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• The law for anti-corruption commission has been promulgated by President Jose Ramos Horta, but its system is not strong enough to help support the anti-corruption commission (KAK) in fighting against corruption and that would lead people to continue engaging in corruption.

• MP Martins ready to testify in court

  Radio Televisaun Timor Leste , 14 July 2009- Summary by Alberico Junior
  Former commander of the Timorese National Police (PNTL), Paulo Fatima Martins who is also MP from the National Congress for the Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT) said he was ready to testify in the court regarding the crises in 2006.

• Prosecutor refuses international legal advisor for Ms. Pires

  Radio Televisaun Timor Leste , 14 July 2009- Summary by Alberico Junior
  The Timorese Prosecutors for the attempted assassination case to President Horta on February 11 last year has refused presence of the two foreign legal advisors for Ms. Angelina Maria Pires in the trial.

• PDHJ is continuing to work: Lasama

  Timor Newsline , 13 July 2009- Summary by Alberico Junior
  Parliamentary President Fernando “Lasama” Araujo said the Timorese Human Rights and Justice Ombudsman (PDHJ)’s had ended on June 30, but it was still continuing to do its work, while waiting for a new PDHJ.

• We will wait how the laws are to be implemented: Lasama

  Timor Newsline , 13 July 2009- Summary by Alberico Junior
  Parliamentary President Fernando “Lasama” de Araujo said the Court of Appeal had decided that the village chiefs’ election and anti-corruption laws were constitutional; he therefore would wait how these laws were to be implemented.

• Ministry of Finance sets up a system of preventing corruption

  Timor Post , 13 July 2009- Summary by Alberico Junior
  The Ministry of Finance is currently setting up a new system of corruption prevention, this system called as Performance Budgeting System (BPS).

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