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March 2005
UNMISET Daily Press Review
Compiled by the Public Information Office from national and
international sources
Daily Media Review Thursday, 24 March 2005
Provedor to be like a 'mafia'
The government is creating a Provedor who will be like a 'mafia'
according to Member of Parliament Rui Menezes. According to Rui, this
person will not take action on corrupt behaviour or abuse of power, and
will squash the basic rights of citizens. Menezes said that the fact that
Fretilin's candidate Sebastiao Ximenes is the only candidate is not a
major problem, but that issue rather is whether this candidate possesses
the basic criteria to effectively work in the position, such as
credibility, integrity and intellectual capacity. (Timor Post)
Parliamentary Commissions receive own room
The seven commissions of the National Parliament each received their
own room yesterday, with the keys being handed over to the president of
each commission by the President of the National Parliament, Francisco
Guterres. Guterres said that the individual rooms would now greatly assist
the commissions to carry out their work. Previously as there were not
enough rooms the commissions were forced to share. He said that the new
rooms were still incomplete but that the Parliament would aim to equip the
rooms with complete facilities soon. (Timor Post, STL)
PNTL to undertake training in Indonesia
This coming April approximately one hundred Timor-Leste National Police
officers will leave for Jakarta, Indonesia, to undertake two months of
training in intelligence, traffic policing and investigations. Inspector
Lino Saldanha, PNTL Commander for Administration, said that this training
is a continuation of the bilateral cooperation agreement between Indonesia
and Timor-Leste. Lino said he hoped that the training would increase the
professionalism of the national police. (STL)
Resolution of Sinai Rock dispute should be taken slowly
Independent Member of Parliament Antonio da Costa Lelan has requested
that the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation not rush in
resolving the Sinai Rock dispute between Indonesia and Timor-Leste, as
this is a sensitive issue. Speaking to journalists at the National
Parliament on Wednesday, Lelan expressed his concerns that attempting to
resolve the issue may cause conflict for border communities, and if so it
is better to leave the issue pending for now. (STL)
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