Comunicado de Imprensa - Somos o único partido com políticas claras para desenvolver Timor-Leste, diz a FRETILIN

Vote para FRETILIN! Eleições Legislativas 2007   "Defendendo a Indepedência de Timor-Leste" Comunicado de Imprensa

27 Junho 2007

Somos o único partido com políticas claras para desenvolver Timor-Leste, diz a FRETILIN

Dr Mari Alkatiri, Secretário Geral da FRETILIN, afirmou que a FRETILIN é o único partido que apresentou um programa político claro para o desenvolvimento social e económico de Timor-Leste durante a campanha para as eleições legislativas de 30 de Junho. Mari Alkatiri prometeu também promover uma nova geraçào de líderes da FRETILIN.

 

Dr Mari Alkatiri disse que "através desta camapanha eleitoral, temos sido o único partido que tem apresentado uma plataforma política clara para o desenvolvimento económico e social, de forma sustentável, de Timor-Leste.

"O nosso programa é baseado na implementação contínuado do plano de desenvolvimento nacional criado pelo primeiro governo e com particular atenção na saúde, agricultura, educação, juventude, infraestruturas e na gestão prudente dos nossos recursos petrolíferos."

"Em mais do que uma ocasião, desafiei o líder do CNRT Xanana Gusmão para um debate sobre o desenvolvimento social e económico, o problema dos peticionários e a crise de 2006. O CNRT e Xanana Gusmão recusaram-se sempre a responder, o que demonstra a sua falha em apresentar quaisquer políticas para desenvolver o país."

Dr Alkatiri prometeu, como único fundador da FRETILIN presente na actual liderança do partido, a promover a nova geração de líderes da FRETILIN.

"Irei agora concentrar-me em promover jovens líderes, incluindo mulheres, para liderarem o partido. O facto de que a nossa lista parlamentar inclui jovens líderes no topo da lista reflecte a nossa ambição para desenvolvermos através de novos líderes. É uma excelente lista que combina a experiência e sabedoria de líderes séniores com a criatividade e dinamismo da nova geraçào.

"Apelo ao povo para que escolha o seu partido com base na qualidade da lista parlamentar do partido. As eleições legislativas não são sobre qualquer indivíduo, mas sim sobre escolher a melhor equipe.

Mari Alkatiri acrescentou que a FRETILIN tem aprendido valiosas lições durante o seu tempo no governo, o que poderá usar para melhorar a vida do povo. "Como todos em Timor-Leste, a FRETILIN está também a aprender sobre as suas responsabilidades numa democracia emergente.

"Os primeiros cinco anos têm sido difíceis porque tivemos que reconstruir o país após a destruição de 1999, e simultaneamente dedicar muito tempo e energia para assegurar a nossa merecida parte dos recursos petrolíferos durante as negociaçòes com o Governo Australiano."

Os comentarios foram feitos hoje durante o comício de encerramento da campanha eleitoral, no Estádio Municipal de Dili. O comício teve presente cerca de 30 mil militantes e simpatizantes do partido.

Para mais informações, contacte:

Jose Teixeira (+670) 728 7080

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Media Release - FRETILIN supporters attacked on their way to Dili rally

Vote for FRETILIN! 2007 Parliamentary Elections   "Defending Timor-Leste's independence" Media release

27 June 2007

FRETILIN supporters attacked on their way to Dili rally

 
 

FRETILIN party supporters making their way to the party’s Dili rally held at Dili football stadium on the last day of campaigning for the 30 June parliamentary election have been attacked by members of opposition parties in Dili and in Manatuto district east of Dili.

FRETILIN parliamentary candidate Jose Teixeira said, “A convoy of FRETILIN supporters traveling from the east of country was stoned in Manatuto and another convoy of supporters traveling from the west of the country was attacked in the Dili suburb of Fatuhada.

“I have received reports that the stoning attacks in Dili have resulted in the closure of the road from the airport through to the Dili suburb of Comoro. If the reports of the road closure are true it has prevented our members from attending our entirely peacefully rally in Dili to express their political will.

“Our supporters have every right to gather peacefully. FRETILIN does not tolerate any violence and we demand that the UN Police immediately investigate these incidents and bring the perpetrators of violence to justice.”

For more information, please contact:

Jose Teixeira (+670) 728 7080

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Comunicado de Imprensa - Apoiantes da FRETILIN atacados à caminho de Dili para participarem no comício

Vote para FRETILIN! Eleições Legislativas 2007   "Defendendo a Indepedência de Timor-Leste" Comunicado de Imprensa

27 Junho 2007

Apoiantes da FRETILIN atacados à caminho de Dili para participarem no comício

 
 

Apoiantes do partido FRETILINforam atacados durante a sua viagem em direção à Dili para participarem no comício de encerramento, no Estádio Municipal de Dili, no último dia de campanha eleitoral. Os ataques foram realizados por militantes e apoiates de partidos da oposição, nos distritos de Dili e Manatuto.

José Teixeira, candidato parlamentar da FRETILIN, disse que "uma caravana de apoaintes da FRETILIN que se encontravam à caminho de Dili, provenientes da zona leste do país, foram apedrejados em Manatuto, e outra caravana, proveniente da zona oeste, foi atacada em Dili, no bairro de Fatuhada.

"Recebi informações de que os apedrejamentos em Dili resultaram no encerramento das estradas do Aeroporto até Comoro. Se as informações forem verdadeiras, então causou que alguns dos nossos apoiantes participassem no pacífico comício em Dili para expressarem a sua vontade política.

"Os nossos apoiantes têm todo o direito de se juntarem de forma pacífica. A FRETILIN não tolera qualquer tipo de violência e exigimos que a Polícia das Nações Unidas investigue imediatamente estes incidentes, e traga os perpretadores da violência à justiça."

 

Para mais informações, contacte:

Jose Teixeira (+670) 728 7080

www.fretilin-rdtl.blogspot.com, www.timortruth.com

Media Release - New judicial officers for Timor Leste

Vote for FRETILIN!

2007 Parliamentary Elections


“Defending Timor-Leste’s independence”


Media release
27 June 2007

New judicial officers for Timor Leste

Timor Leste’s Minister for Justice, and FRETILIN candidate for the upcoming elections Dr. Domingos Sarmento, has welcomed the swearing in of eleven Timorese judges, nine prosecutors and seven public defenders, nearly 40 per cent of them women.

The judges, prosecutors and public defenders are the first intake to have completed the two and a half year training course at the Legal Training Center established at the initiative of the FRETILIN government in 2002.

They are the first post-independence Timor-Leste nationals ever to have been professionally trained and certified to work as judicial officers.

“I would like to congratulate all of them for all their dedication, diligence and persistence over the past two and a half years. This is a very proud day for me, the government and for the people of Timor-Leste whom they have been trusted to serve and whose constitutional and civil rights they have taken on the responsibility of safeguarding,” said Sarmento, who was Dili District Court President between 2000-2001.

“We should also be very proud that 40 per cent of them are women. Our young nation faces a great challenge to redress the imbalance between men and women. This task will be helped by the fact that over one third of our judicial corps are women.

“From its formation in 1974, throughout our long struggle for independence and sovereignty, FRETILIN has maintained the liberation of women as one of its main social and political objectives. When I was a combatant with the FRETILIN forces during the Indonesian occupation between 1975 and 1980, I fought alongside, and with the invaluable assistance of many women compatriots, including some who died during the struggle.

“The growing role of women in the legal system and other areas of society is a fitting recognition of those women who gave so much for the ideals of an independent, democratic society where the rule of law prevails,” Sarmento said.

Another 15 judicial officers are undergoing training and will be eligible to take up their roles later this year. The recently sworn in judges, prosecutors and public defenders have all been working in their respective roles since being sworn in as interns on 3 June 2006.

“They took up their positions at a very difficult time, soon after the political and constitutional crisis broke out. What is normally a very difficult job was made even more difficult by the attacks on the judiciary since that time,” Sarmento said.

“They have already acted with the political and ethical independence we would wish them to display. As Timorese judges they will come under a lot of pressure; political, social, from personal interests, family interests and international interests. I have faith that the high quality professional and ethical training FRETILIN initiated has equipped them to meet these and other challenges.

“FRETILIN has always been committed to improving the justice sector. The newly sworn in judicial officers are examples of good collaboration between the government, UNDP, other bilateral donors and especially the Community of Portuguese Speaking Nations to develop the capacity of judicial officers in a sustainable way.

“When the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) appointed me as a judge in February 2000, our training by the UN was to take us to the Darwin Magistrates Court for one week’s judicial familiarization training. I am confident from my own personal experience that these judges and future judges coming out of the Judicial Training Center will be eminently better equipped than we were.

“The FRETILIN government is committed to increasing funding and support for the work of judges, prosecutors and public defenders in order to assure their total independence. One example is the construction of residences for judicial officers who have to relocate with their families to the courts. We can do this now that we have more money from the petroleum fund, money we did not have up until this year.”

For more information, please contact:

Jose Teixeira (+670) 728 7080

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