La'o Hamutuk has updated and expanded our web resources on the Maternus Bere case, the controversy it provoked, and yesterday's debate and vote on the No Confidence motion it stimulated. We include press articles, analyses, photos, documents, Government and Fretilin press releases, and texts of speeches, in both Tetum and English. The main entry points are:

English: The Bere release, background, and aftermath (including links) http://www.laohamutuk.org/Justice/99/bere/09MaternusBere.htm International media coverage http://www.laohamutuk.org/Justice/99/bere/09BereMedia.htm No Confidence Motion (bilingual) http://www.laohamutuk.org/Justice/99/bere/Censura/NoConfidence.htm Debate and comments on No Confidence Motion (some English links) http://www.laohamutuk.org/Justice/99/bere/Censura/DebateCensura.htm

Tetum: The Bere release, background and its aftermath (including links) http://www.laohamutuk.org/Justice/99/bere/09MaternusBereTe.htm Local media coverage before Sept. 20. http://www.laohamutuk.org/Justice/99/bere/BereMediaTL.htm Local media coverage after Sept. 20.http://www.laohamutuk.org/Justice/99/bere/BereMediaTL20Sep.htm No Confidence Motion (bilingual) http://www.laohamutuk.org/Justice/99/bere/Censura/NoConfidence.htm Debate and comments on No Confidence Motion (some English links) http://www.laohamutuk.org/Justice/99/bere/Censura/DebateCensura.htm

We welcome additional information, from all points of view, in this critical test for separation of powers, impunity, and constitutional democracy in this 7-year-old nation. Obrigado barak.

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Charles Scheiner La'o Hamutuk (The Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis) P.O. Box 340, Dili, Timor-Leste (East Timor) Telephone: +670-3325013 or +670-734-0965 mobile email: cscheiner@igc.org website: http://www.laohamutuk.org skype: cscheiner

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