Gusmao's daughter 'gave up food company shares'

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/02/2673841.htm?section=justin

ABC News

"Gusmao's daughter 'gave up food company shares"

By Sara Everingham

East Timorese Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has defended himself against allegations he broke his country's laws by signing a contract with a company his daughter had a stake in.

On June 26, the ABC reported that it had obtained documents that showed Mr Gusmao's daughter, Zenilda Gusmao, was a major shareholder of Prima Foods - one of a group of companies awarded contracts to import rice to East Timor by the end of 2008.The ABC reported that Mr Gusmao signed off on a $US3.5 million ($4.2 million) contract with Prima Foods.It was reported Zenilda Gusmao had an 11 per cent share in the company and that according to the laws in East Timor the prime minister cannot sign off on contracts with a company in which a family member has more than a 10 per cent stake.The Prime Minister says he is an honest man and his deputy says documents showing Ms Gusmao gave up her shares before the contract was signed are authentic.PM's angerIt is clear Mr Gusmao is angry about the allegations of corruption against him.At a recent press conference he said the stories were fictitious and he does not like media that report rumours.He said in East Timor the people "scream" for the media to grow in its capacity and responsibility so that they do not publish stories that are based on rumours and not facts, and he said Australia was a developed country where rumours had been reported.East Timor's deputy prime minister, Jose Luis Guterres, says there are documents to support the government's position that Ms Gusmao had given up her shares in Prima Foods before the contract was signed off on."I was also very much unhappy with allegations from some of the journalists in Australia," Jose Luis Guterres said."But I believe that after the clarifications, things will be clearer, clear, all clear, but I can say to you that we follow our rules. I can tell you that we take seriously the question of corruption allegations and also we are very serious that we pass the law ... and that the law was approved and managed in the Parliament to create the corruption commission."Two documents indicating that Ms Gusmao sold her shares in September 2008 were posted on the website of the East Timorese newspaper, Tempo Semenal, on August 3.The editor of the newspaper, Jose Belo, told the ABC he could not confirm the authenticity of the documents.InvestigationsIn a statement ABC News says it is eager to further investigate this story and follow up Mr Gusmao's allegations in relation to recent coverage.It says the East Timorese government has denied the ABC's many requests for access to documents which reportedly support the prime minister's case.East Timor's Ombudsman, Sebastiao Ximenes, is investigating the way in which the rice contracts were awarded.He has confirmed that he received a letter from President Jose Ramos Horta, dated June 2, calling for an investigation.In the letter, Mr Ramos Horta said: "There is a widely held view that contracts for the supply of rice are being awarded without proper tender processes, involving collusion and cases of corruption. The persistence of such views is harmful to the good operation of our democracy and it is important that this situation be clarified quickly and thoroughly."

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Polemika Tenderisasaun Sosa Traktor Entre MAFF, MoF vs Vice II Primeiru Ministru Assuntu Administrasaun Rejolvidu

Hare husi Intent to Award nebe asinadu Sr Manuel Monteiro no Sr Francisco C Soares nebe hasai iha data 27/8/09 no hatun husi media hotu iha dia 29/809 hanesan fo ona solusaun ba polemika nebe iha durante fulan hirak nia laran entre Assanami no Emilia Pires versus Vice II PM Ir Mario Viegas Carrascalao durante ne’e. Tamba kontradisaun nebe iha mai husi protesta no akujasaun falsifikasaun nebe mai husi MAFF no MoF ba companha Costa Motor. Antes ne’e tender nebe manan husi Global Brothers lda nebe mak lidera husi Yan Suryo Prabowo nebe belun diak ho Ir Mariano Assanami Sabino nebe manan primeiru etapa tender traktor. Segundu etapa mos fo ona ba kompania GB ne’e, maibe iha kontradiksaun no protesta husi empresarius nasional nebe hamusu desentidementu no deskunfiansa husi PM Xanana nebe fo instrusaun ba Vice II PM Ir Mario hodi kancela tia tender refere no halo re-tenderisasaun ikus nebe munu ba Costa Motor no halo Assanami la satisfas no la simu dejisaun refere. Nufin, loby nebe halo husi Dili - Surabaya husi MAFF-MoF kontra fali companha Costa Motor no desisaun Vice II PM hamusu polemika bot liu tamba ho akujasaun ba falsifikasaun dokumentu husi kompanha iha Indonesia kontra kompanha Costa Motor. La hatene osan hira mak gastu uja ba loby atu halo akujasaun ida ne’e. Informasaun (lakonfirmadu) nebe mak ema hotu hatene katak Global Brother hatama tia ona traktor balun nebe mak sai hanesan forsa atu manan tender no aumenta tan “loby” nebe nia konfia los atu manan tan tender ne’e hanesan belun diak ho ema nebe mak iha forsa atu hasai dejisaun.
Konflitu bo'ot ida ne'e resolvidu tamba iha intervensaun dreita husi PM Xanana ba kaju ida ne’e tamba nia lakohi polimika ne’e sai bo’ot liu no bele hamosu konflitu interese entre bloku AMP nia laran nebe mak ukun dadaun. Ho rajaun ida ne’e, dejisaun foun tun no kontratu ba tender traktor nebe nia valos USD$8,2 Milloens munu ba kompanha rua ne’e hotu ( Global Brother Lda: $ 5,6 Milloens no Costa Motor Lda; $2,6 Milloens).
Iha parte seluk atu empresarius nasional para labele “halo an” demais PM mos ho inisiativu liu husi colaborasaun ho Associacao dos Empresarios de Timor Leste nebe lideradu Sr Julio Alvaro fahe ona projetus ba fulan hat nian ba Empresarius local (pakote referendum) ho montante total $30 Milloens nebe mos hamosu kritika husi partidu balun tamba la tuir regimentu esekusaun orsamentu estadu no lei (stl 3/9/09). Projetus ne’e ba area infrastruktura, Saude no Educasaun, maibe empresarius sira sei halo projetu fulan hat nian ne’e ho laran taridu tamba karik sira sei hetan “black list” bainhira la kompleta projetus ne’e antes dia 31 de Desembru 2009. (pm-ed)

Rekrutamentu iha Ministeriu du Negosiu Estranjeiro Deskunfia nakuno ho Nepotismu

Hanesan hatun husi JN Diario 1/9/09, Funcionarius MNE deskunfika ba sira nia Ministeriu nebe halo rekrutamentu foin dadauk ne’e nakonu ho Nepotismu tamba sira nain hitu nebe pasa nain lima husi divisaun ida deikt nebe balu nunka iha experiensia ba assuntu politiku maibe sira pasa, hanesan husi finansa no husi divisaun informasaun no teknolojia (IT). Karta komunikadu protesta nebe haruka ba media balun hatun iha dia 1/9/09 katak sira la satisfas ho resultadu ijame nebe iha no deskunfia nain lima nebe husi divisaun ida ne’e hetan jawaban kunci ka key unswer antes de ijame. Karta komunikadu ne’e sira nain valu asina haruka ba media no hato’o ba Primeiru Ministu, Vice PM Carrascalao, PGR Ana Pesoa no MNE Zacarias Albano. Foncionarius nebe mak assina karta komunikadu ne’e mak hanesan ; Alisa da Silva, Cidalia Tilman Alves, Tadeu Soares, Ivonia Lemos, Hermenina, Inez Morreira, Adelina Martins no Cesaltina da Silva.

Kaju hanesan nebe lewanta husi Media iha fulan hirak liu ba mos kualia kona ba rekrutamentu iha Kabinete Presidente da Republika, iha tempu neba ema balun nebe derepente tama no servisu iha neba deskunfia husi odamatan kotuk alias iha nepotismu.

Tuir Popular Monitor (pm) nia hare kuaje ke kasu sira ne’e kumesa husi lewantamentu la iha follow up no kaju sira hanesan sai ona kustume ema sira nebe servisu iha fatin governu. Ida tan mak tamba sa mak halo recrutamentu no anunsiu vaga ba publiku, se diresaun ida buka ema atu rekruta maibe ikus mai hili fali sira iha ona kabinete laran ? Se hanesan ne’e entaun rekursu Humanu (HR) iha departementu ne’e tenke iha sistema ida ke diak no halo deit avaliasaun ba funsionarius no halo mudansa, depois mak rekruta staff foun ba fatin nebe mamuk ona no anunsia publikamente. Atu halakon buat sira ne’e Senhor Vice Primeiru Ministru Mario Viegas Carrascalao mak hanesan Expertise ba asunto refere, ne’edune presija fo sansaun maka’as ba ema nebe hahalok aat hanesan ne’e, hanesan nia uluk halo ba Aziz iha 1984, ne'eduni ita hein deit nia resultadu tamba nia hatene saida mak atu halo ba keijas nebe botuk iha neba. (pm-ed)

Artista Timor Oan husu Governu atu Promove Sira

Hanesan ita hotu hatene, kualker aniversariu iha Timor Leste, Estadu no Governu hasai osan ou husu sponsu osan ba empresarius sira no doadores internasionais atu konvida artista muszika husi rai liur liliu husi Indonesia. Ita hotu hatene katak atu kovida artista ida ke hanesan naran bo’ot iha sira nia rain presija mos selu ho osan bo’ot no prepara akomodasaun sira seluk. Buat ne’e ne’e iha parte ida positivu, maibe iha mos preukupasaun husi ita nia povu balun kestiona karik osan sira ne’e bele halo ba dejenvolve sira nia kbi’it atu hasai sira husi mikit, kiak no terus nebe mak sai kansaun ka “hino” dejenvolvimentu iha teritoriu Timor Leste. Hanesan iha nasaun balun, purejemplu Brunai Darussalam, ninia Liurai Sultan Hasnanbulkiah iha osan atu selu kotu artista sira tuir merkadu artista international atu ba sira nia rai no halo konvivu ba sira nia povu ka ba Familias Liu Rai nian, maibe ita hatene katak kondisaun ekonomia Timor Leste la hanesan Brunai Darussalam, ita bele dehan sira kiak la iha. Saida mak Popular Monitor rona komantariu husi povu ki’ik sira dehan ida ne’e hanesan rega minamorin ba manu ten sira dehan katak ida ne’e buat ida atu taka ami matan, para ami kontenti haluha susar no kikak, mais keta haluhan mina morin nebe rega ba manu ten ne’e kuandu anin hu ona la kleur nia dois fali. Nebe preukupasaun ida ne’e hanesan povu povu nia halerik no preukupasaun prisija fo atensaun maka’as no hadia iha tempo badak ne’e, laos ita kualia iha tempu badak nebe ba bebeik no haluha tiha deit.

Iha parte seluk governu mos presija fo atensaun no promove Astista Musika National. Hanesan saida mak Zida Martins dadalia ho Jornal Timor Post nebe hatun iha 31/8/09. Nia dehan katak artista Timor Oan sira mos fiar an katak bele, maibe sira sente “tidak dihiraukan”. Zida hateten katak ita gava liu Artista husi rai seluk maibe laliga tiha “produtu local” nebe ita dejenvolve nia kualidade mos sei la lakon husi rai seluk. Ida preukupasaun katak governu tenke dejenvolve ita nia kultura iha areas hotu hotu liuliu ba muzika. Servisu ida ne’e lolos halao husi Ministerio Edukasaun no Kultura ho nia diresaun konpetente. Iha mos ita Assesor ba ita nia Primeiru Ministru ba Kultura nian nebe kaer husi irmao Armando Soares nebe mos kuinesidu artista muzika Timor nian iha pasadu, Irmao Tony Pereira mos iha hanoin atu loke eskola mizika iha tempu future maibe presija kapasita sira para atu realija sira nia mehi ne’e. Pergunta ida hanesan bainhira mak ita atu hanoin dejenvolve no kapasita astista Timor oan sira atu kompete ho nasaun seluk no multi linguajen? (pm-Ili)

Chefe Estado Maior Jeneral F-FDTL Brigjen Taur Matan Ruak Husu Povu Halo Vijilansia Makas ba Terorista

Hanesan hatun husi Jornal Nasional Diario, Brigjen Taur Matan Ruak hato lia hirak ne’e ba Jornalista Kuarta (12/8/09) iha Tasi Tolu Dili. Tuir Brigjen Taur katak terorista problema ida ke iha nasaun ne’ebe deit enfrenta, ita karik hare foin dadauk ne’e iha Indonesia iha problema iha nebe. Dehan katak Timor Leste mos sei la ses an ba ida ne’e nune’e ita hotu sei esforsa halo nusa mak bele asegura estabilidade iha ita nia rai no tenta neutralija actividade sira ne’e. Dehan Brigjen Taur Matan Ruak hanesan O Comandante / Chefe Estado Maior Jeneral das Falintil-Forca Defesa de TL hanoin katak iha instituisaun Estadu ninian nebe toma konta area siguransa ninian, alende forsa nasionais, iha mos forsa internasionais nebe iha ne’e naturalmente Timor Leste nia esforsu tomak halo nusa mak bele minimija ninia aktividade ida ne’e iha TL nia rai, ne’e forma diak para TL reforsa nia vijilansia laos deit instituisaun siguransa nian. Nune’e Brigjen Taur husu husu liliu povu tomak matan moris nafatin ho vijilansia hodi hare ema oin foun ruma ke supeita tenke fo hatene ba Policia para Policia bele foti medida.

Entertantu, husi parte povu (balun) sira nebe hatene no iha esperiensia ka Veteranu das Falintil /klandestina nebe Popular MONITOR konfirma, oin sa hare kona ba statementu O Comandante das F-FDTL ida ne’e haktuir katak; importante mak instituisaun siguransa nasional iha railaran identika ona areas nebe mak mosu bebeik, areas nebe iha teritorio tomak sei iha problema, oinsa estadu hare perigu nebe deit mak iha railaran, ita la presija dehan katak ema oin foun, kuase ita Timor oan hatene malu tamba rai ki’ik habitantes mos laos hanesan Indonesa, maibe institisaun siguransa tenke hatene aktividades iha railaran, hanesan ema barak iha osan, nia atu saida? Nia bele halo buat a’at ruma no atu estraga malu karik presija identifika. Membru kominidade ne’e mos hateten katak Timor oan sira nebe mak uluk halo Petisaun iha F-FDTL iha 2006 neba kuaje 30 resin mak treinadu (RECON), agora ita la hatene sira halo saida para atu moris loron-loron, no ema sira nebe iha osan bele uja sira atu atinji sira nia objectivu ka politika sira nian. La presija suspeitu buat a’at sira ne’e husi rai liur, ita mos tenke hametin siguransa iha area fronteira / portu para ema nebe tama mai kontroladu la iha ema tuir dalan ilegalmente, hatuta kominidade ne’e. Se ita unidade, ita bele halo vijilansia masimu atu ba progresu.
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PR Horta apoia deklarasaun PM Xanana kona ba kritika Media Australia

PR Horta apoia deklarasaun PM

Presidente da Republika de Timor Leste Jose Ramos Horta fo apou total ba deklarasaun PM Xanana nebe hasau kontra nasaun Australia tamba bele defende dignidade nasaun Timor Leste. Iha deklarasaun nebe sai husi televisaun Timor Leste-TVTL iha Sexta feira 7/8/09 PM Xanana hasai deklarasaun maka’a ba media Australia nebe kritika nia hanesan Primeiru Ministru ba വി governu konstitusional nebe nia lidera katak nakonu ho krupsaun no nepostmu liliu ba fo kontratu ka tender ba nia oan.
‘Austalia labele halimar ha hau, hau luta 24 anos no ema barak mak mate tamba Australia fo apoiu ba invasaun Indonesia, nufin sira ansina akordu iha aviaun laran ho Menlu Alatas, sira hakarak nauk Timor nia mina, nauk,..nauk ….nauukk , labele kontra hau, nusa mak sira la kualia ba sira nia jornalista sira nebe mate iha Balibo ?..Clinton sei ba hasai sira nia jornalista nebe gastigu iha Korea Norte nebe sei moris ? labele halimar ho Xanana’

Vice Presidente Partido Fretelin, Arsenio Baixao Bano iha nia deklarasaun nebe hatun husi Timor Post 10/8/09 dehan katak, deklarasaun PM Xanana hanesan deklarasaun labarik, tamba ne’e ladun los, etika politika ne’e la dun los dehan Banu wainhira halau reajustamentu Partido Fretelin nian iha Sub-distritu Cristo Rei Becora 9/8/09.

Entertantu Embaixador Australia ba Timor Leste Peter Heyward konsidera estatmentu PM Xanana nebe Timor Post konfirma no hatun iha 12/8/09, katak deklarasaun PM Xanana ne’e sei la fo impaktu negativu ba relasaun amizade entre nasaun rua ne’e. Heyward konsidera estatmentu nebe PM Xanana fo sai laos foin mak hanoin agora, maibe desde tempu akupasaun Indonesia liu ba, tan ne’e nia hateten estatmentu PM Xanana iha media sobre rekursu naturais, dala ruma PM hakarak koalia oituan sobre buat nebe liu ona, tamba ne’e Heyward hanoin PM Xanana prepara no hanoin nanis ona assuntu refere iha tempu akupasaun Indonezia, maske nune’e sei la fo impaktu ba relasaun entre nasaun vizinu rua, dehan Heiward.

Iha fatin seluk, Popular MONITOR husu opiniaun husi Liu Rai Tasi iha Becora nebe hatene oituan no analisa politika Funu Nain Kay Rala, dehan katak, deklarasaun Senhor Primeiro Ministro ne’e iha ‘nuansa’ politika nebe as tebes ita hotu la hanoin hetan parese ke ita nia matenek sira nebe mak agora tur iha PM Xanana nia sorin-sorin mak hatene karik, se la senti an, Xanana nebe funu na’in 24 anos sira iha planu bo'ot hanesan doutor nebe spesialista ba vida moris Rai Timor no nia nia bele dehan profesor ba politika no funu nebe sira hotu liu ona iha tinan hirak ne’e nia laran, nia mak agora hanorin politika ba ita atu lori Timor Leste ba oin wainhira sira deskansa. Agora nia mak ukun lai, tamba nia luta no nia hatene se mak hamutuk ho nia, mesmu agora sira la hamutuk karik ? Mais nia ladun gosta mos nia luta iha ailaran no prizaun nia nia ema barak terus oin-oin iha tinan barak nia laran maibe ema balu ba eskola iha rai liur no halo planu oin-oin atu hadau saida mak nia diretu iha ukun an nia laran…,senhor Xanana ne’e hanoin duni povu tamba ne’e mak nia luta atu liberta povu mesmu nia dehan uluk katak iha aban bainrua "Traidor sei sai Heri no Heroi sei sai Traidor". Liurai Tasi ne'e afirma liu tan katak agora ita seidauk bele dehan nia diak ou ladiak, nia sei halo funu ho kakutak atu dejenvolve povu no nia moris. Se wainhira ita hatene ona nia (Xanana) ema ida nebe aat dunik halo terus deit povu, ita mak terus nafatin ita hotu hamutuk han tia deit karik la to’o ita, declara Liurai Tasi nebe fo mos fo apoia supranatural ba Senhor PM Xanana mesmu nia la kuinesidu.
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Ramos Horta asks where $3bn in aid has gone

Caroline Overington July 28, 2009
Article from: The Australian

EAST Timor has reportedly received more than $3 billion in foreign aid over the years -- but President Jose Ramos Horta has no idea where the money went.
He suspects that, like most aid money, it got wasted on studies and reports and self-important visiting delegations. He doubts that much made it to East Timor.
"If you read certain newspapers, over the years the international community has spent $3bn on rebuilding East Timor," Dr Ramos Horta told an audience at the University of NSW yesterday.
"I never saw this money. The people don't see it in the villages," he said.
He knew much of the aid money was spent on reports because "one estimate suggests that 3000 studies and reports have been done on East Timor".
"We have been psychoanalysed from every angle," he said. "They say it has been spent on 'capacity building' ... but if that money was really used for capacity building, every Timorese would have a PhD by now. We'd all be Einstein by now.
"Either we, the East Timorese, are the dumbest people in the world, or they send us the dumbest people in the world to teach our people. Because no one can explain how so much money, allegedly provided, has gone."
Dr Ramos Horta said the situation was similar in Afghanistan, where no more than 30 per cent of international aid money allocated to Afghanistan was actually spent in the country.
Speaking during the 20th anniversary celebrations for the Diplomacy Training Program, which Dr Ramos Horta founded at UNSW in 1989, the President pleaded for new foreign aid policies and better trade deals.
During the years in which Australia had a significant presence in East Timor, Dr Ramos Horta said, he had to "plead with the then PM John Howard (to) buy local. We have beautiful local vegetables and fruit (to feed the defence forces). It's not going to kill you." (pm-ed)