Subject: Daily Media Review Monday, 27 May
2005
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Daily Media Review
Friday, 27 May 2005
Government delays budget approval
Even though the implementation of the 2005-06 budget will begin in July, the
Government has not yet sent the budget proposal to the National Parliament
for discussion and approval. Manuel Tilman, MP and President of Commission C
for Economy and Finance, said that usually it takes the Parliament three
months to discuss the upcoming budget, and thus in the current situation
most MPs will simply approve the budget with 'their eyes closed' as there is
now not enough time to do a proper assessment. (Timor Post)
Instability forecast for 2007 electionsPresident of the Democrat Party in
the Parliament Rui Menezes has said that the terror, threats and
intimidation surrounding the village chief elections is an indication that
the 2007 general elections will be implemented in an atmosphere of
instability and lack of democracy. Speaking to journalists at the Parliament
on Thursday, Menezes said that Fretilin won the second and third stages of
the village chief elections because the elections were implemented in an
atmosphere of terror and intimidation, with the result that the population
were frightened not to vote for certain candidates. (STL)
Peace Memorial inaugurated
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Jose Ramos Horta and the United
Nations Special Representative for Timor-Leste Sukehiro Hasegawa yesterday
inaugurated the Peace Memorial in Lecidere, Dili, for the victims of the
1999 tragedy. Participants at the ceremony included the diplomatic corps,
members of the government and officials from the Serious Crimes Unit of the
UN. Speaking to journalists after the inauguration, Horta said that the
Peace Memorial is intended to honour those who gave their lives, and a
reminder to Timorese not to forget the sacrifice of these heroes. (STL,
Timor Post)
Legal practitioners experience language difficulties
The prosecutors and defense lawyers who have not passed their evaluations
for the second time in six months of training, are struggling with the
language medium of the training. According to Alexander Cortereal, member of
the National Parliament, the criteria that the Superior Council of
Magistrates uses for the evaluations does not concern the actual capacity of
the candidates, but rather their Portuguese language abilities. Speaking to
journalists at the Parliament, Cortereal said that the trainers all teach in
Portuguese, and thus the training mechanism is the problem, and not the
issue of capacity of the candidates themselves. (Timor Post)
Ramos-Horta to visit Cuba
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Jose Ramos Horta will visit Cuba
after accompanying Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri on his trip to Europe. A
press release from the Ministry says that Horta has received an official
invitation from the Cuban government, and that the objective of the visit is
to further strengthen relations between the two countries. (Timor Post)
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