat ida ho marka HK 33 ATN-n.019366, hanesan ho kilat ne'ebe tiru Presidenti ne'ebe entrega ona wainhira nia
entrega an ba autoridade. Kareta rua seluk sai husi Lauala, ne'ebe konduz husi arguidos GS ho JA, tula ko-arguido BdC, AdC, AdA, JB, RMB, JSG, GL, JAM, JAS, QES, AdS, JdCV, TT, AdA ho FXA, deskonfia hatais farda no lori kilat. Kareta rua lori ema lubun ne'e ba diresaun rezidensia PM nian iha Balibar no to'o iha fatin besik uma hodi halo embuskada ninian iha madrugada, 11 de Fevereiru 2008. Prokurador mos alega katak iha momentu koluna kareta liu embuskada iha besik mota no dalan, serka de metru 500 husi uma PM, ho determinasaun Arguido GS,
komesa tiru intensivamente ba diresaun kareta sira ne'eba no tenta atu atinji ema ne'ebe iha kareta laran. Autoridade mos deskobre tiru sira ne'e efektuadu ho maioria ba diresaun viatura PM ninian. Tuir Augstino da costa Estudante Universitariu ida iha Dili nia fo parabems ba
Prokuradoria ninia sucesu. Maibe nia mos husu, "labele halo sensasi deit hodi nune'e labele haree liu ba kazu ne'e tan ba ema bo'ot be aselera ba povu ki'ik ninia kazu budu to'o dodok", katak nia. (ts)

Oleu Foer ba Timor Oan, Dollar

ba China Nuclear Industry
Dili, Tempo Semanal

Iha loron 17 Junho 2008, Ministeiru Finansas anunsia iha website kona ba "Konvite Atu Hatama Expresaun Interese Nian No Proposta" ho tempu ne'ebe determina hodi hatama proposta maka loron 4 fulan Julho, menus semana tolu depois. Tamba tempu badak, ita fiar katak guvernu hatene ona se mak sei hetan projetu ida ne'e, no buat ne'ebe iha tenderizasaun nia laran ida ne'e hanesan formalitas deit. Projetu "Konstrusaun ba Rede no Linha Eletricidade Nasional no Plantasaun e Fasilidade Eletrisidade" nian ida ne'e sai projetu ne'ebe bo'ot liu ne'ebe sei tau iha Timor Leste, estimasaun orsamentu ne'ebe atu aloka tokon $300-$500 dolares Amerikano. Primeiru Ministru aprezenta lei Orsamentu Rektifikativu ba Parlamento Nasional ne'ebe inklui tokon $105 ba infrastrutura produsaun eletrisidade no tokon $285 ba distribuisaun atu bele gasta entre 2008 no 2011. Projetu ne'e inklui plantasaun eletrisidade oleu pezadu rua, hodi fornese hamutuk 150 to'o 200 megawatts (MW), do'ok liu husi total nesesidade ba eletrisidade
ne'ebe antisipa ba Timor Leste ba tinan 20 oin mai. Tuir Planu Dezenvolvimentu Setor Eletrisidade ADB (Banco Dezenvolvimento Asia nian) 2004 nian, kapasidade eletrisidade maximu ne'ebe Timor Leste hakarak iha 2002 maka 18.6 MW, ho tarjetu 109 MW iha tinan 2002. Relatoriu ida ne'e mos hateten katak "gerasaun eletrisidade husi is (uap-indo) manas fatuk metan-no mina, gas iha tasi laran no nuklear sai opsaun ho skala ne'ebe bo'ot, no la konsidera atu bele halo ho fasil iha Timor Leste, ne'ebe ho sistema eletrisidade ne'ebe relatif
kiik. Se plantasaun rua ne'e mak lao, plantasaun mina todan bele halo plantasaun hidro eletrisidade iha Iralalaro no Gariuai sai la importante, hanesan mos projetu seluk no proposta ba agrofuel, biogas, hidroeletrisidade, gas ne'ebe sai, anin no rekursu ba energia eletrisidade alternativu sira seluk. Ida ne'e sei la uza mina no gas ne'ebe hetan iha Timor Leste no Tasi Timor, maibe sei halai liu ba petroleum ne'ebe importa mai husi rai seluk. Projetu ne'e inklui ho
"Rede ba lina transmisaun" atu haleu nasaun tomak, ho laiha spesifiku hanesan atu aumenta ba iha area vila bo'ot deit ou ba aldeia tomak, ka iha distritu laran deit. Kontraktor tenke "kompleta projetu tomak ne'e, hahu husi dezenu too prosesu komisaun nian, husi plantasaun eletrisidade no linha transmisaun iha tinan ida depois asina kontratu konkordansia nian," ne'ebe antisipa ba loron 25 Julho 2008. Ida ne'e imposivel ba projetu ida ho kapasidade ida ne'e atu halo ho kualidade iha planu servisu ida ne'e. Iha fatin seluk, pagamentu ba projetu ida ne'e sei han tempu tinan tolu nia laran. Plantasaun eletrisidade ida ne'e sei sunu "Mina todan" ne'ebe konesidu hanesan "petroleum mina todan", rezidu oleu petroleum" ka "No.6." katak residu karsinogenik husik nebe sai husi fatin hamos/ta'es mina matak nian depois gasoline, solar no fraksaun material lakan nian hetan mudansa. Ida ne'e hanesan buat teknologia ne'ebe foer la halimar, ne'ebe ninia faze liu tiha ona iha nasaun barak tamba razaun ambiental, no sunu nia emisaun boot liu ho kuantidade husi sulfur, hamosu rai rahun semo, hamosu karbon
dioksida no material seluk ne'ebe hamosu polusaun. Plantasaun eletrisidade ne'ebe uza oleu pezadu sei la valoriza prosesu ratifikasaun Timor Leste foin lalais nee ba Protokolu Kyoto nian,
ne'ebe halo nasaun ida ne'e atu fo atensaun ba mudansa klimatika. Iha konvite tenderizasaun la hateten spesifiku katak plantasaun eletrisidade tenke foun, dala ruma iha ema balun ne'ebe koko atu hatama ekipamentu uzadu balun iha Timor Leste ne'ebe dala ruma bele hafoer ambiente. Proposta Orsamentu Rektifikativu semi anual fulan Julho 2008 inklui tokon $105 dolar durante tinan hat ba plantasaun eletrisidade rua, kiik liu kompara ho presu normal ba ida ne'ebe foun.
(Mos inklui tokon $285 dolar ba rede eletrisidade nasional.) Timor Leste presiza duni rede eletrisidade nasional ida ne'ebe iha kapasidade gerador sufisiente atu fornese nesesidade nasaun nian. Maibe, projetu ida ne,ebe la realistiku sei la hetan ninia objetivu. Iha adisional atu estraga hotu finansa nasaun nian no hamonu honestidade prosedural tenderizasaun nian, sei impede dezenvolvimentu barak ne'ebe atu halao alternative benefisial seluk no estraga ita nia
ambiente. Iha semana rua depois primeiru sirkulasaun komvite nian, hetan revizaun dala rua, lista ema ne'ebe diferente atu responde ba investigasaun. Hahu Junho 25, ema Canada ho naran Michael E. Francino tau iha lista, hodi troka Rosa Ribeiro no Ines Almeida. (ts)

East Timor journalist faces jail time: ABC TV 7:30 Report

East Timor journalist faces jail time

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Broadcast: 05/03/2009

Reporter: Murray McLaughlin

East Timorese newspaper editor Jose Belo is facing jail time if he is found guilty of the charge of criminal defamation. The charge has been brought against him by East Timor’s justice minister after Mr Belo reported allegations of corruption by the minister in his newspaper.

Transcript

KERRY O'BRIEN, PRESENTER: Here is a story about East Timor, where a newspaperman who was jailed for his resistance activity during the time of Indonesia's occupation is facing the prospect of being put back behind bars if he's found guilty of a charge of criminal defamation. The charge has been brought by East Timor's Justice Minister against Jose Belo, whose reported allegations of corruption against the minister in his newspaper 'Tempo Semanal', that translates in English as 'The Weekly Times'. Jose Belo has also worked from time to time for the ABC as a fixer and correspondent. There's growing international disquiet about the charges against him, especially as it's been brought under an old Indonesian criminal code which still prevails in East Timor. Murray McLaughlin reports.

MURRAY MCLAUGHLIN, REPORTER: A flotilla of freighters waiting in Dili Harbour to unload cargoes of rice is a tentative sign of East Timor's growing prosperity. Yet as this new nation struggles to consolidate, there's widespread disquiet about corruption in official quarters.

JOSE BELO, NEWSPAPER EDITOR: Corruption, collusion, nepotism is people that took the state money and making the people suffering.

MURRAY MCLAUGHLIN: For the past two years, journalist Jose Belo has campaigned relentlessly against corruption in East Timor through the columns of his weekly newspaper 'Tempo Semanal'. A former resistance fighter, Belo was jailed and tortured several times during Indonesia's occupation of East Timor. During those times he was also a conduit for international news media.

WENDY BACON, JOURNALISM, UTS: Back then he would smuggle out videos, he made access for those journalists who went undercover, he helped get film out. He really - I think you could say that without Jose Belo, we would have known almost nothing about what was happening. Or we would have seen very few pictures of what was happening in East Timor.

MURRAY MCLAUGHLIN: Jose Belo's paper is a weekly, launched in October, 2006 and now boasting a circulation of 8,000. It's backed by the overseas aid agency of the Australian Council of Trade Unions and staff at Fairfax Media. The Fairfax program supports the paper's distribution in East Timor's remote districts and pays the staff of 12 a basic allowance of US$10.

JOSE BELO: I talk to my boys and my journalists here that, "Do this, because this is a challenge to the development of the country." And we are very much focussing on the investigation of the corruption, collusion, nepotism in these states.

MURRAY MCLAUGHLIN: Jose Belo used to be a prisoner at Dili's main jail. Now he's investigating the construction of a new security wall at the gaol. The job's worth more than US$1 million. Jose Belo's paper reported last year that the country's Justice Minister Lucia Lobato colluded with the contractor, who's a friend and fellow party member.

JOSE BELO: The allegation was that the minister has contacted, or there was exchanging text messages between the minister and the company that (inaudible) the tender before the official tender opened to the public, or invited the companies to come to bid for this tender.

MURRAY MCLAUGHLIN: Should a minister be dealing directly with businessmen who might be tendering for a project?

LUCIA LOBATO, EAST TIMOR JUSTICE MINISTER: No, we can provide - the project is mine. I can provide information to him about the time, when, where can they start, how can you submit the paper and so on. But this is not my decision.

MURRAY MCLAUGHLIN: Then there was the deal late last year worth more than US$3 million for the supply of diesel fuel to the main electricity generating station in Dili. Jose Belo published a leaked memorandum seeking a letter of credit from the Treasury to pay for the fuel in favour of a company-owned by the Justice Minister's husband.

JOSE BELO: It seems like (inaudible) government giving credit to a company, it set a precedent for these other companies. But more interesting here, this company related to a minister, to a minister, that is Minister of Justice husband's company. And while there was other companies offer more good price, very good conditions ...

LUCIA LOBATO: How can people say, the Australians say, that the minister there is a conflict of interest about the conflict interest because I am a Minister of Justice and my husband won the project. And I think it's irrelevant and nonsense. So, he was businessman before I took office. Secondly, there is a tender and my husband also submit for tender. And he won the project.

MURRAY MCLAUGHLIN: More disclosures about government contracts and the Minister of Justice ran over several issues of Tempo Semanal late last year. It all got too much for the Justice Minister. She charged Jose Belo with the crime of defamation under an old penal code still on the books from the time of Indonesian rule. Last December, Jose Belo had to submit to an investigation by the country's prosecutor general.

JOSE BELO: After these all investigation, he let me go, but I am now under the - my status today is like a city - it's really city detention, whatever, but they limited my movement, limited my movement.

MURRAY MCLAUGHLIN: While Jose Belo waits for his day in court, the East Timorese Parliament has before it a new penal code which will likely to be enacted early in April. And under that new code, defamation will no longer be a crime.

You don't believe that defamation should be a crime?

LUCIA LOBATO: Do you ask me I believe or not?

MURRAY MCLAUGHLIN: Yeah.

LUCIA LOBATO: (Laughs). Why do you want to know my opinion about that?

MURRAY MCLAUGHLIN: Well, you are the Minister of Justice.

LUCIA LOBATO: Yes, I have explained to you and I say that in the new penal code, defamation is not a crime. So I prepared the draft.

MURRAY MCLAUGHLIN: So you believe that.

LUCIA LOBATO: Yes, of course. Of course. (Laughs).

MURRAY MCLAUGHLIN: Why then, I ask you again, did you use the old code where defamation is a crime?

LUCIA LOBATO: Because that it is the law there, it's still there.

CHRISTOPHER SAMSON, LABEH - 'THE MIRROR FOR THE PEOPLE': Defamation law wasn't our law. That was Indonesian law which Suharto used at the time of the 24 years of occupation to suppress our people.

MURRAY MCLAUGHLIN: Christopher Samson heads up a private organisation funded partly by Australian aid money which campaigns against corruption. He fears that the access against Jose Belo is intimidating other news media in East Timor.

CHRISTOPHER SAMSON: Most other journalists will be very scared and are very scared. One, there is no organ that is supporting the journalists in this system. OK, for example, the Prime Minister hasn't said anything about the case.

MURRAY MCLAUGHLIN: The Prime Minister might not have, but East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta has spoken out and given comfort to the country's journalists.

JOSE RAMOS HORTA, EAST TIMOR PRESIDENT: I don't agree with suing Mr Belo under the Indonesian defamation law. But it's not consistent with what we fought for, is not consistent with our constitution and our own beliefs in freedom.

MURRAY MCLAUGHLIN: But in spite of that caution from on high, a jail sentence remains a possibility for Jose Belo, if he's found guilty of criminal defamation.

JOSE BELO: But we will see in the court. We'll see in the court. I wish, I really wish there must be justice for this country, that's why we're fight for the 24 years.

KERRY O'BRIEN: Murray McLaughlin reporting from East Timor.

Defamation Case against Tempo Semanal: Lao Hamutuk

Tetum kraik.
Both languages, and more, are available at http://www.laohamutuk.org//Justice/defamation/09LHTempoSemanal.htm

Statement from La'o Hamutuk
4 March 2009

At present, Minister Lucia Lobato has charged journalist Jose Belo because his newspaper, Tempo Semanal, has published allegations of corruption in the Ministry of Justice. Based on reports in Tempo Semanal, Lucia Lobato brought a case to the Prosecutor against Tempo Semanal because, according to her, Tempo Semanal has defamed her privacy and journalist Jose Belo has violated the journalism code of ethics. La’o Hamutuk is concerned that this process will damage democracy in Timor-Leste.

The Indonesian Penal Code (KUHP/Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Pidana), which Timor-Leste is still using, dates from the Dutch colonial rule over Indonesia, when it was used to defend the monarch in the Netherlands by criminalizing colonial subjects who spoke out against the Dutch government. After Indonesia became independent, Suharto’s New Order dictatorship punished many people using the defamation articles in the Penal Code.

Articles 310-321 of the Indonesian Penal Code Indonesia (KUHP) should no longer be applied in democratic Timor-Leste, a state governed under the rule of law, because they restrict freedom of the press and violate UN conventions Timor-Leste has ratified, including the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). UNTAET tried to remove these defamation articles from the Penal Code, but they were unsuccessful because they used an executive order. However, according to legal hierarchy, they should have used a regulation, which had the same level as law. Timor-Leste’s judicial system has begun a new phase, when these articles are used only to help powerful people threaten other citizens, or to keep them quiet about wrongdoings committed by the powerful. Practices like this will create huge injustice in Timor-Leste.

Justice Minister Lucia Lobato’s accusation against journalist Jose Belo, as director of the newspaper Tempo Semanal, creates an ugly picture which can kill freedom of an independent and impartial press. The media will be afraid to circulate clear and accurate information when they know that such information will bring down threats against them.

We believe that everyone should comply with the law, and that the information published in Tempo Semanal is evidence that the Prosecutor General should use to open an investigation about alleged corruption in the Ministry of Justice. But in reality, the Prosecutor is investigating Jose Belo, accusing him of defamation. La’o Hamutuk sees this reversal as criminalization of a free press which provides true and factual information to the public.

RDTL Constitution Article 41.4 “Freedom of the press and mass media” says that “The State shall guarantee the freedom and independence of the public mass media from political and economic powers.” Actions like the one confronting Tempo Semanal can also happen to other media and organizations if publishing is considered as a crime. This is a big threat to social justice in Timor-Leste.

La’o Hamutuk believes that to strengthen the rule of law, everyone should be treated equally by the justice system. This is an important step in developing our judicial process, and for everybody’s human rights and access to information. Our nation’s goals will not be achieved when judicial processes are used to defend only people with power.

La’o Hamutuk asks:

1. The Prosecutor General to cancel the defamation case against Tempo Semanal immediately.
2. Lucia Lobato to stop the defamation accusation before the court.
3. National Parliament to rapidly revoke the Indonesian criminal defamation law, and not include it in the new Penal Code. When a person defames someone else, only a civil process should be used.
4. All parts of government, and everyone, to respect the freedom, independence and impartiality of the press, as is guaranteed by the RDTL Constitution.
5. National Parliament, with its legislative powers, to quickly debate the Media Law, to guarantee that the press can do their work without interference from anyone, and to end the use of power to criminalize journalists.
6. The Prosecutor General also to investigate Lucia Lobato, starting with the evidence which was published in Tempo Semanal. Lucia Lobato, as Minister of Justice, has an important responsibility for the judicial system, and she should give a good example by cooperating with the judicial process.
7. Civil society, including media, NGOs, the church and all citizens should encourage Timor-Leste, as a democratic state under law whose people have achieved independence, needs accurate information, and should support journalists’ right to conduct investigations and publish what they find.

La’o Hamutuk is a civil society organization which has been monitoring and analyzing development in Timor-Leste since 2000. We believe that it is very important for everyone to understand and participate in all development processes in this country, and that the processes must be democratic, transparent and accountable. Although La’o Hamutuk does not specifically monitor the judicial system in Timor-Leste, we are worried by this alleged defamation case and we try to defend the democratic rule of law, and to distribute information and conduct advocacy to protect the rights of all of Timor-Leste’s people.

From Adino Nunes Cabral, SH

Researcher, Governance and Democracy, La’o Hamutuk

(670)727-5938

adino@laohamutuk.org

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Statementu husi La'o Hamutuk
4 Marsu 2009

Agora dadaun, Dra. Lucia Lobato halo akujasaun ba Jornalista Jose Belo tanba liu husi publikasaun Tempo Semanal ne’ebe hateten katak iha alegasaun korupsaun iha Ministeriu Justisa. Bazeia ba notisia husi Jornal Tempo Semanal, Dra. Lucia hatama ona keixa ba Ministerio Publiku hasoru jornal Tempo Semanal tanba tuir nia, jornal Tempo Semanal halo ona defamasaun ba ninia privasidade no katak jornalista Jose Belo kontra ona kode etiku jurnalismu ninian. La’o Hamutuk preokupa katak prosesu ida ne’e bele estraga demokrasia iha Timor-Leste.

Codigu Penal Indonesia (KUHP/Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Pidana) ne’ebe agora dadaun Timor Leste sei uja hela hanesan direitu positivu mai husi kolonialismu Nederland ne’ebe durante ukun Indonesia, uja hodi defende absoluta monarkia hodi kriminaliza ema rai nain sira (pribumi) ne’ebe kolia kontra governu Nederland. To’o Indonesia ukun an, iha tempo Orde Baru ema barak mak hetan kastigu tanba deit ho artigu kona ba defamasaun iha Codigu Penal refere.

Codigu Penal Indonesia (KUHP) Artigu 310-321 la relevante atu utiliza nafatin ba prosesu demokrasia iha Timor-Leste, nudar Estadu Direitu tanba estraga liberdade imprensa no viola konvensaun ONU ne’ebe Timor-Leste ratifika tiha ona, inklui Konvensaun Internasional kona ba Direitu Politiku no Sivil (ICCPR). Iha tempu UNTAET mosu ona esforsu legal atu elimina artigu hirak kona ba defamasaun iha Codigu Penal refere, maibe la realiza tanba sira uza “ executive order” maibe, atu tuir heirarkia legal, tenke uza regulasaun ho nivel egual ho lei. Iha sistema judisial Timor-Leste nian sei hamosu istoria foun katak artigu hirak ne’e atu fasilita deit ba ema ne’ebe mak iha poder hodi ameasa sidadaun balu, ou atu halo sira nonok ba buat ruma sala ema ne’ebe mak iha poder halo. Praktiku hanesan ne’e sei hamosu injustisa boot iha Timor-Leste.

Akujasaun defamasaun husi Ministra Justisa Lucia Lobato ba jornalista Jose Belo nudar Direktur Jornal Tempo Semanal hanesan imajen a’at ida hodi hamate liberdade imprensa atu independente no imparsial. Imprensa sei tauk atu hasai informasaun nebe los no klaru wainhira sira hatene katak informasaun sira nee sei sai fali ameasa ba sira.

Ami fiar katak ema hotu tenki kumpri lei, tanbe nee bazeia ba informasaun ne’ebe publika iha Jornal Tempo Semanal sai hanesan evidensia atu Ministeriu Publiku (Prokurador Jeral) halo investigasaun kona ba alegasaun korupsaun iha Ministeriu Justisa. Maibe realidade hatudu katak Prokurador Jeral halo fali investigasaun ba Sr. Jose Belo ne’ebe sai hanesan suspeitu ba defamasaun. La’o Hamutuk hare hahalok ida ne’e hanesan kriminalizasaun ba imprensa livre hodi fo informasaun los no faktus ba publiku.

Konstituisan RDTL Artigu 41.4 kona ba “liberdade imprensa no komunikasaun sosial ninian” hateten katak “Estadu hametin liberdade no independénsia ba órgaun públiku kona-ba komunikasaun sosiál, husi podér polítiku no podér ekonómiku.” Akontesementu ne’ebe Jornal Tempo Semanal infrenta sei mosu mos ba imprensa no orgaun seluk se hahalok atu halo publikasaun konsidera hanesan krimi. Ida ne’e ameasa boot ba justisa sosial iha Timor-Leste.

La’o Hamutuk fiar katak atu hametin Estadu Direitu Demokratiku, ema hot-hotu tenki iha tratamentu judicial ne’ebe hanesan. Ida ne’e mak sai pasu importante ba prosesu dezenvolvimentu judisial, no ba direitu humanus no asesu ba informasaun ba ema hotu. Objektivu nasaun nian sei la realiza bainhira prosesu judisial atu defende deit ba ema ne’ebe mak iha poder.

La’o Hamutuk husu:

1. Prokurador Jeral kansela lalais kazu defamasaun kontra Tempo Semanal.
2. Dra. Lucia Lobato atu hapara akujasaun defamasaun ba Tribunal.
3. Parlamentu bele revoka lalais lei Indonesia nian kona ba krime defamasaun, no la hatama iha Codigo Penal foun. Bainhira ema ida halo defamasaun kontra ema seluk, bele uza prosesu civil deit.
4. Orgaun soberanu tomak liu-liu governu, no ema hotu, tenke respeita liberdade, independensia no imparsialidade imprensa ne’ebe hateten klaru iha konstituisaun RDTL.
5. Parlamentu Nasional ne’ebe iha kompetensia ba Prosesu legislasaun atu halo debate lalais ba Lei Komunikasun Sosial hodi garantia katak imprensa bele halo sira nia knaar la ho interferensia husi ema seluk, atu hamenus uza poder hodi halo kriminalizasaun ba jornalista sira.
6. Prokurador Jeral atu halo mos investigasaun ba Dra. Lucia Lobato hahu ho evidensia ne’ebe publika sai husi Jornal Tempo Semanal. Dra. Lucia Lobato nudar Ministra Justisa ne’ebe kaer papel importante mos ba sistema Judisial atu fo ezemplo hodi kolabora diak ho prosesu judicial.
7. Sosiedade sivil, inklui imprensa, ONG sira, igreja no sidadaun hotu bele enkoraje katak Timor-Leste, hanesan Estadu Direitu Demokratiku, no povo hetan ona independensia, presiza informasaun los no apoio jornalists sira nia direitu atu halo investigasaun no publika saida mak sira hetan.

La’o Hamutuk hanesan organizasaun sosiedade sivil ne’ebe halao monitorizasaun no analiza ba dezenvolvimento iha Timor Leste desde tinan 2000. Ami fiar katak importante teb-tebes atu ema hotu bele komprende no partisipa iha prosesu dezenvolvimentu hotu iha rai ida ne’e no prosesu ida ne’e tenki demokratiku, transparente no iha akuntabilidade. Maski La’o Hamutuk la halo monitorizasaun espesifiku ba sistema judicial iha Timor-Leste, maibe ami preokupa ho kazu alegasaun defamasaun nee no ami koko defende Estadu Direitu Demokratiku iha rai ida ne’e, no atu fahe informasaun no halo advokasia atu proteje direitu povo Timor-Leste tomak nian.

Husi Adino Nunes Cabral, SH

Peskizador, Gobernasaun no Demokrasia, La’o Hamutuk

+670-7275938

adino@laohamutuk.org

Tetun of ETAN release on Tempo Semanal defamation charges

Also thanks to several Timorese abroad we now have a Tetum version of
the Jose Belo media release. (I hope understandable to still in Timor
Tetum speakers!) You can find it at
http://www.etan.org/news/2009/01tempo.htm#tetum. And pasted below. Use
as you see fit. Any corrections welcome.

John

ETAN litik atu hasai akuzasaun defamasaun hasoru editor Timor oan

Kontaktu: John M. Miller +1-718-596-7668

16 Janeiru 2009 - The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN)
ohin husu ba Porkurador Jeral Timor-Leste atu hasai akuzasaun krimi
defamasaun hasoru Editor Tabloid Semanal, Tempo Semanal nian, Jose
Belo..

"Tempo Semanal no Jose Belo labele hetan akuzasaun bazeia ba lei tuan
ne'ebé la appropriuno repressivu" John M. Miller, Koordenador Nasional
ETAN nian hatete "Ami litik prokurador jeral atu hasai akuzasaun
hirak ne'e imidiatamente" "

Iha Outubru 2008, Tempo Semanal publika artigu alega katak Minstra
Justisa, Lucia Lobato impropriamente fo kontraktu governu nian ba
ninia maluk empresariu sira. Reportajen ne'e mos hatudu mensagem liu
husi telemovel. Lobato hatama kazu akuzasaun defamasaun ne'e iha fulan
Novembru hodi akuza katak Tempo Semanal viola ninia privasidade no mos
viola kódigu etika jurnalista nian.

Belo hatete katak publikasaun ne'e hakerek kona ba Lobatu nia
lala'okiha ninia serviconudar officiais publiku, la'os atu interfere
ninia aktividade privadu."

"Lei defamasaun labele inklui hotu informasaun kona ba aktividade
governu nian. Do que ataka ema ne'ebe lori informasaun (jornalista)
sira, ulun na'in sira tenke for suporta baliberade da espressaun no fo
koragem ba media ne'ebé dinamiku no invesitigativu," Miller hateten

(Background)

Governu Timor-Leste proposta ona atu dekriminaliza lei defamsaun tuir
kódigu penal foun. Lei ida ne'e seidauk aplika to'o ohin loron maske
proposta ona tinan hirak liu ba.

Krimi defamsaun iha Timor-Leste hetan husi kódigu penal Indonesia nia
durante tempu okupasaun. Jurnalista no activista sira iha Indonesia
sei hetan kastigu ba krimi defamsaun maske Lei Imprensa 1999 kria ona
orgaun ida atu resolve problemas nebe involve imprensa.

Belo simu noticia kona ba krimi defamsaun iha fulanDezembru nia
klaran. Iha loron 19 de Janeiru 2009, edificiu prokurador nian inkere
nia durante oras tolu nia laran. Edificu Prokurador Jeral hateten ba
Tempo Semanal katak Tempo Semanal sei la hetan dokumentus ne'ebé
relevante ba ninia kaju tamba dokumentus hirak ne'e konfidensial.

Durante intervista ho Radio ABC Australia, Jose Belo, fundador Tempo
Semanal nian hatete katak "ami laiha orsamentu ka rekursu seluk. Ami
labele luta hasoru ema ne'ebé iha inflensia maka'as no mos iha osan".
Hodi nune'e, hau hanoin katak dificil tebes atu manan kaju ida ne'e
iha tribunal."

Se hetan konviksaun, Belo bele multa ou kastigu iha prizaun. Iha tempu
okupasaun illegal Indonesia nian durante tinan 24 nia laran, Belo
hetan kastigu no detensaun durante tinan tolu tamba hato'o informasaun
ba jurnilsta no groupu diretus humanus kona ba violasaun direitus
humanus ne'ebé akontese iha Timor-Leste. Tanba ne'e, ironiku boot ida
wainhira iha sosiedade Timor-Leste ne'ebé demokratiku, independente,
nia bele hetan kastigu tan tanba publika governu ninia korupsaun.

Porkurador Jeral, Longuinhos Monteiro, hatete ona ba Belo katak lialos
kona ba buat ne'ebé Belo publika iha Tempo Semanal la relevante atu
hetan akuzasaun hosru nian, no sei admisivel iha tribunal. Ida ne'e
kontráriu ho decisaun ne'ebé halo iha Abril 2006. Prokurador Jeral iha
tempu neba akuzaAssociasaun HAK ho defamasaun. Iha kazu ida ne'e juis
decide katak akuza tribunal labele decidi defamasaun wainhira kazu
orijinal seidauk resolve. Tuir decizaun tribunal ba kazu ida ne,
algasaun kona ba korupsaun hasoru Minstra Justica tenke lori ba
tribunal, maibe prokurador to'o ohin loron seidauk komesa procediemntu
legal kona ba kazu ida ne'e hasoru Lobatu.

ETAN hala'o advokasia ba demokracia, justica, no direitus humanus ba
Timor-Leste no Indonesia. Atu hetan informasaun seluk tan, visita
www.etan.org. Iha Abril 2006, ETAN litik Presidente Xanana Gusmao
[iha tempu neba] atu veto provisaun kona ba krimi defamasaun iha
proposta kódigu penal foun.

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http://etan.org/etan/donate.htm to donate. Thanks.
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East Timor & Indonesia Action Network (ETAN)
PO Box 21873, Brooklyn, NY 11202-1873 USA
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Tempo Semanal Edisaun Internet: Breaking News- ANGIE CHARGED

Tempo Semanal has discovered that Angie Pires has officially been charged in relation to her role in the attack on the President of Timor-Leste.

Ms. Pires has been charged with:

1. One (1) charge of attempted homicide against the life of the President under article 104 of the Criminal Code.
2. Twelve (12) charges of attempted homicide under articles 53 and 338 of the Criminal Code.
3. Seven (7) charges of attempted homicide under articles 52 and 338 of the Criminal Code.
4. Three (3) charges of gravely wounding under article 406 of the Criminal Code.

Read more in Edisaun 128 next week.

Tempo Semanal.

English Translation: Tempo Semanal, Ed 127 (2.3.09): Minister of Education Article

TEMPO SEMANAL

Edition No. 127- 2 March, 2009

Dili, Timor-Leste.

"Minister for Education Stood Behind a Member of his Family to be Able
to Remove Protector of the Peoples' Money"

According to the Director of National NGO Labeh it would be a good example for us to follow the example set by Augusto Pereira to defend the interest of our people in ensuring their money us used properly and according to law instead of removing him from his position. In a letter written by Augusto to our nation's political leaders Augusto wrote, "I would like to declare to our leaders that during my employment with the procurement service, I was able to safeguard state
funds ensuring the proper expenditure of those funds, unlike the intent of the Minister for Education of his family and colleagues who do not understand the Procurement Law's processes." On the 18th of February 2009, at 0930 hours the Minister for education ordered Mrs. Ermelinda to telephone Mr. Antonio Pereira at a time when he was participating in training at the Ministry of Finance asking him to return quickly to the Ministry to have a meeting with the Minister. "I went to the Ministry but was unable to meet with the His Excellency
the Minister for Education but met instead with his chief of staff Mr. Alexandre Magno together with the AFLA Director Mr. Tarcisio do Carmo." They told me "from now (18/02/2009) you will not be able to any longer sit in the procurement office." Then Mr. Magno told me
that "the Minister has already decided and you will have to move but not because of any specific case against you but you have become a victim by your superiors inside the Ministry of Education." "I underwent all the training regarding the Procurement process which was provided by the World Bank in other countries, and I also underwent training with the Ministry of Finance and Central Procurement when Minister Joao Cancio Freitas removed me from the
position I had prepared myself fully to use to execute the budget in accordance with the Procurement Laws."

Augusto Pereira has already written a letter to the Minister for Education demanding an explanation to him and the public as to his reasons for suddenly remove him from his position as Head of Decentralized Procurement Department of the Ministry of Education. Augusto complained to the national leaders that after having been sworn in on 28 May 2008, the Minister never listened to his advice regarding the technical implementation according to article 19 of Decree Law No. 10, which gives the powers for the work done by the Decentralized Procurement section, as well as Decree Laws No. 11, 12 and 14 which guide the work of the Procurement Service, "but the Minister only faulted me."

"I personally am not aware of any wrong that I have done which has made me the subject of victimization by my superiors in the Ministry of Education. Because of this I ask the Minister to clearly explain to me, which of my superiors inside the Ministry has victimized me, and for what reason that superior of mine has not been subject to disciplinary proceedings." Accusations have also arisen from staff in the ministry against their head regarding nepotism. " This Ministry of
Education seems to belong to one family only," said a staff member from the ministry who did not want his name published in the newspaper because he feared the minister would sack him.

On Tuesday morning last week Tempo Semanal's journalist visited the Ministry of education to try to confirm the allegations against the Director of Accreditation and Schooling Administration, the AFLA Director and Head of Logistics. " I cannot say anything with you because I have not been authorized to do so by the minister," said the AFLA Director. The Head of Procurement Augusto Pereira was able to deny his Minister using Ministry of Education money outside the
Ministry of Education's responsibility. When the Minister for Education and his delegation visited Oecussi he promised to help buy a sofa for the Secretary of State for the Autonomous Region of Oecussi using Ministry of Education funds totaling US$922.82, from the company
Wehale Unip. Lda. By memorandum the Minister requested the director of Financial Administration on 13/07/08 to reimburse that amount in accordance with the Minister's request after having visited Oecussi. But the Head of Procurement Augusto Pereira rejected it saying, " I rejected the reimbursement because the Minister's actions were wrong and breached the procurement law and other laws Mr. minister must know that the Secretary of State for the Autonomous Region of Oecussi falls under the Ministry of State Administration's structure and has his own budget." According to the law, the minor capital budget for the Ministry of Education can only be used to acquire equipment for that Ministry and not for the Secretary of State for the Autonomous of Oecussi instead.

We have other evidence confirming the allegations that attempts were made to divert minor capital funds such as invoice AB36, AB37, AB38 with a total amount of $10,584 US for the maintenance of a Land Rover vehicle with registration number 02-017 and to repair a Yamaha
motorbike DT175 with registration number 385 presented by the company Fomento Motor Workshop which was not signed nor dated and also overstated the number of staff who undertook this service. Because questions arose regarding this invoice, Augosto Pereira as the head of the Procurement Department on 02/07/08 himself went to the premises of the company to investigate, where he discovered that although this company only employs five workers, the invoice from the company stated that 10 to 15 people to repair the vehicle and 10 people serviced the Yamaha motorbike. "The Procurement Department requested that the said
company be audited. Before the results of the audit, Procurement would not process the payment," demanded Augusto Pereira on the 10/07/08 to the Inspector General of the Ministry of Education, Mr. Antonio Sequeira Alves. "I don't know to where this audit has come but to this day I have not received any communication in response and therefore Procurement is yet to process it." There is also an allegation against the younger sister of the Minister for Education
who holds the position in the Ministry of Education as the Director for Accreditation and Education Administration, Ms. Idalina M da C Freitas, interfering with the work of Procurement by writing dispatches for full 100% payment to the company Bachy Transport Unipessoal which was engaged to carry 15,000 tables and 15,000 chairs from Dili to 11 districts throughout Timor including the island of Atauro. The dispatch from the Director of Accreditation and Education
Administration on 30/06/08, stated "the payment process for furniture equipment for the total of $69,600 to this company should be 100%." Augusto Pereira alleges that Ms. Idalina asked that the payment of $69,600 to the company had to be for 100% and through Mr. Duarte who
is a staff member in her Directorate who would in turn pay the company but I said this is in breach of the law and I will not accept it." On the commitment payment form signed by Mr. Samuel da Costa Alves as the person in charge of administration and Mr. Apolinario Magno, MBA as the authorizing department dated 16/04/08 was approved by Minister Joao Cancio Freitas on 21/04/08. During the execution period emerged instances which were not all together proper so the Procurement Department agreed to process the payment to the company Bachy Transport Unipessoal for the services they had already rendered and for payments to be made directly to the company's bank account with the company requesting that the Ministry pay only $14,750. Precisely because of this n the 18/06/08 according to memo number
02/ME/ADM/APROVE/VI/2008 signed by the AFLA Director, Mr. Tarcicio do Carmo and the Director for Accreditation and Administration, Ms Idalina da Costa Freitas where the company Bachy Transport Unipessoal refunded the remaining money for the hire of transport for the total
of $55,025 to the Head of Procurement to hold so as to be used for payment when all the equipment was transported. "I managed to rescue these funds so that the equipment was fully transported or otherwise we would have paid the money out but the work would not have all been performed," stated Augusto Pereira. In the month of December 2008 the Minister of Education signed another form for 11 payments for only one item of freight charges for the transport of tables and chairs to 11 districts, excluding the districts of Same and Atauro, for the total amount of $104,850 US. According to the procurement law the Ministry of Education itself can only execute amounts between US$1 to US$100,000 but the expenditure for vehicles on this freight charter already exceeded this amount so they divided them into separate
amounts. "By rights our Ministry had already breached decree law number 10, 11 and 14 regarding decentralized procurement," reported Augusto.

He also alleged that the Director for Accreditation and Administration that "the total amount of the money on this form has to be paid to the company that won this tender." But according to Augusto after having selected the 3 companies who had submitted their documents and price
until the time the award was made to a company then after having selected the 3 companies that had submitted their documents and prices, in the end the award was given to the company that had submitted he low price of $104,850 US. The transport of the school materials to the districts continued and there was still money to pay for the transport. In February 2009 the Director of Accreditation and Administration requested an increase of 10 additional vehicles to
transport tables and chairs form the warehouse to the districts but at that time the warehouse was empty except for material being stored from Unicef support which the Minister did not agree to receive for the school feeding program like beans, mung beans and noodles that had
exceeded their use by date. Augusto explained that, "sometimes the vehicles that were to be used to transport chairs and tables would return empty because the companies would find the warehouses empty so why would we need to hire additional vehicles?" Tempo Semenal was
also able to find a sample of beans and mung beans which were rotten but which were transported nonetheless to schools in the Lospalos area. The execution of the budget of the amount of $104,850 was not complete and there remained $71,210 US but the Department of
Accreditation and Administration on 09/02/09 asked for the amount of $17,550 US to keep transporting equipment. "In the meantime what happened to the money that was left over," asked Augusto. It is because of this that some staff in the Ministry accused her of losing
money. On the 21/02/09 Augusto Pereira opened the Ministry's safe to return the wads of money such as the $71,210 which was left over from the $104,850 US, some money from the Office of Protocol in the amount of $1,920 US left over money from the transport of food stuffs for the school feeding program totaling $6,200 US, moneys for the community leaders which until now had not been paid out in the amount of $3,397 US and a cheque for the company Reslau which allegedly involved the Director of Accreditation and Education Administration which could not be paid out because until then they were unable to present proof in the amount of $7,400 US. "They were stunned when they saw the wads of money inside the safe," said Augusto pointing out the documents that were signed by the AFLA Director, Mr. Tarcicio Carmo for taking delivery of the money on 21/02/09.

Other information has emerged of suspected improper use of Ministry funds for the Minister's private benefit. There are receipts that exist for reimbursement of some monies to the Minister's wife for the rehabilitation of bedrooms for guards. But Ministry of Education
staff allege that their Minister used this money to rehabilitate his private residence. "This is merely technical because in fact it was used to rehabilitate the Minister's house." Said Augusto.

According to a receipt that exists for the purchase of air conditioners to be installed in the Ministry of Education conference hall in Vila Verde but instead were installed in the Minister's
private residence. "We have already taken four air conditioners to be installed at the Minister's residence and the last one on 18/02/09 when we took an air conditioner to the Minister's residence in Becusse said a staff member from the Ministry of Education who asked that this
newspaper not publish his identity. According to this staff member the Vice Minister for Education at that time also asked that his house be repaired but because he was told that he would not be able to do so as it would be breaching the law they asked the Vice Minister for his
understanding and his residence has not been repaired until now. According to Tempo Semenal's own inspection of offices inside the some rooms in the Ministry of Education there are some wires hanging from the walls but the air conditioners not installed. But then when the
Tempo Semenal journalist raised this issue with the Minister, the room used by the planning section of the Ministry of Education had an air conditioner installed just only a day after. There is also a payment received for the use of telephone in Becusse for which funds were used
from the Ministry to pay for and which were approved by the AFLA Director on the 18/06/08, purchase of prepaid electricity, generator fuel each week. The documents show that the head of logistics and assets Mr. Jaime Borbosa Pinto indicated Mr. Gilberto Alamso Sousa to take deli very of the fuel for Ministry of Education generators but the said generators were broken down. According to documents obtained by newspaper they indicate that from September 2008 delivery was taken for fuel each week in the quantity of 50 liters that were used for the generator at the Minister's residence in Becusse.

"My view is that our Minister's budget execution plan is not fixed and we have to merely respond to his promises," said Augusto. He reported that "According to the 2008 general budget plan there was no item for the purchase of motorbikes for school, so all of the CPVs which the Minister himself had approved and already sent to the Ministry of Finance in the end after the Minister had gone on district visits and made promises, when he returned he cancelled all the CPVs and made a mess of our work." According to the budget plan for 2008 year the
Ministry of Education did not have a plan to buy motorbikes but Minister Joao Cancio Freitas requested that a transfer be made from minor capital of eight directorates in the Ministry of Education for a total amount of $150,000 to buy 84 motorbikes. So according to the letter signed by the Minister himself on 09/06/08 to the Minister of Finance with reference number: 267/GM/ME/VI/2008 with reference transfer of funds and number 268/ME/GM/VI/2008 requested the transfer of funds and the cancellation of various FCPs from minor capital.
"This Minister has no fixed plan but all that this Minister has is that he likes to make promises so a whole bunch of CPVs which had been processed and approved by the Minister of Education, Mr. Joao Cancio Freitas had to be cancelled and all of our work was made difficult,"
alleged Augusto Pereira against the former Republic of Indonesia public servant in Baucau during the Indonesian occupation period. In 2008 the Ministry of Education also did not have any plan to buy a mini laptop (reference documents 266/ME/GM/VI/08) but the Minister
wanted to force them to buy one. Then after staff enquired on prices in Timor-Leste and Indonesia the Minister said that it was too expensive. According to what the Minister told his staff Augusto that a mini laptop costing $250; then Augusto said that the Minister accused him of trying to lose state money, "whom did you share the remaining money with?"

The head of the Procurement Department also dressed his Minister down publically for not being interested in quickly sending support materials given by Unicef to repair schools that were in a situation of emergency. According to Unicef proposal documents signed by the Director General of the Ministry of Education Mr. Apolinarion Magno, MBA on 12/09/08 after having received report from his regional directors and Unicef itself. Unicef itself gave a positive response to the request to help with 15,039 sheets of iron roofing, 550 kilograms of 12 nails, 550 grams of 10 nails, more than 2000 5/7 wood panels, more than 1000 6/12 wood panels but these were "left sitting in the warehouse". "I don't know why he did not want to authorize
these materials to be delivered to the schools in remote areas because they were needed urgently, they were donated by Unicef based on the proposal which came from the Directors (region 1 Baucau, region 3 Maubisse and region 4 Maliana) until now are left sitting in the
Fomento warehouse in Dili," he said. So Augusto joked about his Minister saying, "our young students who attend school in the rain, wind and hot sun – you just have to suffer because Mr. Joao Cancio Freitas is still preparing his organizational structure which has not been complete and when he has done all that he will have this material delivered to you."

"When Mr. Joao Cancio Freitas called me to ask me why we asked for materials from Unicef and to do what and who would transport it and who would do it he became angry and said to me 'stupid director', ordering me to get out of his office. I want to inform you that during this time Mr. Joao Cancio Freitas did not give importance to the work that I gave to him as the Minister of Education. He only liked to go here promising and go some where else making promises, but
perhaps the Minister did not see that his attitude would breach the procurement laws." Augusto asked the President of the Republic Dr. Jose Ramos Horta, "to call attention to Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao to control that actions of the Minister for Education Mr. Joao Cancio Freitas which are always breaching the procurement law and who cannot give a good example to other people, so that he not engage in bad administration and not breach the laws regulating the normal functions of government institutions." Augusto suggested that it be better to replace the Minister for Education. "Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao can seek out another Timorese who has the capacity and knows how to be a good example to substitute Mr. Joao Cancio Freitas who does not have the capacity." He added "if he continues to control the Ministry of Education then there will not be any changes because he likes to get in the way of people as he wishes because in recent months he has already obstructed some national directors for no clear reasons." According to information to which Tempo Semenal has had access we can confirm that a bunch of Directors have lost their positions and are inactive in the Ministry of Education although they continue to receive their salaries. The Directors who have been
removed are the old Director of Financial Administration Mr. Marcelo Caetano Araujo, the Head of the Finance Department, Angelo Ximenes, the head of the Department of Primary Education, Ms Delfina Borges, the Head of the Department of Teachers' affairs, the National Director for Curriculum, Materials and Evaluation, Dr. Mateus dos Reis have already been removed and replaced and last of all Mr. Augusto Pereira the head of procurement department in the Ministry of Education.

Tempo Semanal Edisaun 127: ME Defende Familia Hodi Hasai Protetor Osan Povu Nian

Joao Cancio eis Ministru edukasaun

Dili,Tempo Semanal, 02/03/2009

Tuir Direktur Labeh hateten diak liu ita banati tuir lalaok Augusto Pereira ninian hodi defende interese povu hasai tuir dalan laos atu hasai fali nian.

 Iha surat ne'e haruka ba ukun nain sira iha nasaun ne'e Augusto hakerek, "hakarak deklara ba Na'i ulun sira katak durante hau nia mandato iha serbisu Aprovisionamento nian, hau konsege salva osan estado nian hodi ezekuta tuir dalan nebe los, laos hanesan ninian hanoin ho ninian maluk sira seluk nebe la kompriende Lei Aprovisionamento nia lalaok." Sr. Augusto Pereira, Iha dia 18 de
Fevereiro de 2009, horas 09.30 Htl, Ministru Edukasaun haruka Sra Ermelinda telephone ba nia bainhira nia tuir hela treinamento iha Ministerio Finanças hodi ba lalais Ministeiru atu hasoru malu ho
Ministru.

"Ha'u ba Ministeiru maibe la konsege hasoru malu ho Sua Exe.Ministro Educação maibe hasoru deit xefe Gabinete Sr. Alexandre Magno ho Sr. Direktor AFLA Sr. Tarcísio do Carmo." Sira fo hatene ba
hau katak "apartir agora (18/02/2009) ita boot labele tur tan ona iha Aprovisionamento. Depois Sr. Alexandre Magno fo hatene mai hau katak " desisaun Ministro halo ona ba ita boot e ita boot muda laos tamba iha kazu ruma mak muda maibe tamba ita boot sai Vitima ba Ema boot sira balun iha Ministerio Educação nia laran."

"Ha'u tuir treinamento kona ba Prosesu Aprovisionamento nian tomak nebe hetan suporta husi Banco Mundial iha Estrangeiro, no mos tuir tan treinamento efetivo iha Ministério das Finanças e Aprovisionamneto Central depois ministru João Cáncio Freitas hapara tiha hau husi fatin nebe ha'u nia an preparado ona hodi ezekuta orsamento tuir lolos Lei Aprovisionamento nian." Augusto Pereira hakerek ona surat ba ejiji esplikasaun husi Ministru Edukasaun ba nia no Público tomak, tamba sa no vijaun saida mak derepenti deit halo mudanca ba ninia pozisaun hanesan Chefe Departamento de Aprovisionamento Desecntralizado Minsiterio da Educação.

Augusto Keixa ba nai ulun sira ia nasaun ne'e katak Ministru edukasaun durante ne'e nunka mais
hakarak rona nia hanoin entermus tekniko implementasaun tuir Decreto Lei no. 10 artigo 19 ne'ebe fo kbi'it ba Aprovisionamento Descentralizado sira halo, no mos Decreto Lei no. 11, 12,14 mak
nu'udar mata dalan ba servisu aprovisionamentu maibe depois nia simu tomada depose iha dia 23 de Maio de 2008, " Ministru buka fo sala deit ha'u."

"Ha'u rasik la hatene sala sa ida los maka ha'u halo ona no ha'u sai vitima ba ema bo'ot se los iha Ministeiru Edukasaun ne'eba. Nune'e duni ha'u husu ba Ministru atu esplika klaru mai ha'u, "ema boot ida nebe mak iha ministerio nia laran halo hau sai vitima, e tamba saida la halo akusa causa direitamente ba ema bot ne'e. Mosu mos akuzasaun husi staf ministeiru hasoru sira nia ulun bo'ot kona ba
nepotismu.  Ministeiru edukasaun ne'e hanesan familia ida nian tiha ona," dehan staff ministeiru ne'ebe tauk atu sira nia ministru atu hasai maka lakohi atu ninia naran publika iha jornal.

Iha loron Tersa dader semana kotuk Jornalista Tempo Semanal halo vizita ba Ministeiru Edukasaun atu tenta konfirma alegasaun ne'ebe mosu kontra Direktora Acreditasaun no Administrasaun Eskolar, Direktor AFLA no Xefe Lojistiku. "Ha'u labele koalia ho ita bo'ot sira tan ba seidauk iha
autorizasaun husi ministru," dehan director AFLA. Xefe Aprovisionamento Augusto Pereira konsege la autoriza ninia ministru halo uza sala osan Ministeiru Edukasaun ba fali ministeiru ninia
kompetencia.

Momentu ida Ministru Edukasaun ho ninia komitiva halo visita ba oequce no promete atu ajuda sosa sofa ba Sekretariu Estadu Rejiaun Autonomo Oequce uza osan husi Ministeiru Edukasaun total US$
922.82, husi kompainya Wehale Unip. Lda. Hafoin simu pedido do pagamentu husi Wehale no iha despaicu husi ministru ba director Administrasaun Financas iha loron 13/07/08 para reembolsa quantia ne'e tuir pedido ministru ninian wainhira vizita ba Oequce.

Maibe Xefe Aprovisionamentu Augusto Pereira rejeira nia hateten katak , "Ha'u rejeita halo reembolsa tan ba lalaok ministru nian ne'e sala no viola lei aprovisionamentu no lei seluk tan. Sr. Ministru tenki hatene katak Sekretariu Rejiaun Autonomo Oequce iha Ministeiru Estatal nia okos no iha ninia orsamentu rasik." Tuir lei, orsamentu capital minor Ministeiru Eduksaun bele uza sosa sasan ba ministeiru refere laos ba fali sekretaria rejiaun Autonomo Oequce.

Tuir dadus seluk ne'ebe iha konfirma alegasaun tentativas atu desvia osan husi capital Minor ne'e
iha duni hanesan invoice AB36, AB37, AB38 ho total kuantia US$10,584.00 ba manutensaun kareta land Rover ho numeru Matrikula 02-017 no hadia motor Yamaha DT 175 ho numeru Matrikula 385 mak aprezenta ona husi kompainya Fomento Motor Workshop ne'ebe la iha asinatura no data mos aumenta numeru ema ne'ebe halo servisu. Mosu duvidas kona ba invoice ne'e maka Augusto Pereira nu'udar Xefe Departamentu Aprovisionamentu iha 02/07/08 ba rasik halo investigasaun iha uma servisu fatin Kompainya ne'e hetan kompainya ne'e iha deit trabailiadores nain lima maibe iha invoice kompainya ninian iha ema nain 10 ate 15 mak hadia no ba motor Yamaha ne'e kompainya uza ema nain 10 halo servisu.

"Departamentu de Aprovisionamentu husu atu halo auditoria ba ba kompainya refere. Bainhira seidauk iha rezultadu auditoria mak Aprivisionamentu sei la halo prosesu pagamentu," ejiji Augusto Pereira iha oron 10/07/08 ba Inspektor jeral do Ministeiru Edukasaun, Sr. Antonio Sequeria Alves.

"Ha'u lahatene auditoria ne'e nia lao onato'o ne'ebe maibe to'o ohin loron ha'u seidauk hetan simu fali nota ruma nune'e aprovisionamentu seidauk prosesa nafatin."Iha mos alegasaun kontra alin husi Ministru Edukasaun ne'ebe kaer pasta iha Ministeiru Edukasaun nu'udar Direktora Akreditasaun no administarasaun Eskolar, Sr. Idalina M. da C. Freitas interfere iha servisu aprovisionamentu hodi halo despaicu halo pagamentu 100% ba kompainya Bachy Transport Unipessoal ne'ebe aluga
hodi tula meja 15,000 no kadeira 15,000 husi Dili ba distritu 11 inklui ilha Atauro iha Timor laran. Despaicu husi Direktora Akreditasaun no Administrasaun Eskolar ba Xefe Departamentu

Aprovisionamentu iha loron 30/06/08, " Prosesu pagamentu ida ba equipamentu mobiliares ho total de Us$ 69,600.00 ba kompainya ne'e deve ser 100%." Augusto Pereira alega katak, "Sr. Idalina husu atu
pagamentu US$ 69,600.00 ba Kompainya tenki 100% no liu husi Sr. Duarte staf ida iha ninia diresaun mak selu fali ba kompainya. Maibe ha'u dehan ne'e viola lei no ha'u la aceita."

Iha Formulariu de komprimisiu ho Pagamentu ne'ebe asina husi Sr. Samuel da Costa Alves nu'uadr responsabel Administrasaun no Sr. Apolionario Magno, MBA husi departamentu Autorizador loron 16/04/08 hetan aprovasaun husi Ministru Joao Cancio Freitas iha loron 21/04/08.

Durante de periodu de exekusaun mosu lalaok ne'ebe ladun los entaun Depatamentu Aprovisonamentu konkorda prosesa pagamentu ba Kompainya Bachy Transport Unipessoal tuir servisu ne'ebe halo ona no ba direitamente konta bankaria kompainya ninian entaun kompainya husu atu ministeiru selu deit US$ 14,750. Nune'e duni iha loron 18/06/08 tuir nota numeru 02/ME/ADM/Aprov/VI/2008 ne'ebe asina husi Direktor AFLA, Sr. Tarcicio do Carmo no Direktora Akreditasaun no Administrasaun Sr.
Idalina Maria da Costa Freitas ne'ebe Komapainya Bachy Tranport Unipessoal entrega hikas fali osan restu aluga kareta nian hamutuk US$ 55,025.00 ba Xefe aprovionametu hodi salva guarda para uza tula sasan ate hotu. "Ha'u konsege salva orsamentu hirak ne'e to'o tula sasan to'o hotu se la'e ami fahe osan hotu maibe servisu seidauk hotu," deklara augusto Pereira.

Iha fulan dezembru 2008 Ministru edukasaun asina tan fali formulariu do Pagamentus 11 ba item ida deit hodi freta kareta tula meja ho kadeiras ba distritu 11 la inklui distritu Same ho Ainaro ho valor orsamentu total husi US$104,850.00. Tuir lei aprovisionamentu Ministeiru edukasaun so bele exekuta mesak US$1.00 to'o US$ 100,000.00 maibe orsamentu ba fretas kareta ne'e liu ona entaun halo fahe tiha keta-ketak. "

Tuir lolos ami nia ministeiru viola ona dekretu de lei numeru 10, 11, 12 ho 14 kona ba aprovisionamentu decentralizado," relata Augusto. Nia mos alega katak Direktora Akredtiasaun no Administrasaun Eskolar husu, "tenki fo hotu numeru osan ne'e ta'u ona iha formulariu ne'e 100% ba kompainya ne'ebe manan tender ne'e. "

Maibe tuir Augusto hafoin halo selesaun ba Kompainya tolu ne'ebe submete sira nia dokumentus no presu to'o ikus fo manan ba kompainya ida mak hatam ho presu tun husi US$104,850.00. Aktividades
tula materias eskolar ba distritu lao nafatin no osan ne'e sei iha atu tula.

Iha fulan fevereiru 2009 Direktora Akreditasaun no Administrasaun Eskolar husu aumenta tan kareta 10 para tula meja ho kadeira iha armajen ba distritu maibe momentu ne'eba sasan mamuk so iha maka materias ne'ebe apoiu husi UNICEF mak ministru la konkorda atu simu ho merenda eskolar hanesan koto, foremungu fohuk no Supermi at tan liu prazu ona.

Augusto konta tuir katak, "dala ruma kareta sira ne'ebe iha ne'e deit mos atu ba tula kadeira ho meja fila mamuk tan ba kompainya sira nia armajen mamuk oin sa atu aumenta tan kareta?" Tempo Semanal mos konsege hetan sampel koto no furemungu ne'ebe fohuk hotu ona ne'ebe haruka husi eskola ida iha area lospalos. Iha exekusaun orsamentu US$104,850.00 seidauk hotu sei restu hela US$ 71,210.00 maibe parte Akreditasaun no Administrasaun Eskolar iha 09/02/09 husu US$
17,550.00 para tula sasan nafatin.

"Entaun osan sira ne'ebe restu ne'eba ne'e halo sa ida fali," kestiona Augusto.

Nune'e duni maka ema balun iha ministeiru nia laran dun nia halo lakon osan. Iha 21/02/2009 Augusto Pereira loke brankas Ministeiru ninian hodi entrega osan futu-futu hanesan restu husi US$104,850.00 maka US$71,210.00, osan balun husi gabinete protokolo US$ 1,920.00, osan restu husi transporte
merenda eskolar nian total US$ 6,200, Osan husi parte lider komunitariu ninian ne'ebe to'o agora seidauk foti mak US$ 3,397.00 ho cek ida ba kompainya Reslau ne'e alega iha involvimentu Direktira
Akreditasaun no Administrasaun Eskolar ne'ebe labele selu tan ba to'o agora seidauk aprezenta provas maka US$ 7,400.00.

"Sira hakfodak kuandu hare osan futun-futun iha brankas nia laran," dehan Augusto
hodi hatudu dokumentus asina entrega osan ba director AFLA, Sr. Tarcicio do Carmo iha 21/02/09.

Iha dadus balun mos hamosu deskonfianca ba uza sala osan ministeiru nian ba ministru ninia interese privadu. Iha recivu de reembolca osan balun ba ministru ninia kaben tan hadia kuartu ba guarda sira. Maibe satf ministeiru Saude alega katak sira nia ministru uza osan ne'e ba hadia ninia uma privadu. "Ne'e teknik deit lolos ne'e ba hadia ministru nia uma," dehan Augusto.

Tuir nota ne'ebe iha AC ne'ebe sosa atu tau iha edifisio novre Ministério da Educação Vila verde maibe lori fali ba monta iha uma privadu ministru ninian. "Ami lori AC kuaze hat ona ba monta iha ministru nia uma no ikus liu iha 18/02/09 ami lori tan AC ida ba Ministru nia uma Bekusi," dehan staf ministeiru Edukasaun ne'ebe husu jornal ne'e labele hasai ninia naran.

Tuir staf ne'e hateten katak vice Ministru Edukasaun mos iha momentu ida husu atu hadia ninia uma maibe labele tan ba atetude ne'e bele viola lei nune'e sira husu Vice ministru atu kompriende I la konsege hadia vice ministru ninia uma ate agora.

Tuir observasaun Tempo Semanal sala balun iha Ministeiru edukasaun nia laran fiu sei tabele hela I seidauk monta AC maibe hafoin de jornalista Tempo Semanal foti kestaun AC ne'e ba Ministru liu loron ida deit sala de planeamentu Ministeiru Edukasaun hahu hetan AC.

Iha mos recivo de pagamentu ba uzu telephone iha bekusi maka hasai osan husi ministeiru hodi selu hetan aprovasaun husi director AFLA 18/06/08, selu pulsa electrisidade, ense mina ba gerador semana-semana. Tuir dokumentus hatudu katak Xefe Logistika no patrimonia Sr. Jaime Barbosa Pinto indika ona Sr. Gilberto Alamso sousa mak foti mina Gerador ministeiru Eduksaun maibe jeral refere at hela. Tuir dokumentus ne'ebe jornal ne'e asesu hatudu katak desde fulan setembru 2008 mina ne'ebe ba foti kada semana 50 litrus ne'e lori hotu bat au iha jerador ida iha iha uma ministru nian iha bekusi. "Ha'u hare ami nia ministru ninia planu ba exekusaun orsamentu la fixo no ami tenki responde deit ba ninia promesas sira," dehan Augusto. Nia relata katak, "iha 2008 tuir planu jeral orsamentu la iha item atu sosa motor ba inspector eskolar sira nune'e CVP hotu ministru rasik mak aprova no haruka hotu ona ba Ministeiru financas no to'o ikus Ministru ba halo vizita ba distritu hodi halo hela promesa entaun mai fali kansela hotu CVP sira no ami hotu servisu sai
rungu-ranga."

Tuir planu orsamentu ano civil 2008 Ministeiru edukasaunla iha planu atu sosa motor maibe Ministru Joao Cancio Freitas husu halo tranferencia capital Minor husi diresaun walu iha Ministeiru
Edukasaun ho total osan US$ 150,000.00 hodi sosa motor 84. Nune'e duni tuir Surat ne'ebe asina husi Ministru rasik iha 09/06/08 ba ministra Financas ho no. Ref: 267/GM/ME/VI/2008 ne'ebe ho asuntos
tranferencia de fundos no no. 268/ME-GM/vi/2008 husu transferencia de verbas no kanselamentu ba deversos FCP refere ba capital Minor.

"Ministru La iha Planu Fixo so iha maka Ministru gosta halo promesas entaun prosesu CPV lubun ne'ebe Aprova ona husi Ministru Edukasaun Sr. João Cáncio Freitas, tenki kansela I difikulta ami nia servisu hotu," Alega Augusto Pereira kontra eis Fungsionariu Penerangan RI iha Baucau
tempu okupasaun Indonesian ninian ne'e.

Iha tinan 2008 Ministeiru Edukasaun mos la iha planu atu sosa Mini Laptop (Reff. Dokumentus
No.266 / ME / GM / VI / 08 ) Maibe ministru hakarak obriga atu sosa. Hafoin staf sira ba buka hatene presu iha Timor Leste no Indonesia tuir Ministru katak ne'e karung liu. Tuir Ministru hateten ba nia staf Augusto katak Mini Laptop ida ho USD 250.00 (docentos sinqwenta dollars americanos); Hafoin Augusto dehan Ministru dun nia tenta atu halakon osan estadu ninian, " osan nebe restu fahe malu ho se ?" Xefe Departamentu Aprovisionamentu ne'e mos fase ninia ministru ba publiku tan ladun iha interese atu haruka lalais materiais sira ajuda husi UNICEF ba hadia eskola ne'ebe iha situasaun emerjencia ninian.

Tuir dokumentus proposta ba UNICEF ne'e asina husi director jeral Ministeiru Edukasaun Sr. Apolionario Magno, MBA iha loron 12/09/08, hafoin simu relatoriu husi direktores rejionais no unicef rasik. Unicef rasik fo resposta positive ba pedidu ne'e hodi ajuda kalen tahan 15,039, pregu kalen nian 550kg, pregu 12 mak 550kg, pregu 10 hamutuk 550kg, ai 5/7 lolon liu 2000, ai 6/12 liu lolon 1000 maibe sei "Bodu hela iha armajen." "Ha'u lahatene tan ba a maka nia la kohi atu fo autorizasaun hodi lori ba eskola sira nebe iha area remotas tamba tuir nesesidade urgente, nebe oferese husi UNICEF baseia ba proposta nebe mai husi Director ( Regional I baucau, Regional III Maubesse no Regional IV Maliana), to'o agora sei bodo hamutuk hela iha armazen fomento Dili," nia dehan. Nune'e Augusto soe viadas ba ninia ministru hodi dehan, "Estudante oan sira nebe eskola hela iha udan, anin no
loro manas nian laran imi terus lai ba tamba Sr. João Cáncio Freitas sei halo hela ninia estrutura seidauk hotu bain hira nia halo hotu ona ba mak lori sasan ba imi." Bainhira Sr. João Cáncio Freitas bolu hau
ba husu tamba sa mak husu materiais ba UNICEF atu halo saida no se mak atu tula no se mak atu halo? depois nia ho hirus dehan ba hau "Director Estupido", haruka hau sai deit husi ninia fatin serbisu.

Informa katak Sr. João Cáncio Freitas durante ne'e la fo importansia ba serbisu nebe durante ne'e hau oferese ba nia hanesan Ministro da Edukasaun. Nia so gosta ba fatin ida ne'e promesa ba fatin seluk halo promesa, maibe karik Ministru la hare'e katak atetude sira ne'e sei prejudika lei aprovisionamentu nian. Augusto husu Presidente da República, DR José Ramos Horta, "atu bele bolu atensaun ba Premeiru Ministro Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao, atu kontrola lalaok Ministro da Educação Sr. João Cáncio Freitas nebe sempre kontra lei aprovisionamentu no mos la hatene fo ezemplo diak ba ema seluk, atu labele komete mal administrasaun no viola lei sira nebe regula fungsionamentu normal instituisaun governo nian. Augusto sujere diak liu troka tiha Ministru Edukasaun. "Permeiru Ministru Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão bele hare hikas fali ema Timor oan ida ne'ebe iha kapasiadde no hatene fo ixemplu diak hodi troka Sr. João Cáncio Freitas ne'ebe la iha kapacidade."

Nia hatutan " Se nia mak sei sai nafatin programa Ministeiru Educação sei la iha mudansa, tamba nia gosta hapara ema tuir ninia hakarak, tamba iha fulan hirak liu ba mos nia hapara tiha ona Director Nacional balun, ho rasaun nebe ke la klaru."

Tuir dadus ne'ebe Tempo semanal asesu konfirma duni katak direktur lubun ida maka lakon duni sira nia pozisaun no la halo aktuvudade ona iha Ministeiru Eduksaun maibe sira sei simu nafatin sira nia
vencimentu. Direktur ne'ebe hasai ona maka Direktur Administrasaun Financas tuan Sr. Marcelo Caetano Araujo, Xefe departamenetu Financas Angelo Ximenes, Xefe Departamentu ensinu Primaria, Sra. Delfina Borges, Xefe Departamentu asuntus Profesores, Direktur Nasional Kurikulum, Materias no Avaliasaun DR. Mateus dos Reis hasai no troka hotu ona no ikus liu mak Sr. Augusto Pereira, Xefe Departamentu Aprovisionametu Ministeiru Edukasaun.(ts)

TAPOL protests against defamation charges against Timorese journalist

TAPOL calls on Timorese Justice Minister to drop charges against
Timorese journalist

The decision by Lucia Lobato, the Justice Minister of Timor Leste, to
sue an investigative journalist for publishing a story about alleged
corruption over a contract to refurbish a prison and purchase prison
uniforms from her husband's company is a serious violation of the basic
right of journalists to report on a case of alleged corruption and a
threat to freedom of the press in the country.

Jose Antonio Belo, the journalist who now faces these defamation
charges, is the editor in-chief of Tempo Semanal, one of the country's
small number of newspapers. He was part of the resistance movement
against the Indonesian occupation of his country. He spent three years
in jail and endured horrific acts of torture from the Indonesian
occupiers, along with many other courageous Timorese fighters against
the occupation.

TAPOL is deeply distressed by this attack on the freedom of the press in
Timor Leste and calls upon the Justice Minister to drop the charges and
acknowledge the right of a journalist to publish reports without the
fear of facing the charge of defamation.

Ironically, the law now being used against Jose Belo is a legacy from
the Indonesian occupation and could result in Belo being sentenced to up
to six years in prison.

Carmel Budiardjo of TAPOL said: 'We are well acquainted with the courage
of Jose Belo during the more than two decades of the Indonesian
occupation and are aghast that a law introduced by the Indonesians is
now being used to stifle the legitimate activities of the press in a
country that claims to be a democracy. Minister of Justice Lucia Lobato
should withdraw the charges in recognition of the principle of the
freedom of the press. Timorese journalists should not live in fear of
charges that could land them in prison simply because they have done
what any journalist would be expected to do when they find evidence of
alleged corruption by a member of the government.'