Politics
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 [...]
E.Timor votes in village polls
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP October 9, 2009 — EAST Timor voted on Friday in village elections seen as a test of the fledgling country’s stability a decade after its historic independence referendum which led to its bloody split from Indonesia.
Past elections in East Timor have been marred by tension and fighting and the United Nations mission is keen [...]
E Timorese to vote in rural polls today
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP October 9, 2009 — Hundreds of thousands of East Timorese are expected to vote in village elections on Friday, in the seventh election the fledgling nation has held since its 1999 vote to split from Indonesia.
Past elections in East Timor have been marred by tension and fighting and Friday’s polls are being seen as [...]
Officials’ pay hikes slammed
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP October 8, 2009 — PAY hikes for lawmakers and high-level officials passed Thursday in East Timor are ‘out of proportion with the economy”, the opposition National Union Party said.
‘With these sorts of conditions we are creating an elitist group running the country,’ party leader Fernanda Borges told AFP.
The proposals received the seal of approval [...]
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 [...]
‘The Quality of Women Is Very Important’
Friday, April 2nd, 2010DILI, Sep 22 , 2009 (IPS) – For more than seven years, the men and women of East Timor have been working to rebuild their nation after a destructive 24-year occupation by the Indonesian army.
The country of more than one million people – which became an independent nation in May 2002 – put back the [...]
E.Timor may force election
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP DILI September 18, 2009 — EAST Timor’s opposition threatened on Friday to force an early election in an escalating row with the government over the release of an Indonesian militia leader accused of crimes against humanity.
Fretilin party spokesman Jose Teixeira told AFP the party will ’seriously consider’ pulling out of parliament if a motion [...]
Gusmao under fire over militia leader
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP September 14, 2009 — East Timor’s opposition has moved to censure the government of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao over its decision to free an Indonesian militia leader accused of crimes against humanity.
Fretilin party lawmakers submitted the censure motion to parliament on Monday over the decision last month to release Martenus Bere, who stands accused [...]
ETimor opposition calls for early election in militia leader row
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP September 10, 2009 — East Timor’s opposition called on President Jose Ramos-Horta on Thursday to dissolve parliament in a row over the release of an Indonesian former militia leader accused of involvement in a 1999 massacre.
Opposition Fretilin party secretary general Mari Alkatiri challenged Ramos-Horta to call early elections over government “interference” in securing the [...]
ETimor president threatens to quit as MPs block overseas trips
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP DILI, Sept 9, 2009 — East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta threatened to resign Wednesday if lawmakers refused to approve his overseas work trips in protest over the government’s release of an Indonesian former militia leader.
Lawmakers reversed their decision made a day earlier after the president issued his ultimatum.
“The president said if parliament doesn’t vote [...]