| Subject: UNMISET Daily Media Review 1 April
2005
UNMISET Daily Press Review
Compiled by the Public Information Office from national and
international sources
Daily Media Review Friday, 1 April 2005
Election failure due to government intervention
Results from an investigation by the National Electoral Commission show
that the failure of the village chief elections in Baucau district, where
many voters could not vote because their names were not on the electoral
roll, was due to local government intervention.
According to Commissioner Valentim Ximenes, the sub-district
Administrators in Baucau district were instrumental in preventing people
from taking part in the elections if their names were not on the roll,
even if they were in possession of an electoral card. When the Electoral
Commission attempted to allow these people to still take part, members of
the local government would not allow them to do so. Ximenes said the
Commission would consider requesting the courts to allow a repeat
election. (Timor Post)
Provedor not to be used as a reconciliation symbol
The Director of East Timor People's Action, Cecilio Caminha Freitas,
has asked the government not to use the Provedor for Justice and Human
Rights, Sebastiao Diaz Ximenes, as a symbol of reconciliation. Ximenes was
elected by a majority in Parliament on Tuesday to head the post.
Freitas said that he has doubts about Ximenes' future integrity and
commitment in the position, considering his political background. The
Provedor was formerly a campaigner against independence for Timor-Leste
and a member of the Front for Democracy and Justice, a pro-autonomy
organization. Freitas added that many people are unhappy with his election
as the Provedor, even though the election itself was carried out
democratically. (STL)
Brazil sends teachers to Timor-Leste
Forty-seven teachers from Brazil out of a total of 17-thousand
candidates have been chosen to come to Timor-Leste to train teachers. The
Program for Teacher Qualification and Portuguese Instruction was
established through an agreement signed by the Brazilian Minister of
Education, Tarso Genro, and his East Timorese counterpart, Armindo Maia.
The 12-month program will see Brazilian teachers train Timorese
teachers to give lessons on Portuguese language as well as physics,
mathematics, biology and chemistry in Portuguese. All the teachers are
expected to arrive in Dili this weekend. (Brazzil Magazine)
American Marines depart Timor-Leste
The American doctors and nurses, who provided medical assistance to
Timorese for four days this week, have departed Timor-Leste to return to
north Sumatra, Indonesia, to provide medical aid to the local population
there following the large earthquake that hit the region last Monday. (STL)
Timor-Leste's junior football team win cup
Timor-Leste's junior under-12's football team has once again won the
Reverino Cup in Japan. After beating their opponents in five matches,
Timor-Leste kept Thailand scoreless in the final, securing a 2-0 victory.
The team's trainer, Mr Kim, from Korea, said that he was very proud that
the team was able to defeat Thailand, considering that Timor-Leste's
senior team lost 8-0 to Thailand in the Tiger Cup last year. He said that
he was pleased that Timor-Leste's junior players have such good playing
skills. (Timor Post)
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