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      Govt forgets Australian prime minister’s proposal

      Timor Post , 9 September 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
      State Secretary for the Council of Minister, Hermenegildo Pereira said the Government forgot the Australian prime minister’s proposal of asking the Timorese Government to set up asylum seekers processing center in the country, as so far the Government had not received official proposal from Australia.

    • Timor-Leste’s Plan to go into ASEAN will not affect F-FDTL’s bilateral

      Suara Timor Loro Sa’e , 9 September 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
      State Secretary for Defense, Julio Thomas Pinto said Timor-Leste’s plan to go into the Association of South East Asia Nations (ASEAN) would not affect bilateral cooperation between the Timorese Defense Force (F-FDTL) and Australia.

    • Fretilin will not use opportunity to seize power from AMP: Alktiri

      Diario Nacional , 9 September 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
      Fretilin Secretary-General, Mari Alkatiri said his party would not use political crises opportunity to seize power from the Parliamentary Majority Alliance (AMP) Government.

    • PSD continues defending AMP

      Diario Nacional , 9 September 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
      Deputy President of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), Hermen Barros said his party continued defending the Parliamentary Majority Alliance (AMP) Government and would not end coalition with the AMP itself.

    • Carrascalao could not live with corruptors, says Alkatiri

      Diario Nacional , 9 September 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
      Fretilin Secretary-General Mari Alkatiri said Deputy Prime Minister Mario Viegas Carrascalo decided to resign from his post, as he was not able to live and work with the corruptors within the Government.

    • Carrascalao resigns from his post

      Radio Televisaun Timor Leste , 9 September 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
      Deputy Prime Minister for Management and Good Governance, Mario Viegas Carrascalao has made an official resignation to Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, asking to resign from his post.

    • Carrascalao’s resignation not significant to Fretilin

      Radio Televisaun Timor Leste , 9 September 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
      Fretilin Secretary-General, Mari Alkatiri said resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Mario Viegas Carrascalao from his post had no significance to the Fretilin Party.

    • CNRT Party welcomes Carrascalao’s resignation

      Radio Televisaun Timor Leste , 9 September 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
      The National Congress for the Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT) has welcomed positively the official resignation of Deputy Prime Minister for Management and Good Governance, Mario Viegas Carrascalao.

    HAK calls on PM Gusmao to take necessary action against F-FDTL soldier

    Radio Televisaun Timor Leste , 9 September 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
    Director for HAK [human rights association], Rui Viana has called on Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao who is also Minister for Defense and Security to take necessary action against the F-FDTL soldiers who engages in maltreatment.

  • PM Gusmao suspends Carrascalao’s mandate

    Timor Post , 8 September 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
    Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has suspended mandate of the Procurement Technical Secretariat which is under the Office of Deputy Prime Minister for Administration and Good Governance.

  • F-FDTL commanders never order soldiers to shoot recklessly

    Radio Televisaun Timor Leste , 8 September 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
    The Timorese Defense Force (F-FDTL) Chief of Staffs, Brigadier Lere Anan Timur said the F-FDTL commanders had never authorized their off duty soldiers to carry weapons and shoot recklessly.

  • Gusmao calls for confidence in PNTL

    Diario Nacional , 8 September 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
    Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has called for the Timorese people, especially the people of Liquisa to believe in the Timorese National Police (PNTL) in maintaining security in the country.

  • Shooting at police car is great mistake, says Commander Coliati

    Diario Nacional , 8 September 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
    The Timorese Defense Force (F-FDTL) Army Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Calistro Coliati said the recent shooting at the police car was a great mistake made by the F-FDTL soldier.

  • Shooting at police car can reduce confidence in the defense force: MPs

    Diario Nacional , 8 September 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
    MPs from the National Congress for the Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT) and the National Unity Party (PUN) said the recent shooting at the police car, engaging the Timorese Defense Force (F-FDTL) drunken solider could reduce people’s confidence in the military institution.

  • Timorese first female police officer takes over responsibility from the UN Police

    Suara Timor Loro Sa’e , 8 September 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
    The Timorese National Police (PNTL) from Liquisa which is led by Superintendent Natercia Martins Soares has reassumed security responsibility from the UN Police on Tuesday (7/9).

  • PNTL resumes primary policing responsibilities in Liquica

    Timor Newsline , 8 September 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
    The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Timor-Leste (SRSG) Ameerah Haq and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão presided over the ceremony marking the resumption of primary responsibilities for the conduct of police operations by Polícia Nacional de Timor-Leste (PNTL) in the District of Liquica, 35 km west of Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste.

  US $ 3 million not missing, but miscounting: MP Tilman

  Timor Newsline , 8 September 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
  President of the Parliamentary Committee C for the issue of Economy and Finance, Manuel Tilman affirmed that the recent rumors mongering that the state budget totaling US $ 3 million went missing in the Ministry of Finance was untrue and said such an amount was still there, but it was only miscounted by the officers.

• Govt should process soon police car shootings’ case: HAK

  Timor Post , 8 September 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
  Director for HAK [human rights Association], Rui Viana said the Government had to process legally as soon as possible the drunken F-FDTL soldier who engaged in shooting at the police car in Liquisa last Sunday, as it had made people panic.