Corruption
Analysis: Tough task to tackle corruption in East Timor
Sunday, April 18th, 2010Global Post DILI, East Timor — Over the past year or so in East Timor, a slew of top officials have been implicated in corruption scandals.
The justice minister was charged with influencing government contracts; the finance minister was criticized for allegedly giving jobs to her friends; and one of the country’s deputy prime ministers was [...]
East Timor swears in new anti-graft boss
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP February 22, 2010 — East Timor’s first anti-corruption commissioner was sworn in Monday during a parliamentary ceremony that was broadcast live around the tiny nation.
The country’s government has faced multiple accusations of corruption, implicating senior officials including Justice Minister Lucia Lobato and Finance Minister Emilia Pires.
But on his first day in the job former [...]
Slow Progress for Corruption Watchdog
Friday, April 2nd, 2010DILI, Oct 10, 2009 (IPS) – A lack of political will to tackle corruption in East Timor is holding the country back, said Sebastiao Ximenes, East Timor’s Ombudsman for Human Rights and Justice.
“What all people expect is that our leaders must have a good political will to fight corruption, but even if we have good [...]
ETimor deputy PM ‘abused power’: leaked report
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP DILI October 3, 2009 — East Timor’s deputy prime minister abused his power by securing a plum United Nations job for his wife in which she was overpaid thousands of dollars, a leaked ombudsman’s report alleges.
The July 9 report by East Timor’s Ombudsman Sebastiao Ximenes, obtained by AFP, recommends an investigation be opened into [...]
Tackling Corruption Head On
Friday, April 2nd, 2010DILI, Aug 13, 2009 (IPS) – After a string of corruption allegations were levelled against Xanana Gusmao’s coalition government, a civil society organization in East Timor Thursday launched an anti-corruption campaign it says will help tackle East Timor’s endemic corruption head on.
The National Campaign Against Corruption, spearheaded by non-governmental organization Lalenok Ba Ema Hotu (LABEH), [...]
ETimor opposition says accused ministers must go
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP DILI August 6, 2009 — East Timor’s opposition Fretilin party called for Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao to sack his justice and finance ministers Thursday after investigators recommended action against the pair for “abuse of power”.
In the latest corruption scandal to hit the government, Fretilin parliamentary leader Aniceto Guterres told reporters that Justice Minister Lucia [...]
Prime Minister Embroiled in Contract Scandal
Friday, April 2nd, 2010DILI, EAST TIMOR, Jul 2, 2009 (IPS) – Pressure to resign is mounting on East Timor’s Prime Minster, Xanana Gusamo, amid claims that he misused authority when he signed-off on a multi-million dollar government contract last year to a company his daughter has ties with.
Fernanda Borges, leader of the opposition National Unity Party, has demanded [...]
Minister, Editor Wrangle On Over Exposé
Friday, April 2nd, 2010DILI, Mar 9, 2009 (IPS) – East Timor’s justice minister says she will file a civil liability case against newspaper editor Jose Belo, if criminal defamation charges do not make it in court.
Defamation charges were filed by the minister, Lúcia Lobato, after a series of reports appeared in Belo’s ‘Tempo Semanal’ newspaper, in October 2008, [...]