Radio Liberdade - Wednesday, 22 June 2011 - Written by Wihelmina Lika
Radio, online – Komunidade Quinamoko, Distritu Lautem, Suku Tutuala agora dadaun ne’e menus aihan, hodi amesa ba hamlaha.
“Sira agora hahu fa’an sira nia animal no tais ne’ebe la merese atu fa’an .Maibe sira tenki fa’an hodi nune’e bele sosa fos,”dehan deputada Brigida Maria Corriea iha uma fukun Parlamentu Nasional Tersa, (21/6).
Deputada husi bankada CNRT ne’e lamenta tebes ho kontrolasaun fos ho marka MTCI ne’ebe agora folin fos iha Distritu parte Leste ne’e kada saka ida iha $ 25,00.
“Hau ba iha ne;eba foin dadaun ne’e, hau hare sira nia infrenta duni ba menus aihan. Hau foti kestaun ne’e atu ita nia governu fo atensaun lalais,”dehan Brigida ho neon nakraik.
Reprezentante povu ne’e hateten katak, tuir kustumi kultura suku Fataluku sira nunka husu hahan ba ema seluk, maibe tanba situasaun nebe la permite ho kondisaun ne’ebe sira infrenta. Menus aihan ne’e impkatu husi dezastre naturais no mudansa klimatika. Komunidade ne’ebe halo to’os la bele hetan ai han nebe sufsiente atu hatutun moris. Menus aihan ne’e komesa fulan ne’en ona.
Agora dadaun komunidade suku Tutuala kumsumi aiha mak hanesan, kumbili, talas no nu’u. Maibe aihan sira ne’e mos komesa menus ona.
“Hau husu ba MSS no MTCI atu hare ba situasaun ne’e sai hanesan programa urjente atu ajuda ita nia povu husi terus sosial ne’e,”Brigida apela.
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24 comentários:
We don't need to criticize Xanana's government anymore because the failures are so apparent and they are speaking for themselves. AMP govt led by Xanana Gusmao has miserably failed in delivering the promises of development in all sectors to Timor Leste! For 4 years during AMP governance they have spent USD 2 billions just for nothing. No value at all for big amount of money spent! No need for more words because widespread misery and poverty in Timor Leste is screaming loudly for the government's failures. And poverty is a crime! In Timor Leste's context the victims are timorese people and the perpetrator is timorese corrupted government!
Justice is not blind, it is just a slow process but it will be done. May God save our beloved Timor Leste!
Welcome 2012, good bye AMP!
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Ita la preciza atu hatoo kritika barak tan ba Xanana nia governu, tamba governu nee nia falhansu barak rasik hatudu momos los katak governu AMP nebe Xanana Gusmao lidera falha tiha ona kompletamente atu lori dezenvolvimentu iha sektor hotu hotu ba Timor Leste. Tinan 4 nia laran governu AMP ukun no gasta ona biliaun 2 USD, gasta let deit no laiha rezultadu. Laiha valor diak ida ba osan ho montante bot nebe sira gasta tiha ona. Laiha tan liafuan barak atu koalia tan, tamba mukit no kiak Timor Leste hakilar makaas liu konaba falhansu barak governo nee nian. No kiak nee krime ida! Iha kontextu Timor Leste nian, vitima sira maka ema timor oan sira no perpetrador ka kriminozu sira maka governu koruptu timor nian.
Justisa la delek, nia neneik maibe loron ida sei halao. Harohan ba Nai Maromak atu tulun ita rain doben Timor Leste!
Bemvindu 2012, adeus AMP!
AMP government is a big poisonous snake that is killing the timorese people. To kill it we shall not cut the head of the snake because that snake does not deserve a sudden death, it is better to kill it from it is tail up to its head. For such a poisonous and cruel snake deserves slow but painful death! The justice system is the people's sword. Our votes in 2012 are important to sharp the sword for killing the snake.
I think you have to wait for your turn... and we will see if you do more...
Come November Dili and Manatuto will start to benefit from 24 hour electricity.
I think some in the opposition are starting to get desperate at the prospect of seeing that happening.
The people on the other hand will be celebrating and wishing CNRT had come into government earlier.
After Dili and Manatuto will be Baucau and Los palos turn and the other districts early next year.
This is definitely worrying for those in the opposition.
Com tanta fome como e que tem forca para o Hamlaha?
The AMP/CNRT promissed to the electorate that they would establish electricity in whole country by December 2008. Almost four years on, nothing has happened in Dili alone, let alone, Dili to Manatuto. Manatuto to Baucau? Forget it.
What happens here is that AMP/CNRT have realised that they made empty promisses and that the electorate have noticed every shortcomings of this government, thus trigger further false promisses. Even worst, their spin doctors, specially of the CNRT, are in panic mode as they 'beloved' leader have lost his magic because he is no longer what he was.
CNRT spin doctors you have a lot to do! The electorate are not as stupid as you think.
The electorate are not stupip? of course they are not!
Far from it, they are quite smart. Why else would they desert Fretilin in the last election reducing it to half of its former 'glory'?
In 2001 Fretilin got 56%
In 2007 it fell to 29%
That is an amazing fall in popularity.
Isn't this enough proof that the electorate are not stupid?
And if the latest videos posted by Fretilin itself is anything to go by, the electorate is getting smarter by the day judging by the smaller attendances at Fretilin's gatherings.
"Isn't this enough proof that the electorate are not stupid?"
Well! You are looking back and try to push aside the main point here. The main point here is that you've promised the electorate that a government under your party's leadership would establish electricity throughout the country by December 2008. Almost four years on, electricity in Dili is AMP by day and by night and story goes on...
Of course any drop from the electorate is a setback, but do you really believe that 'the most popular and beloved' leader? What is the percetange your party got? People in the world would baffle to see a 'most popular and beloved' leader loosing an election and only got into power though making false promises to other even smaller parties. Furthermore, if the electorate was smart enough to get rid of Fretilin then after all these false premises, they will also be smart enough to get rid of a government that rely on other small parties.
After all, you have realised that and that what triggered panic in you lot. So, Fretilin is confortable in saying: bring the election on.
You dont make any sense. The power project only started in 2008 and it was promised most main town centre would have electricity by 2010. Well there were delays as is normal in any country and now its 2011.
Xanana 'the most popular and beloved' leader' as you refer to him only found CNRT 2 months before elections.
In the end it got 24%.
Fretilin, the so called 'Partido historico' with over 25 years existence and promoted by you people as the party who liberated East Timor got 29%.
That is only 5% more.
I think the most baffling thing is that Fretilin "Partido Historico' 'liberator of East Timor' with more than 25 years existence could not get a majority.
How could such a party do so badly against another party that was only 2 months old?
Of course it takes time for people to realise that what really matter is not how 'historico' you are but what you can do for them.
That's why Fretilin is still declining as we speak.
You see, Fretilin has governed and now so has AMP. People now are in position to compare one with the other and deide which government did more for them.
I think the answer here is clear and that's why CNRT is very confident of a win in 2012.
Fretilin on the other hand has been talking about a 'tsunami' victory since last campaign and the only thing we see is a continued decline in its number.
I suspect you will say this is not true. But fear not, all we have to do is wait for the next elections and see who was right.
I don't know about you, but I suspect that when the lights do finally start lighting up in many parts of the country just before the next election in 2012, people are going to realise that this government is ok.
Do you think they are going to hate the government for bringing them a reliable source of energy?
Sorry to say but Fretilin's leadership has been outsmarted by Xanana and his political allies...again.
As for the way CNRT formed government surely deep down inside you know that it was perfectly legal and constitutional. You just have to look at other democracies around you to know that this is how democracy works and whoever holds the majority in parliament forms the government.
I know you have been told something else by the 'experts' inside Fretilin but none of their 'expert opinion' would pass the scrutiny in a court of law. And that is why despite all the rhetoric, Fretilin never challenged it in court.
Oh dear, oh dear,
There is no need to blow your own trumpet yet. We are not scared of anything. Your party was 'founded' in the backdrop of manipulation of laws and frauds. In any democratic country it shouldn't run for an election in the first place. The then president manipulated the law and delayed the closing date to give himself time to found a party. The of CNRT was used in order to pull over the eyes of the electorate but did not go that far, did it?
Another aim, was that your president was restless because the then government did not improve people lives after three years in the government. So when your party formed a colation and government, the first thing it did was increased the budget four fold in order to 'better' people's livelyhood. It is an open secret in the country that those whom lives improved considerably, thousand times over are members of the government and their cronies. Furthermore, it was alleged the previous government did not improve people's lives during the almost four years. If the previous did not improve people's live with a budget of less than half billion, than for sure this government would have improved people lives with the amount of money that they have spent (almost ten times). However no improvement has taken place.
You assertion that people will vote for your party because your party/government have improved people's lives and therefore they will vote for you is tantamount to self indulgent, I'm afraid. Are the electorate really that blind to not have seen that ministers and their cronies have a estravagant lives? Both our points will be tested in next election.
"...Fretilin leadership have been outsmarted by Xanana and its political allies".
What a load of garbage. Your allies have a sheep on your shoulders. If you were smart there was no need to create conflict by burning down houses and align yourselves with foreign forces. All those 'tsunami' that you are talking about and that you will win the next election no more than cheap talk. Both you and I know that our policies will be tested at the next general election.
There is also no need to for you to worry about the 'declining number' of Fretilin. It is not a very smat things to say because if Fretilin supporters are declining your party is supposed to be the beneficiary of that decline. As seen from what you have said, it sounds like your party is looking over its shoulder.
Your party seem to live on the adrenaline and hot air that the party pump into itself. But we all expect that don't we?
By the way, talking about 'making sense' no one expect that you would agree with me. Somewhere deep down there you might see sense but it is politically wrong to acknowledge mistakes isn't it? Your boss, Mr know all never have acknowledges any mistakes> To his mind everybody makes mistakes but him and therefore it is expected that his footsoldiers would do the same.
""If you were smart there was no need to create conflict by burning down houses and align yourselves with foreign forces.""
If my memory does not fail it was one of the Fretilin ministers who distributed military weapons to party militias and was condemned by a court to 7,5 years in prison and was subsequently freed to go to Malaysia for suddenly falling 'ill' after only serving two months in prison.
It was another of Fretilin ministers that approved (with Fretilins PM knowledge) F-FDTL to distribute weapons to civilians.
""All those 'tsunami' that you are talking about...""
I dod not talk about the tsunamis. You fretilin leaders are the ones who made claims about 'fretilin's tsunami' in the last election.
They also talked about 'cleaning up' after winning the election causing fear and anxiety in the population in the 2001 election.
""There is also no need to for you to worry about the 'declining number' of Fretilin.""
I am not worried at all. Why should I? But if you are smart you should be worried and asking what is the party doing wrong and find the solution to fix it. If you look more closely it should be quite easy to see what or rather who is causing such decline in popularity. If you don't do some introspection NOW you will have only yourselves to blame should you suffer a major loss at the next election.
""Somewhere deep down there you might see sense but it is politically wrong to acknowledge mistakes isn't it? Your boss, Mr know all never have acknowledges any mistakes>""
For a moment there I though you were talking about the former fretilin government and its leaders. On the one hand they knew everything and were in control, on the other had they calimed to know nothing if things that went wrong might land them in court facing criminal charges.
As far I know, the current government is quite accepting of its mistakes as could be seen and can be seen by the very recent admissions of existing problems (including corruption) from people like PM Xanana himself and PR Lasama as well as AMP members of parliament.
As far as I can remember these kinds of admissions were absolute taboos and a no no when Fretilin was in power. They were perfect.
This government is quite the contrary. They are only too ready to admit that the government has problems.
"I am not worry at all. Why should I?" It has coming through that you are desperate and worry too much. How to fix the decline is not your business isn't it? If your assertions was so correct and you are so confident that Fretilin is in decline you should celebrate and even have the guts to bring the election forward. I have never seen something like that before. A party that should benefit from the decline of Fretilin do not celebrate but instead worry. It sounds suspicious to me. This could be that the policy on th so-called Fretilin's decline has not been sold.
Your last three paragraphs. You have admitted that there is a shortcomings. You know perfectly well that those acknowledgements were merely a political expediency. You also know very well that your leaders were denying that those corruption existed at all. One wonders why only know that they acknowledge. It is likely that the electorate and NGOs, after years of denouncing, have forced them to do so. However admitting alone mean anything? Admitting in NOT TACKLING isn't it? They should have tackled head on. The PM and AMP leaders are afraid of tackling head on because the vast majority their cronies are in it. We know that asking your leadership to tackle corruption is like asking a dog to bite one of his own legs off.
People want to see actions and not political expediencies. And what you described are proof.
However admitting alone mean anything? Admitting in NOT TACKLING isn't it?[corruption] They should have tackled head on.
Isn't that the job of the Anti Corruption Commission?
Credit should go to the current government for creating such commission.
Apparently it was not deemed necessary by the former fretilin government since it strongly defended there was no corruption under their government, even when everyone knew there was.
Ironically, and just to give an example, former PM Mari Alkatiri himself said during the official inauguration of the ASYCUDA system at CUSTOMS main office that since the automated electronic system had been set up the total number of registered imports had fallen but revenue had increased.
Meaning that before ASYCUDA, there was a larger amount of imports but revenue was smaller suggestion there were a lot of money disappearing along the way.
What better confirmation of the existence of corruption can one get?
Of course Mr Alkatiri didn't realize at the time that what he had said at the inauguration of ASYCUDA amounted to an admission of corruption in Customs.
Still, "There is no corruption" Fretilin government insisted.
I wonder why the Customs building was totally burned down in 2006.
Was it because because the then opposition (now in government) had persistently pointed out the existence of corruption in Customs and the office had precious documentation proving it?
Is that why it had to be burned down before the handover of power to the new government?
Will never know will we?
Lets not even mention the 56% of state budget that went missing in the lead up to Fretilin handing over power to the new AMP government.
"Isn't that the job of anti-corruption commission?"
You know full well that the anti-corruption commission has no teeth and your government make a habit of dismissing when they are found out.
Moreover, your government have found out first who the corruptors are before the anti-corruption commission. Let's us believe that your government is serious in tackling the corruption then most people like to see the government weeding out those corruptors. But none of this has happened and it is unlikely that this going to happen, at least, not in this government life's time. To make your govenrment much more credible and send all documents about corruptions that your government have acknowledge that corruption do exist and it is riffing and send them to the anti-corruption document. So far your government spending more time leap servicing than deal with the real issues.
Should we give credit to a government which create a commission and does not cooperate with? The creation was yet another political expediency. To make it worst, the commission is led by someone who is very cosy with the government. How can one hope that the commissioner will be able to condemn? Though I would like to give the benefit of the doubt and give him some time. Will be there any prosecution? I doubt it.
The customs building was burned by the supporters of PD which is in your government right now. So there is no need to pretend that it was burned by the government.
By the way, you have very sellective memory. The government did not hand over power to anybody. There was an interim government led briefly by another Mr clean before handed to Estanislau da Silva. The reason that Alkatiri resign, is all in the open. You know very well that your supporters were on the street to rick havoc the country.
As for the percentage that you claim disappeared, you should have submitted the paper to the anti-corruption commission, that your government set up! Does anyone believe, to the point, do you believe that no money have gone missing under this government? It is an open (in fact very) open secret that members of your government are having a laugh when they see the country going down the hill and the population are struggling everyday. So don't blow your own trumpet and beat your chest yet as there are a lot for your government to answer.
"You know full well that the anti-corruption commission has no teeth"
Quite the opposite. I doubt you have read the the law establishing the Anti Corruption Commission(KAK), but if you take the bother to go through it you will realize that it actually has robust powers.
You may also not be aware that in fact KAK already has more than a dozen cases in advanced stages of investigation and soon to be presented to the Office of Public Prosecutiion.
The government has been cooperating with its investigations.
Then you say that the Comission is led by someone 'cosy' with the government.
By saying this you are implying that the current Prosecutor General, Dra Ana Pessoa, former member of Fretilin Central Committee, is there to defend Fretilin's interests?
Does this explain why a totally groundless complaint from Fretilin's bench in Parliament to the Ombudsman for Justice and Human Rights and subsequently sent to the PG Ana Pessoa was made into formal accusation against Jose Luis Guterres?
The Court heard the complaint and dismissed it as being totally groundless and judged Jose Luis Guterres actions as in total conformity with international conventions and even Fretilin's government practices.
This of course brings us the question of how could such a frivolous and groundless complaint have passed so easily Prosecutor General Ana Pessoa's professional scrutiny?
Was she capable of seeing what most people could see as conformed by the court ruling?
Intriguing isn't it?
Was this really political persecution as many claim?
It is often said that people judge other people by their own standards.
So far the head of KAK has not shown any sign whatsoever of bias. If it comes to that I'll have not trouble saying so myself.
As for corruption under the current government, of course I believe there is corruption. How can I say no when PM Xanana himself says there is?
What I find funny is Fretilin's readiness to accuse the current government as if it had a higher moral ground. It does not and everyone knows it.
But don't get me wrong. I am just against corruption practices as you are regardless of where it comes from. It must be eliminated for the good of the nation and people.
I just think that if you are going to attack that problem, do it in a genuine way rather than a mere way to score political points. If you are seriously against corrupt practices in Timor-Leste you should not point you finger to one side and close your eyes to the other. There was plenty of corruption during Fretilin's government reign and it was not just common knowledge then it was confirmed later by the international independent audit done by Delloite.
If the case was not taken to court at that time it may have been for political reasons. The situation was rather unstable and the last thing the AMP government needed was to give Fretilin's leadership a reason to incite the die hard militants into more violence. It was a trade off between justice and immediate stability out of the crisis.
But me thinks those cases should one day see the light of justice when the political situation permits it and the country has long lasting peace and stability.
As for the Customs office destruction during the crisis,
I see no reason for PD to have burned down the Customs office as it had nothing to gain and a lot of evidence to loose regarding corruption under Fretilin's government that PD could use to further their political interests as any opposition would.
Now all evidence is lost and PD gained nothing from that loss of evidence.
The robustness of the KAK remains to be seen! Again, bring people to be accountable that is what matters, the rest are purely political expediency.
About Guterres's case you seem to attacked PGR and in the meantime questioned the civil servants. At least you have seen Pessoa's action but those who you defend have brought nothing to fruition.
"I see no reason for PD to have burned down the Customs..."
Well, well, I wonder if you will ever see any reason. But again, as most your accounts you see only sellectively. NO BODY HOLDS HIS/HER BREATH.
"The situation was rather unstable and the last thing the AMP government needed was to give Fretilin's leadership a reason to incite the die hard militants into more violence".
Wait a minute. The situation was incited by some called JAG (alias Xanana) who was alegedly not happy the way the government was running the country. To start with, he encouraged members of F/FDTL to desert their HQ. He incited further by telling them to demonstrate not only against the government but another institution that he was supposed to be the commander-in-chief. The almost 600soldiers fell foul onto his words and went on the streets creating caos. In the end the poor soldiers were sacked and the main instigator sat in his office having a laugh. The soldiers were merely instrument to meet his own ambition. He condemned the sacking but when he got into power they were never reinstated.
Fretilin never had and does not have the desire to incite. Even after won the election but could not form a government, it took on shin. One wonders if your party when looses the election would do the same. I doubt it. After all your party's survival depend on how much havoc you create in order to get into power.
Everyone knows it and therefore no need to going where you shouldn't.
"The situation was incited by some called JAG (alias Xanana) who was allegedly not happy the way the government was running the country. To start with, he encouraged members of F/FDTL to desert their HQ."
This is such a load of crap and you know it.
Don't try to rewrite history with your conspiracy theories.
The problem with the F/FDTL had been simmering for a long time regarding discrimination in the institution and it only got out of control because of Fretilin's failure to act.
Two years before the 2006 crisis problems surfaced in Lospalos within F-FDTL.
The Office of The President took the initiative to setup an Independent Inquiry Commission which included members of the National Parliament and Government.
The Commission came up with a number of recommendations for the government to resolve. Not much was done to seriously resolve the issues.
Leading up to 2006, the problems in F-FDTL were getting worse with strong claims of discrimination coming to the public attention.
F-FDTL leadership ignored the issue and so did the Fretilin government.
In 2006 frustrated and feeling nothing was being done to answer their complaints, F-FDTL soldiers abandoned barracks and went to the President to resolve their complaints.
President Xanana told them to return to their barracks and instead send him a letter stating their complaints and he would see what could be done.
The F-FDTL soldiers returned to barracks and sent a formal letter titled "Petition" to the President's Office.
The President asked the minister of defence, the Commander of the armed forces Taur Matan Ruak to meet with the protesting soldiers.
Taur Matan Ruak refused to participate because he considered the soldiers deserters and sent Lere Anan Timor instead to the meeting along with the minister of defense Roque Rodrigues.
Another Commission was setup by the government to look into the now called 'petitioners' complaints.
Months went by with the 'petitioners' feeling that the basics of their complaints regarding discrimination were still unresolved.
Frustrated the call a demonstration in front of the government offices and the situation soon gets out of the petitioning soldiers control with some youths beginning to burn cars and damage government building. Police fired shoots injuring demonstrators.
The demonstration marches to on to Tacitolu in a tense atmosphere. Along the way and as they pass Comoro market (an area dominated by easterners) the petitioners come under fire from police and military weapons. All hell breaks loose and the fleeing demonstrators start damaging and burning properties along the way.
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F-FDTL soldiers called in from the Lospalos barracks days before move in and block all access from the airport roundabout to Tacitolu. No traffic is allowed through except for the F-FDTL vehicles carrying F-FDTL soldiers and equipment.
Major Reinado (Head of Military Police) who was escorting Chief of Staff Lere Anan Timor awaits outside former Mari Alkatiri's office while Alkatiri holds a 'crisis meeting' with other senior ministers including Ana Pessoa, Roque Rodrigues, Rogerio Lobato, Taur Matan Ruak.
Despite the F-FDTL law requiring that the Commander-in-Chief of F-FDTL (the President) must be consulted in any F-FDTL involvement with civilian matters, Mari Alkatiri does not contact the President excusing himself by saying he tried to call but the lines were down. The President's office is only a few hundred meter from the PM's office and the situation was still calm around the area.
Despite it being a civil matter to be handled by the civilian police [At the time there were record numbers of police from the districts in Dili as well as the GNR trained UIR because of the tense situation around Fretilin national congress] Mari Alkatiri approves a military operation including use of force by F-FDTL against the demonstrators.
For two days and nights heavy shooting is heard around Raikotu-Tasitolu where the petitioners retreated.
Stories of massacres (later confirmed to be untrue) start coming to the public.
The President decides to check for himself and is blocked by F-FDTL soldiers with otders from top despite him being the Commander-in-Chief of F-FDTL.
Later when the crisis subdued and tensions cooled, Taur Matan Ruak, in an apparent sign of regret from being manipulated, confided in President Xanana by saying that he had told minister for defense Roque Rodrigues that Fretilin's biggest mistake was to try bringing the F-FDTL under its political influence.
This is more or less a general overview of how things really happened as most people would see it despite the conspiracy theories from Fretilin trying to shift attentions away from its government's incompetence in handling the situation.
I'm sorry but you are dreaming up excuses and put in the mouth of other! Goodness me! The whole event that you're describing is completely different from what was reported by the media, national and international, that took on your side. Do you expect me to believe that! All your accounts have bocome figment of your imagination. Show us some of the evidence. Even some interim reports produced by the office of the PR. I don't mean writing in retrospective, the one that you lot have become acostumed to. We don't need one similar to the one allegedly writen by Railos, complaining about the distribution of the guns to one of the ministers in April. Remember that letter was writen by Benedito Freitas and dated retropectively under the order of PR.
So, in case you do have, not in retrospective.
Your account of TMR confided in the PR... Release the evidence or just another figment of imagination. You forgot that the PR attacked TMR for no reason and it caused some tension between the two men? JAG stayed away from an event in order to cool it down and later apologised to TMR, with his usual tears of crocodile?
We expect more figments of imagination... bring them on
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