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For more detailed information about any story in this bulletin; or for tailored sector-specific monitoring contact: [email protected]; [email protected]) Local Daily News November, 19,2014 *PM Xanana pushes courts to work hard *Televizaun Timor-Leste, November 19, 2014 language source: Tetun Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao yesterday appeared in Dili district courts to encourage Timor-Leste’ judicial practitioners to continue carrying out their works after the international judges left Timor-Leste. The Dili District Court Judge Administrator, Duarte Tilman made the comments after having a meeting with Xanana at the Dili Dsitrict court. Mr. Tilman affirmed that PM Xanana had submitted a number of documents, relating to some cases which were being legally processed in the courts and said he would hand over these documents to the Public Prosecution to learn them. “This process has not yet been in the court, but the courts will send them to the competent organs to continue the ongoing investigation and these documents can become proofs.” “Encouraging the courts and trusting in the courts to seek for solutions based on the laws,” he said. *MOP holds seminar to discuss about rural roads construction *Televizaun Timor-Leste, November 19, 2014 language source: Tetun The Ministry of Public Works (MOP) and the country’s international development partners yesterday held one-day workshop, discussing about the country’s rural roads rehabilitatation. Minister for MOP, Gastao de Sousa said the workshop was held to share ideas by presenting plans on the rehabilitation of the rural roads throughout the country. “We discussed about the master plan for rural roads and what strategies that we need to use for rehabilitating those roads.” “So from this workshop we can get thoughts from the development partners and the Government members,” he said. *Marine Police seizes 100 boxes of wine at the border *Televizaun Timor-Leste, November 19, 2014 language source: Tetun The National Police Force (F-FDTL)’s Marine Unit (UPM) members have seized 100 boxes of wine at the border after a group of people illegally smuggled them into the territory of Timor-Leste. A UPM officer revealed that they seized those boxes of wine in the sea of the border when a group of people tried to smuggle them and said there were no proper documents found at the scene. “We were able to capture the people who involved in illegal transactions during our patrol in the maritime area. The boxes of wines were from Atambua, Indonesia,” he said. *National Combatants call for investigation into students’ protest against Xanana *Televizaun Timor-Leste, November 19, 2014 language source: Tetun The National Resistance Combatants Organization has called the National Police Force (PNTL) to hold investigation into the student movement members and a group of young man who has alleged the country’s Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao of being corrupt. “We are insisting the competent institutions to investigate those who have backed the students’ movement to hold rally during the commemoration of Santa Cruz Massacre Day,” Spokesperson for the Resistance Organization said. This organization also condemned the students’ attitude as they had showed irresponsible and immoral actions against Timor-Leste’s national leader who had fought for the country‘s independence. “We strongly condemn the attitudes of the students’ movement members that have alleged our resistance leaders Xanana Gusmao of committing acts of corruption. And it is immoral attitude against the country’s national resistance,” he said *MP suspects martial arts’ leaders of backing their members *Radio Timor-Leste, November 19, 2014 language source: Tetun The National Parliament Member, Cesar Valente said he suspected some of martial arts leaders continue backing their members to hold exercises and trainings in the country. Mr. Valente was referring to the 50 members of martial arts who were captured at the border zone after trying to illegally cross the border to go into the territory of Indonesia. He added that three of martial arts’ activities had been halted after the Government issued its resolution to close down the three martial arts which always involved acts of violence in the country, but they still existed. “Some of the martial arts members are working for the Government. I have never seen that they publically state, saying they have stopped joining their organizations,” he said. *TDD to send PM Xanana’s documents to MP *Independente, November 19, 2014 Language source: Tetun Dili District Court (TDD) will send documents that Prime Minister (PM) Xanana Gusmao presented to it yesterday to the Public Prosecutors (MP) because the documents are explaining about the cases that are still in the process of inquiry. TDD’s Administrator, Judge Duarte Tilman said he would send all the documents to the Public Prosecution Office after being scanned. “PM Xanana presented the documents to TDD because TDD ordered him to do so as it is based on the Public Prosecution’ request,” Duarte Tilman said after PM Xanana submitted the documents as evidences for the case of Timor-Leste’s supports for Guinea Bissau’s electoral registration process. The documents were handed over directly by PM Xanana to TDD’s Administrator, Judge Duarte Tilman yesterday at TDD. *USAID launches project for Ermera District *Independente, November 19, 2014 Language source: Tetun The United States Agency International Development (USAID) launched a project for Ermera District in Gleno of Ermera yesterday. USAID works together with the Ministry of State Administration (MAE) and the Ministry of Justice to implement the project which is aimed at providing capacity building training to local leaders to prepare for municipality. The US Ambassador to Timor-Leste, Catherine Dueholme said this project named ‘Projetu Ba Distritu’ (Project for District) which would be implemented for four years begun from 2013 until 2017. The fund for the project is six million dollars of America, including supports for vulnerable people. “We hope that “Projetu Ba Distritu” will improve Village Councils’ capacities to strengthen coordination, communication, and active participation in the development process of Ermera’s municipalities,” Dueholme said. *TL gathers supports for Guinea Bissau *Independente, November 19, 2014 Language source: Tetun Timor-Leste through its Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MNEK) is gathering supports from international communities to support Guinea Bissau. To gather the supports, Minister for MNEK, Jose Luis Guterres departed to New York of America to meet with the International Contact Group for Guinea Bissau and participate in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting which is scheduled to be held on November 18, 2014. “As Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) presidency, Timor-Leste participates in UNSC meeting on behalf of CPLP and there is also a meeting with the International Contact Group for Guinea Bissau which will be attended by many countries to call international communities to support Guinea Bissau,” Minister Jose Luis said. *PM Xanana meets with TDD’s administrator to hand over documents *Diario, November 19, 2014 Language source: Tetun Prime Minister (PM) Xanana Gusmao really appeared in Dili District Court (TDD) yesterday to hand over documents to TDD’s Administrator, Duarte Tilman and these documents are related to some cases that are still in inquiry. “PM Xanana came here to hand over some documents regarding several cases that are still in inquiries,” Duarte Tilman said after receiving the documents from PM Xanana. Tilman also said that PM Xanana’s presence at TDD was also as an encouragement for TDD to work independently. November, 18,2014 *Brigada Negra calls for investigation into KAK’s ex-advisor *Televizaun Timor-Leste, November 18, 2014 language source: Tetun The ex-combatant and Brigada Negra’s representatives have called on the Public Prosecution Office to hold investigation into the ex-advisor of the Anti-Corruption Commission (KAK), Jose Fernandes Brito. The representatives of Brigada Negra yesterday met with the prosecutor-general, asking for the Public Prosecution Office to legally process the ex-international advisor Brito as he had defamed the country’s resistance leader Xanana Gusmao. During an interview with Diario Nacional Daily, Mr. Brito said Militia Brigada Negra which had relationship with Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao had called on the judicial practitioners to be quiet. Spokesperson for Brigada Negra, Akita Tamalaka said Brigada Negra was not a militia group, but it was a political force which had supported Xanana in the process of the country’s national liberation. *Farmers in Bariqui call for irrigations *Televizaun Timor-Leste, November 18, 2014 language source: Tetun Farmers in Bariqui, the eastern district of Manatuto have called on the Government to help rehabilitate the irrigations in the area to increase quantity of their agricultural productions. Priest, Benecditos who is representing the farmers said there were also tractors, but they had been damaged; therefore such conditions had complicated the farmers in producing rice with highest quantity. He affirmed that the farmers here really supported the Government’s program called “Loja do Povu” as it could help the farmers to sell their products through this people’s shop and it seemed like cooperative. “The farmers here support much the Governments’ program Loja de Povu and if it would be really set up here it can operate together with the cooperative here and that is good as it can help the farmers,” he said. *CNRT call on Timorese people to save sovereignty of TL *Televizaun Timor-Leste, November 18, 2014 language source: Tetun CNRT Party has called on all the Timorese people to unite to save the country’s sovereignty as some certain people are trying to destroy it. “CNRT is calling on all the Timorese people to be careful and not to fall into political maneuvers of the foreign nationals who are trying to destroy our state and the national sovereignty,” Vice President CNRT Party, Virgilio Smith said during a press conference. Mr. Smith said it was good for all the Timorese people to use all the crises in the past as lesson-learned from which the certain people destroyed the country’s national unity by dividing the Timorese people. *Community in Uatulari call for application of environmental law *Televizaun Timor-Leste, November 18, 2014 language source: Tetun Communities in Besoru village of Uatulari, the eastern district of Viqueque have called on the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Environment to apply the country’s environmental law to sanction people who burn the jungle recklessly. The communities expressed their concerns regarding some irresponsible people who had illegally cut and burned down the trees in the area. According to them, such attitude will appear natural disaster like drought, landslide and erosion which may impact the local residents’ lives. “We are calling on the State Secretariat of the Environment to apply the environmental law, so that everyone can respect and love their nature,” a representative the community said. *MPs concerned about shortcoming of medicine at Maloa Health Center *Radio Timor-Leste, November 18, 2014 language source: Tetun The Parliament Members have their expressed their concerns over shortcoming medicines at Maloa Community Health Center as the communities in Maloa really need medicines. MP Eladio Faculto from the Committee F for Health and Education said he was very concerned about this situation it could impact medical treatment for the patients at referred clinic. MP Angelica Rangel questioned this shortcoming as the Parliament had approved large amount of money to be allocated for purchasing medicines, but in fact there were no medicines at this health center. In response, a nurse at Maloa Health Center said she had many times contacted their central hospital, but so far there had been no response yet. *LABEH concerned about Xanana as he defends Emilia Pires *Independente, November 18, 2014 language source: Tetun NGO LABEH has expressed its concerns over Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao’s letter, asking for the National Parliament not to remove political immunity of Minister for Finance Emilia Pires and State Secretary for Institutional Empowerment (SEFI), Francisco Borlaco to appear in the court. Director for LABEH, Julio “Gil” Guterres said LABEH was very concerned about this situation because Xanana’s letter had intervened in other state organs’ competences. “Timor-Leste is a democratic country, it has its own constitution and sovereign organs; therefore LABEH considers the letter which was sent to the Parliament is no is not a democratic decision, but it is autocratic,” Guterres said. *Border area potential to HIV/AIDS transmission *Suara Timor Lorosae, November 18, 2014 Language source: Tetun Executive Secretary for National Committee against HIV/AIDS, Daniel Marcal said HIV/AIDS case increased each day because of free sex activities and potential place to HIV/AIDS transmission was the border area. “The causes of steady increase in HIV/AIDS patient’s numbers are free sex and border area which is potential to prostitution by foreign nationals who enter Timor-Leste,” Daniel Marcal said on Monday 17 at National Parliament. He added that the National Parliament should create proper policies to the border areas’ activities under control of prostitution. *National Judges capable of processing corruption cases *Suara Timor Lorosae, November 18, 2014 Language source: Tetun Even though international prosecutors and judges have left Timor-Leste, the corruption cases will continue being processed because the national judges are capable of processing the cases, the National Parliament member, Eladio Faculto says. MP Faculto made the comments regarding the Appellate Court President’s declaration, saying he did trust in the national judges to continued processing Minister for Finance Emilia Pires’ case and other corruption case after the National Parliament and the Government issued resolutions to terminate the international judges and prosecutors’ contracts. “It is time for our national judges to show their capacity that they are able to try any case even it is serious case,” Eladio Faculto told STL at the National Parliament on Monday 17. *PN’s Resolution impedes corruption cases hearings *Suara Timor Lorosae, November 18, 2014 Language source: Tetun The National Parliament’s (PN) resolution that issued recently to terminate the international judges and prosecutors’ contracts has impeded hearing process of corruption cases filed in Public Prosecution Office. PN member from FRETILIN Bench, Manuel Gaspar da Silva said the Resolutions that the Government and PN made could impede the hearings at the court. “We can see that the resolution could impede the hearings of people who are suspected of committing corruption case,” PN member, Manuel Gaspar da Silva told STL on Monday 17. He considered the resolution was unconstitutional because it was against the Article 128 of the Magistrate Council’s competence and it was also against PN’s regiment article 151. *Today PM Xanana to appear in courts *Diario, November 18, 2014 Language source: Tetun Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao cancelled his schedule to submit corruption case data to Dili District Court (TDD) yesterday, it is scheduled that today he will present the data to TDD. Prime Minister Xanana’s plan to appear at TDD is out of TDD’s agenda because TDD does not notify Prime Minister Xanana to present himself or even any data to TDD. “Today, many people call about PM Xanana who wants to present himself to TDD, but he is not going to TDD,” an unnamed source told Diario yesterday in Lecidere. Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao said recently in his speech marking the commemoration day of November 12 massacre that we would appear at the Dili district court regarding the fund used for supporting Guinea Bissau. *Waiting for the Prime Minister, All political are full tribunal of Dili district (TDD), the authors of judiciaries are surprise *Independente November 18, 2014 Language Source Tetun: The issue of the Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has gone to the tribunal of Dili district on Sunday (17/11) yesterday made all public, especially all the members of parliament, some of the governance’s members, business men did not fell calm. The MP and some of the governance staff left their duty in order to wait for the chief of government that according to the plan present it some of the documents related to the case of some members of government, although there was no authorization from the tribunal. According to the observation of journalist that, within three hours started from two o’clock to five o’clock in the afternoon, the Member of Parliament, government staffs, the security force and the government’s vehicles occupied the places of tribunal of Dili district. But the prime minister has cancelled his presence there. *Attorney-General appeals against the release of secret diplomatic information on East-Timor from the 1970s *Independente November 18, 2014 Language Source English The federal court is to hear a “top secret” appeal by the Australian government aimed at suppressing information from a diplomatic file on a Indonesian military war crimes in East-Timor more than 30 (thirty) years ago. The highly unusual legal case, which involves a mystery government witness identified only as “X”, is likely to set important precedents for how courts determine national security matters. In a late development prior to Monday’s hearing, the government upgraded the secrecy of the proceedings by obtaining an order from the court its submissions and evidence to be treated as “top secret” information that if enclosed would cause “exceptionally grave damage” to national security. November, 17,2014 *Portugal and Brazil’s entrepreneurs to begin learning southern coast mega project *Radio Timor-Leste, November 17, 2014 language source: Tetun Portugal and Brazil’s entrepreneurs will begin learning about Timor-Leste’s southern coast mega project next year. Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao made the comments after having a meeting with the entrepreneurs of Portugal and Brazil last Thursday. Xanana affirmed that both Portugal and Brazil’s entrepreneurs would invest in the field of petroleum to commence the exploration of gas and oil fields in the southern coast of the country. Xanana added he was proud of Portugal and Brazil’s commitment to invest in the country’s petroleum in accordance with the political promises made during the Portuguese Language Community (CPLP)’s summits *PM Xanana meets with President TMR talk on minister justice’s visit to Portugal *Televizaun Timor-Leste, November 17, 2014 language source: Tetun Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao met with the President of the Republic, Taur Matan Ruak (TMR), talking about the minister for justice’s upcoming visit to Portugal. Speaking to journalists, Xanana said during the meeting they also discussed about his meeting with the Portuguese Ambassador to Timor-Leste and also the presence of CPLP’s executive secretary, talking on some programs which would be implemented. “I informed the president that I met with the ambassador of Portugal and minister for justice about his visit to Portugal,” he said. *Govt to regulate communities’ livestock *Televizaun Timor-Leste, November 17, 2014 language source: Tetun State Secretary for Husbandry, Valentino Varela visited the communities of Laclo, the eastern district of Manatuto to explain about the Government’s Decree Law which will be used to regulate the people of the country’s livestock. Mr. Varela said the Decree Law was very important to be used for regulating the movement of the communities’ livestock in the districts. He affirmed that if the communities in the rural areas did not abide by the referred law they would be sanctioned. “There will be implications of the law in the future, so all the people must abide by the law as they law will guarantee the farmers to farm in their corn and rice fields,” he said. *Midwife association to strengthen community health program *Televizaun Timor-Leste, November 17, 2014 language source: Tetun Timor-Leste Midwife Association has pledged to strengthen community health program throughout the country as the best way to help facilitate communities in rural areas. President of the association, Lidia Gomes made the comments during the swearing-in ceremony for the management of new members of six districts’ association last Friday. Ms.Gomes said the members of the Midwife would identify problem of health which the communities faced before producing programs. “So the management which has been set up within the association will help facilitate the staff members in making the association’s programs,” he said. *Jape Company makes complaints to police *Radio Timor-Leste, November 17, 2014 language source: Tetun Jape Company has made a report to the National Police Force (PNTL) regarding the staff members the state secretary for Commerce, Ricardo Nheu who have recently destroyed the fence of the building which belonged to Jape Company in Hera. Director for the Company, Jape Kung Su said he had reported the case to the police as Mr. Nheu had impeded construction process of pacific resort which would be a future touring object of the country. Mr. Kung Su affirmed that the company had license of the construction and had made an agreement with the Government before constructing this resort. *TMR promulgates and sends media law to Appellate Court *Independente, November 17, 2014 Language source: Tetun The President of the Republic, Taur Matan Ruak (TMR) has promulgated the Media Law of Timor-Leste and has sent it to the Court of Appeal to see whether it breaches the country’s constitutions or not. Although the law has been promulgated, but TMR sent it the Appellate Court to confirm about its constitutionality. “President of the Republic has sent the media law to the Appellate Court to confirm about its constitutionality as stated in the Article 126 No. 1 section a, and Article 149 no.1 and article 164 of Timor-Leste’s constitution,” a press release revealed. Last few months, the Journalists associations protested this media law as it was considered it to be unconstitutional. The Appellate Court suggested the National Parliament to amend several articles which were considered against the constitution. *Alkatiri doubts with data that KAK’s former advisor uncovers in Portugal *Independente, November 17, 2014 Language source: Tetun The Former Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri who is also the current FRETILIN Party Secretary General, Mari Alkatiri calls on the Government not to be preoccupied about the justice secrets that former Anti-Corruption Commission (KAK) advisor uncovered in Portugal because he is doubtful with the originality of the data. “I am calling on the Government not to be concerned about the data uncovered in Portugal because I do believe we especially KAK has the original data that we can compare to conclude that the former advisor has really uncovered the justice secret or not,” Alkatiri said recently at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Office. CNRT Party Bench at the National Parliament through a press conference called on the Public Prosecution to hold investigation into the case, involving the Portuguese advisor. *Alkatiri does not believe KAK’s ex-Advisor uncovers justice secrets *Suara Timor Lorosae, November 17, 2014 Language source: Tetun The ex-Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri said he did not believe that the ex-advisor for the country’s Anti-Corruption Commission (KAK) uncovered Timor-Leste’s justice secret to the public. Mr. Alkatiri said there was no evidence, proving that the ex-advisor had really uncovered the country’s confidential documents regarding the country’s judicial processes. “I do not believe everyone’s comments on the issue because I do not have any original data and evidences which can prove that the ex-advisor has really uncovered justice secret of Timor-Leste,” told the media at Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Office in Pantai Kelapa, Dili on Friday 14. Meanwhile, the National Parliament member, Paulino Monteiro said Timor-Leste’s problem was that the Government had never learned about the background of its international advisors before employing them.