Lisboa, 15 Jan (Lusa) - O chefe da diplomacia timorense inaugurou hoje em Lisboa as novas instalações da embaixada de Timor-Leste, em cerimónia que contou com a presença de dezenas de convidados, entre os quais o ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros de Portugal.
Zacarias da Costa, que termina sexta-feira uma visita de trabalho de quatro dias a Lisboa, destacou na ocasião o "contributo decisivo e indelével" de Portugal na mudança de instalações para um edifício que é património histórico, onde a Junta de Freguesia de Santa Maria de Belém tem a sua sede.
A embaixada de Timor-Leste funcionava provisoriamente na Avenida Infante Santo.
A inauguração foi assinalada com o descerrar de uma lápide, e as instalações foram benzidas pelo bispo D. Carlos Ximenes Belo, antigo administrador apostólico de Díli.
Entre os convidados, além do ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros, Luís Amado, e do secretário de Estado dos Negócios Estrangeiros e da Cooperação, João Gomes Cravinho, estavam o secretário-executivo da Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (CPLP), Domingos Simões Pereira, e muitos timorenses residentes em Portugal.
Segundo Zacarias da Costa, a inauguração das novas instalações da embaixada em Lisboa ocorre num período em que Timor-Leste está a investir na melhoria das condições de trabalho de representações diplomáticas espalhadas por outros países.
Nesse sentido, destacou a inauguração esta semana, em Banguecoque, da nova embaixada timorense, e a inauguração, em Fevereiro, em Camberra, da nova embaixada, num edifício construído de raiz.
Nas embaixadas de Timor-Leste em Bruxelas, Maputo, Nova Iorque, Washington e Pequim estão a decorrer obras para novas instalações, acrescentou.
"Estamos por isso a fazer um esforço muito grande para, no pouco tempo que decorre desde 2002 (ano em que a comunidade internacional reconheceu a independência de Timor-Leste), conseguirmos ter representações condignas do nosso país no exterior", salientou.
Até à nomeação do novo embaixador, que ainda não tem data marcada, Zacarias da Costa referiu que Timor-Leste será representado pelo encarregado de negócios, Antonito Araújo.
Zacarias da Costa deixa Lisboa sexta-feira ao final da manhã, viajando para Roma, onde irá iniciar conversações formais para a assinatura de uma Concordata entre Timor-Leste e o Vaticano, que segundo o ministro timorenses deverão estar concluídas até Junho.
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As relasoens esterna era importante para timor leste. Portugal era pais mais importante para timor leste. Comu pais irmao de CPLP.
Portugal tein responsablidade moral para educar os lederes de timor leste para governar o pais bein e limpo de corupsaun.
Neste momento o governo de AMP era un dos governo mais coruptos na organizasaun pais CPLP.
Os ministros e direitores de AMP nao sabe utilizar orsamento de estado, gastaun todos dinheiro sein apresentar relatorio contablidade ao Parlemento. Ate proprio Xanana nao sabe ou admitio esta maneira de utilizar o dinheiro publico para enriqesa os seus membros do governo.
Era uma vergonha para portugal enquanto nao sabe educar os novus pais de CPLP a ser limpo de corupsaun.
O governo de AMP e mais pior coruptos do que o Governo de Fretilin. Xanana nao era homen de palabra. Nas palabras de campanha ein eleisoens 2007 o Xanana gritao se ao publiku havera levar todos os coruptos de 25 centavos para comarca de becora mas ao contrario agora mesmo os direitores e ministros gatou 13 milhoens de orsamental sein justificasaun de contablidade ao publiko. O Xanana fica se un mudo nao sabe de toma algumas medidas para os direitores e membro do governo.
Este maneira demostra se Xanana e un homen nao tenho responsablidade ao seu palabra e promesas durante campahas de eleisoens.
Un dos diretores mais corupto era o direitor de Aprovisionamento ou Procurment. Este direitor era o Vice secretario geral do Partido de Lasama (PD). Ele mesmo esta a manobrar contrato de comprar caros para membros de parlemento. Familia do direitor andao con novu caros Pazero e Prado todas as pesoas ein dili sabe bein de iso.
Nos esperamos que Xanana vai comprir a sua promesa se nao Xanana nao era un bon Lider einfelixmente era un lider de Banana.
Maubere Anan
Congratulation for East Timor....
Mark Dodd - The Australian - January 16, 2009
AN urgent search is under way in East Timor for $13.3million that was allocated to various government ministries but is unaccounted for, amid growing corruption concerns.
News of the missing millions is a severe embarrassment to the Gusmao Government, which is heavily dependent on aid from the UN and foreign donors, of which Australia is one of its biggest.
The impoverished half-island state is one of Asia's poorest, with few developed natural resources and almost no industry.
Under questioning by the Fretilin opposition, Finance Minister Emilia Pires told parliament yesterday the East Timorese Government was trying to recover the money but had met with only limited success.
Fretilin spokesman and senior party official Jose Teixeira told The Australian the money had been taken by corrupt officials.
"They (the Government) have no hope of getting it back. They have lost control of finances, and public administration is far worse than we thought," he said. "How can any government justify to their taxpayers providing a huge aid program here when there is such wastage?"
In a letter written by Ms Pires to Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao last Friday, and obtained by The Australian, the minister expresses concern that much of the money has been misappropriated by corrupt officials.
"The National Treasury Directorate wrote to all ministries on 9 October (2008) to present their justification for expenses for which they received advances up until October 25," she wrote.
"By the 9th of January (2009), the total debt for all ministries was $US8.8 million. It is possible that some ministers have opened bank accounts in order to retain the money securely.
"The opening of such a bank account with any bank is expressly illegal."
In a second letter to the Portuguese BNU Bank dated January 9, Ms Pires indicates she is aware of several illegal bank accounts and orders them closed.
"Account No 4136469-10-001 should be immediately closed," she wrote. "The credit balance should be transferred immediately to government account CFET 2-3711.
"From hereon, public receipts should not be credited to the above-mentioned account."
The US and international corruption watchdog Transparency International have recently expressed concern at rising corruption in East Timor.
Six years ago, the national budget stood at just $124 million. But the Government is now dipping into its $3.9 billion petroleum fund, which is flush with oil and gas proceeds from the Timor Sea.
Last year's budget rocketed to $973million, with this year's budget set at $1.03 billion.
Australian aid for 2008-09 is worth almost $100 million.
Mark Dodd - The Australian - January 16, 2009
AN urgent search is under way in East Timor for $13.3million that was allocated to various government ministries but is unaccounted for, amid growing corruption concerns.
News of the missing millions is a severe embarrassment to the Gusmao Government, which is heavily dependent on aid from the UN and foreign donors, of which Australia is one of its biggest.
The impoverished half-island state is one of Asia's poorest, with few developed natural resources and almost no industry.
Under questioning by the Fretilin opposition, Finance Minister Emilia Pires told parliament yesterday the East Timorese Government was trying to recover the money but had met with only limited success.
Fretilin spokesman and senior party official Jose Teixeira told The Australian the money had been taken by corrupt officials.
"They (the Government) have no hope of getting it back. They have lost control of finances, and public administration is far worse than we thought," he said. "How can any government justify to their taxpayers providing a huge aid program here when there is such wastage?"
In a letter written by Ms Pires to Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao last Friday, and obtained by The Australian, the minister expresses concern that much of the money has been misappropriated by corrupt officials.
"The National Treasury Directorate wrote to all ministries on 9 October (2008) to present their justification for expenses for which they received advances up until October 25," she wrote.
"By the 9th of January (2009), the total debt for all ministries was $US8.8 million. It is possible that some ministers have opened bank accounts in order to retain the money securely.
"The opening of such a bank account with any bank is expressly illegal."
In a second letter to the Portuguese BNU Bank dated January 9, Ms Pires indicates she is aware of several illegal bank accounts and orders them closed.
"Account No 4136469-10-001 should be immediately closed," she wrote. "The credit balance should be transferred immediately to government account CFET 2-3711.
"From hereon, public receipts should not be credited to the above-mentioned account."
The US and international corruption watchdog Transparency International have recently expressed concern at rising corruption in East Timor.
Six years ago, the national budget stood at just $124 million. But the Government is now dipping into its $3.9 billion petroleum fund, which is flush with oil and gas proceeds from the Timor Sea.
Last year's budget rocketed to $973million, with this year's budget set at $1.03 billion.
Australian aid for 2008-09 is worth almost $100 million.
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