Blog Timor Lorosae Nação - quinta-feira, 17 de Dezembro de 2009


The Díli Insider - AMEAÇAS DE MORTE FECHAM BLOGUE DE TIMOR-LESTE
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“Devido a uma série de ameaças por telefone e e-mail, este blog será
encerrado imediatamente. Todavia, terá retorno.”
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RECUAR NÃO É SER VENCIDO…

O blogue de Timor-Leste The Díli Insider foi forçado a encerrar devido
a insistentes ameaças de morte que têm vindo a fazer ao seu autor. The
Díli Insider é um blogue que tem publicado curtas mas incisivas notas e
fotografias que denunciam as actividades ilegais e muitas vezes
passíveis de criminalização de elementos ligados ao governo da AMP, de
Gusmão.

A situação não é nova mas parece que desta vez é muito mais séria e
perigosa por terem identificado o autor do blogue e terem realizado
ameaças telefónicas, para além das costumeiras ameaças por email.

Identificado e localizado o autor, tornou-se evidente que este corria
verdadeiro e evidente perigo de morte, por essa razão, porque Timor é
um país em que os crimes praticados pelos que são afectos ao actual
regime beneficiam de impunidade, não restou ao autor de The Díli
Insider outra alternativa senão encerrar o blogue e recuar.

Para muitos este facto poderá parecer algo de somenos importância,
contudo, para nós, equipa do TLN, não é novidade. Consideramos
seriamente as ameaças e tentativas de silênciamento que são feitas aos
que procuram denunciar o Estado de Crime que prevalece em Timor-Leste,
onde a liberdade de expressão e de informação é deficitária, excepto se
caminhar de acordo com os interesses da clique que predomina nos
Poderes, no seu Poder Legitimo e nos que invade ao arrepio da
Constituição.

O autor de The Díli Insider anuncia que pretende regressar à sua função
de defender a verdade sobre Timor-Leste, é provável que o consiga, mas
o efeito pretendido pelos autores das ameaças foi conseguido, até
quando não se sabe bem.

Uma vez controlada a comunicação social em Timor-Leste, eis que os
“censores” se voltam para os blogues inconvenientes que insistem em
produzir o debate e mostrar que o regime de Horta-Gusmão está
apodrecido pelas suas próprias imoralidades, ilegalidades, e não
observância dos direitos fundamentais de uma sociedade democrática,
cujas convenções internacionais assinaram mas se lhes convier não
cumprem.

A atitude maisreles de procurar identificar autores de blogues para de
seguida os fazer passar pelo crivo de ameaças não é novidade para o TLN
nem para os que procuram fazer prevalecer a legalidade em Timor-Leste
em prol de um estado verdadeiramente democrático, em que a justiça
funcione sem peias ditadas pelos mais poderosos mas também os mais
criminosos, apesar dos seus actuais elevados estatutos na sociedade
timorense. Um dia a impunidade deverá ter um fim em Timor-Leste, pois é
desse país assolado pelo crime que estamos a falar. Pela nossa parte
saberemos dar a resposta afirmando que vêm para nos tosquiar mas vão
acabar tosquiados. Pela legalidade faremos vencer a verdade. A
solidariedade dos que nos lêem, dos que liam o The Dili Insider, é
imprenscindivel, e agradecemos toda a que nos dispensam. Recuar não é
ser vencido, simplesmente ganha-se balanço para conseguir vencer e
trazer a verdade a público.

Media Flash:

FRETILIN wants to find a real solution, with consensus, for the appointment of someone who can commence the role of competently and effectively build the anti-graft capacity of the Anti-corruption Commission, we all voted for in the National Parliament.

Prior to the nomination being tabled in parliament, FRETILIN was not consulted with respect to any potential candidates.

FRETILIN continues committed to finding a Commissioner who will be able to do the job independently and competently. �It seems however, that the AMP in the parliament, led by the President of the National Parliament is resisting any consensus being reached. �This is counter-productive to our mutual aspirations of establishing an independent and competent anti-graft body to commence its much needed work as soon as possible.

Below are recent media report summaries for your information: �

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"No need to have consensus with Fretilin: Lasama"

�*Diario Nacional, December 11, 2009 language source: Tetun

Parliamentary President Fernando �Lasama� de Araujo said they did not need to have consensus with Fretilin in appointing commissary for leading the approved anti-corruption, as the law did not allow.

�

�We are talking about the law which only allows the Government to nominate its candidate for the commissary,� Lasama said.

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Lasama stressed that they also talked about the content of the law in which it regulated the work of the commissary and said there was nothing about consensus.

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Lasama called on PUN, PPT and KOTA benches to keep appearing in the Parliament to attend the Parliament�s follow up activities.

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Fretilin wants Deputy PM Carrascal�o to take up KAK commissary

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*Timor Post, December 11, 2009 language source: Tetun

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Fretilin MP Aniceto Guterres said although they had not officially determined their nominee, but they prefer Deputy Prime Minister for Management and Public Administration, Mario Viegas Carrascal�o to take up Commissary for KAK.

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Guterres said they decided to continue absent from debating about the appointment for KAK�s commissary, as they wanted to reach consensus with the AMP.

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Guterres stressed that it was important for the Government and other political parties in the parliament to have consensus with the nominee presented by Fretilin, adding that they [Fretilin] would never agree with Aderito de Jesus to take up the post.

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�We have our own candidates, one is Deputy PM Carrascal�o if he agrees to take up KAK�s commissary, but if he refuses then we still have another candidate that is Mr. Sebasti�o Ximenes in PDHJ, but it has not been formally decided yet by the party room,� Guterres said.

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FRETILIN NEWS FLASH

FRETILIN held a peaceful, lawful demonstration against corrupt and
incompetent Gusmao de facto Government

Dili, 0730 hours, 9/12/2009

Yesterday, the de facto government disseminated a media release that was
simply a fabrication, claiming there was no demonstration against the AMP de
facto government (please see email below).

There was indeed a demonstration as everyone who was in Dili could see for
themselves, and it was clearly the largest demonstration since FRETILIN's
demonstration during the 2007 parliamentary election campaign. ( Images
available on this site:
http://timorlorosaenacao.blogspot.com/2009/12/reportagem-que-rtp-nao-fez-timoren\
ses.html)

FRETILIN showed the way yet again of how Timorese can express their
political discontent against the dismal and corrupt fashion the country is
being governed, by demonstrating publicly in peace and according to the law.
  It is a marked contrast to the violence utilized by many of those now
comprising the so called AMP against innocent people and especially FRETILIN
supporters in 2006 and 2007.  We are informed, and are happy to be corrected
if our information is incorrect, that the de facto government spokesperson
was not even in Timor-Leste last Sunday.

As for the reports of the numbers of persons attending the conference,
around 5,000 party members were registered and present as delegates.  The
lawful and peaceful demonstration which ensued involved between 8,000 to
10,000 people.

It is simply a lie for the de facto government spokesperson to state what he
stated in the media release.  It is very much the head in the sand
mentality, and arrogant approach we have come to expect from the de facto
AMP government, and which they displayed in the last three weeks during the
budget debate.

For further information please contact FRETILIN Vice President and MP
Arsenio bano on +670 728 7080



On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 9:20 PM, ETAN <fbp@...> wrote:

> The Secretary of State for the Council of Ministers and
>
> Official Spokesperson for the Government of Timor-Leste
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> �gio Pereira
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> December 8, 2009
>
> D�li, Timor-Leste
>
> No protests against the Government during Fretilin Congress
>
> Secretary of State �gio Pereira confirmed that there were no demonstrations
> against the
> Government in Timor-Leste last weekend as asserted by Fretilin in a
> statement made
> December 8, 2009.
>
> Pereira also confirmed there were not 8.000 people in D�li participating in
> a demonstration or
> march as has been claimed.
>
> The Fretilin Party held their National Congress meetings with the presence
> of around three
> thousand participants; it was an understated and peaceful gathering that
> caused no incident.
>
> ENDS
>
> For More Information Please Contact:
> �gio Pereira +670 723 0011
> E-mail: agiopereira@...
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Timor-Leste: Thousands Protest Against the Government

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Jornal de Not�cias � 06 December 2009

Thousands of people marched today, Sunday, through the streets of Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste, in a �March for Victory� organized by FRETILIN, the largest Timorese political party in opposition.�

Having come from the various districts to Dili where they participated in a�conference of party delegates, the militants afterwards paraded through the main streets of Dili�on bicycles, motorcycles, cars, buses and trucks waving FRETILIN flags and posters of their leader, Mari Alkatiri.

The meeting and the march were accompanied by police but there was no incident in the capital according to a UN police source contacted by LUSA.

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According to Mari Alkatiri, the �popular mobilization��answering FRETILIN�s�call�should serve as a sign to the government and the majority alliance in parliament that supports it, of the population�s discontent with how things are going in the country.

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�The attendance was�beyond we�had planned for�with about eight thousand people participating.� If they (the government and AMP)�are politicians and ren�t blind, they will see this mobilization as a sign, and if they are not, they will not understand�� said Mari Alkatiri to Lusa.

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The FRETILIN leader stated that the�demonstration today marked the beginning of a new phase for the party and a change of strategy,�with a view to�the next elections:

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�Up to now we have spoken of a Peace March, and peace can be�achieved without victory.� Now we are introducing a new strategic concept, the March for Victory�.

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FRETILIN has claimed that it has contributed its share towards establishing peace in the country, with its leadership now saying that the moment has arrived to shift its attention to strengthening the democratic contest, so as to emphatically win the next set of elections. ��

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�The �March for Victory� is not just a march:� it is a consolidation of FRETILIN structures and will prepare us for all upcoming challenges, namely the coming�municipal,�parliamentary and presidential elections�, Mari Alkatiri commented to Lusa.

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Despite being the party with the most votes in the last legislative elections, but�in which it did not obtain absolute majority, FRETILIN was not invited to form government by the President of the Republic, who opted to designate as Prime Minister, Xanana Gusmao, the CNRT leader, who with other small parties created�the Parliamentary Majority Alliance (AMP).

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FRETILIN has repeatedly questioned the legitimacy of the Xanana Gusmao government and declared victory in the recent local elections (called suco elections), in which political parties were not allowed to officially nominate candidates.� FRETILIN claimed a majority of those elected were its registered party members.

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FFRE

FRETILIN PARLIAMENTARY BENCH

TIMOR-LESTE NATIONAL PARLIAMENT�

MEDIA STATEMENT

Dili, 27 November 2009

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UN resolution on Myanmar welcomed: T-L Government abstention on vote condemned

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FRETILIN, as the political party holding the most number of seats in the Timor-Leste National Parliament, welcomes the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly last week of the resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar/Burma.

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However, we condemn the Timor-Leste de facto government�s decision to abstain from the vote in the UN General Assembly on the Myanmar/Burma resolution last week. During this week�s budget debate session, in the presence of the de facto Prime Minister, Xanana Gusmao and Foreign Minister, Zacarias da Costa FRETILIN clearly stated its support for the resolution, in keeping with our voting record since 2002 of support for similar resolutions.

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The UN resolution "strongly condemns the ongoing systematic violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms" of the people of Burma and calls on the military regime "to take urgent measures to put an end to violations of international human rights and humanitarian law."

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The resolution was adopted by the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, responsible for the promotion and protection of human rights, with a record of 92 member States voting in favor and 26 member States voting against.� By abstaining, the Timor-Leste government has once again demonstrated its tolerance of impunity in relation to human rights violations.

The UN body expresses its grave concern over the recent trial and sentencing of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, and the current imprisonment of more than 2,000 political prisoners, as well as the restrictions imposed by the junta to rights of freedom of expression, assembly and association.

Moreover, the resolution "expresses grave concern at the continuing practice of arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances, rape and other forms of sexual violence, torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, and strongly calls upon the Government of Myanmar to allow a full, transparent, effective, impartial and independent investigation into all reports of human rights violations, and to bring to justice those responsible in order to end impunity for such crimes".

Article 7, line 1) of the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste states that: �On matters of international relations, the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste shall�govern itself by the principles of national independence, the right of the Peoples�to self-determination and independence, the permanent sovereignty of the peoples�over their wealth and natural resources, the protection of human rights��.�

The people of Timor-Leste struggled for 24 years against a foreign occupation and were greatly assisted and protected in our struggle by international human rights law.� Our human rights prevailed and we are an independent nation state today because the international community recognized our human rights.�

Our people are deeply committed to promoting and defending human rights abuse wherever it occurs and our constitution enshrines that in law.� Timor-Leste has ratified all United Nations Treaties and conventions as a consequence.� Unfortunately the actions of this de facto government do not reflect that commitment since the restoration of our independence on 20 May 2002.�

It is however, regrettably very much in keeping with the AMP de facto government�s contempt for human rights and the rule of law, and its tolerance of impunity, which it demonstrated on 30 August last by illegally freeing a prisoner (former militia leader Maternus Bere) who awaiting trial for gross mass crimes against humanity in Timor-Leste, and then assisted him to leave the country.

Jose Fernandes Teixeira

FRETILIN MP and member of Parliamentary

Defense, Security and Foreign Affairs Committee-B

Contact: �+670 728 7080

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FRETILIN

COMUNICADO BA IMPRENSA

Dili, 26.11.2009

FRETILIN: �LAOS KOALIA DEIT KONA BA DIREITU FETO NIAN; TENKE HALA'O MOS.�

Iha okasiaun Loron Bot Internasional ba Eliminasaun Violensia Hasoru
Feto, Sra Deputada Josefa Pereira, Vive Presidente Bancada FRETILIN
nian, feto ida neebe uluk mos hasoru violensia husi militar Indonesia
nian iha tempu luta resistensia, exigi ba Presidenti da Republica,
Governu de facto no Parliamentu Nacional atu iha seriedade bot liu tan
hasoru kestoens violensia kontra feto.  Tuir Josefa, Governu no
Presidenti Republica no deputada balun iha Parlamento Nasional la halo
tuir sira nia koalia kona ba assuntu ida nee, liliu bainhira ita hare
kazu libertasaun Maternus Bere.

Sr. Presidenti Republica sauda bot nee ho lia fuan neebe diak, katak
loron nee loron importante no opportunidade ida neebe �diak liliu ba
joven sira � merece respeitu bot liu tan no dedikasaun bot liu tan iha
Timor-Leste, demokrasia ida neebe jovem liu iha mundu, hodi nune ita
bele sai referensia diak ida ba pas no estabilidade social ita nian.�

�Sr Presidenti Repubica nia lia fuan nee kapas tebes, maibe hau no hau
nia camaradas Buiberes sira, hanoin katak tuir lolos Sr. Presidenti
tenke halo mos tuir nia koalia.  Ita hotu rona explikasaun katak Sr.
Presidenti mak hakas Sr Primeiru Ministru de facto atu liberta
Maternus Bere husi comarca Becora, hodi viola lei tanba lao kontra
desisaun Tribunal nian.  Ita keta haluha katak Bere nee, eis
komandante milisia ida neebe hetan akusasaun no lolos loron ruma abele
hetan julgamtnu ba krimes kontra humandidade, liliu kontra feto
hanesan violasaun sexual, oho ita nia tia feto sira, kaer sira lori ba
sorin balun neeba nudar atan.  Nee violasaun maxima kontra feto maibe
Sr. Presidenti Republika, Sr Primeiru Ministru de facto, Membrus
governu hotu, no deputadas AMP sira hotu hakiliar deit, nee tenke
tanba �interese nasional�, hodi nune minimisa vitima feto sira nia
terus no direitu atu hetan justisa.  Karik feto sira neebe mate iha
milisia nia liman, ka sira neebe hetan estagus sexuais no sei moris,
sira neebe nia ho ninian grupu lori nauk hanesan animal ba Timor
Kupang neeba la iha direitu ba justisa?  Entaun sira iha direitu deit
ba koalia midar no selebrasaun loron bot nee, maibe iha pratika sira
nia direitu ba justisa nee demais ona?  Hau no hau nia kolega feto
sira hanoin sira iha direitu neebe ita neebe laos iha sira nia fatin
labele taka sira nia dalan atu hetan justisa,� dehan Josefa.

�Hodi bainrua ami sani katak SEPI atu halau campanha atu halakon
violensia kontra feto iha ita nia rain.  Los duni! Tenke halo, maibe
laos deit ezekuta orsamentu halo workshop ka seminar, halo mak
importante.  Sra Secretaria Estadu de facto Idelta Rodrigues iha
debate kona ba Maternus Bere nee nonok deit, la defende direitu feto
sira neebe mate tanba hetan violensia husi Bere no ninia maluk mane,
sira neebe hetan violasaun sexual no sei moris ho ida nee, sira
hanesan Alola neebe sei moris ketak husi nia familia tanba ema lori
nauk nia ba iha Timor Kupang.  Sra Idelta, abele koalia deit, tenke
hala'o. Maibe laos ita Sra Idelta, ita nia maluk deputada AMP sira
neebe hakilar mai �direitu feto�, neebe ami mos konkorda, maibe sira
hotu vota ratiika libertasaun ilegal ba ema neebe tuir lolos pelo
menos tenke hetan julgamentu ba violasaun neebe nia halo ba ita nia
feto maluk sira bainhira parlamentu halo debate mosaun sensura.  Sira
defende liu mak �direitu nasional� no haluha direitu feto.  Sira
defendi mak Sr. Primeiru Ministru de facto neebe dehan �hau mak haruka
hasai nia�.  Haluha tia nia krimes ka?  Ami hein katak Grupu Feto
Parlamentar bele halo duni tuir direitu feto Timor nian du ke buka
halo viagens ka workshop deit, akusa Josefa.

Secretario Geral Nasoens Unidas nian, Sr Ban Ki-Moon mos protesta
�violensia domestika� no krimes seluk neebe �ita la bele perdoa�
hansan �usa violasaun feto nudar instrumentu halo funu, trafiku
sexual� no seluk tan.  Ami mos konkorda no mos hein katak nia mos
katak komunidade internasional mos defende nafatin direitu feto
Timor-Leste nian liliu sira neebe sai vitima ba violensia, hanesan
sira uluk iha tempu luta resistensia no iha tinan hirak desde
restaurasaun independensia iha 2002.

Ba informasaun tan dere ba Francisca Fatima 737-8247

A note very much worth reading.  Says it all about Timor-Leste right now.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Charles Scheiner <cscheiner@...>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:55:52 +0900
Subject: World Bank lauds tax cuts in TL
To: east-timor@...

The World Bank has just released "Paying Taxes 2010", a report which
measures the world's tax systems from the point of view of local firms
complying with different tax laws and regulations. The full report is
downloadable from
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/EASTASIAPACIFICEXT/TIMORLESTE\
EXTN/0,,menuPK:294027~pagePK:141159~piPK:141110~theSitePK:294022,00.html

On pages 12-13, Timor-Leste is celebrated:
Timor-Leste was the top reformer in 2008/09. A new tax law came into
force in July 2008, transforming the tax regime for businesses. It cut
the profit tax rate from 30% to 10%, allowed all depreciable assets to
be fully written off in the year of purchase and abolished the
alternative minimum tax and the withholding tax on interest. Corporate
income tax is now paid in quarterly rather than monthly instalments
when turnover is less than $1 million, with simple rules for its
calculation. The time required for paying taxes fell by 364 hours a
year.

This would be funny if it weren't so sad.

According to page 88 of the new World Bank report, Timor-Leste has by
far the lowest "Total Tax Rate" for businesses in the world -- 0.2%.
The next lowest is Vanuatu with 8.4%. Indonesia (around the global
median) is 37.6%, while our other neighbor, Australia taxes at 48.0%.

The World Bank lauds Timor-Leste for reducing the amount of time
required to pay taxes, down to 276 hours per year.  Vanuatu requires
120 hours, Indonesia 266, and Australia 107 hours. Dividing the time
spent by the percentage tax paid, we can calculate that Timor-Leste's
"taxpaying inefficiency" is 1380, Vanuatu 14.3, Indonesia 7.1, and
Australia 2.2.  In other words, Timor-Leste requires nearly a hundred
times as much bureaucracy per dollar of taxes as Vanuatu, and more
than 600 times as much as Australia.  Is this something to be proud of
-- no revenues to the state, but lots of wasted time for businesses?

No wonder the Government feels compelled to overstate the amount of
domestic revenues in the 2010 State Budget (see
http://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OGE10/sub/09LHSubOJE10En.htm#domestic
).

When the proposed Tax Reform law was being debated in March 2008, La'o
Hamutuk's submission (
http://www.laohamutuk.org/misc/AMPGovt/tax/LHTaxEn.pdf) doubted that
the tax cuts would benefit local people, especially the majority who
are less than affluent. Unfortunately, we turned out to be correct.
For a collection of information and documents on that law, see
http://www.laohamutuk.org/misc/AMPGovt/tax/TaxReform.htm.

-- Charlie Scheiner, La'o Hamutuk

***********************************************************
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@...    website: http://www.laohamutuk.org
skype: cscheiner

Translation from Tetum:

Suara Timor Lorosae

20 November 2009

Command Will Withdraw Close Protection Corps From Government

Dili � The Timor-Leste National Police (PNTL) Commandant General will soon withdraw members of the Close Protection Corps (translator�s note: �CSP� Portuguese acronym) from the Government to comply with their new Job Descriptions.

�We will withdraw the CSP members from Ministers and Secretaries of State, because we are reallocating them, and we will determine which ministers and which ministers or secretaries of state do not need the CSP,� the PNTL Commandant General, Longuinhos Monteiro said to journalists upon his return from a work visit to Indonesia, Thursday 19/11.�

He said that up until now the bodyguards have not been performing the role of security but instead have been acting more like helpers or assistants to carry ministers� or secretaries of states� briefcases and not to provide security to them.

�Because of this we will recall all CSP members and propose a proper and clear Job Description and it will be the general command who will decide to reduce members of CSP allocated to Minister�s and Secretaries of State,� Longuinhos said.

He also revealed that the PNTL Command now has a new mechanism and new guidelines regarding Close Protection to government members.�

For this reason Command will decide which members of government need bodyguards and which don�t, according to the analysis of risk to members of government is not the same and not all need security protection. �car/jes �����