The article discusses the relationship between the law and justice in Timor-Leste. It notes that while the principles of law and justice should be equal, in reality justice is often politicized. It argues that the judicial authorities must make decisions based solely on facts and the law, not political influence, to build trust in the justice system.

1. KUARTA
25 MARSU 2015
KUARTA
25 MARSU 2015
C M Y K C M Y K
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“Governu ida ne’e ninia ajenda polítika mak fó kontinuidade liu-hosi dinamika foun ida, hodi bele
atinji rezultadu barak liu iha pilar haat dezenvolvimentu nasionál hanesan setór sosiál, setór infra-
struturas, setór ekonómiku inklui setór boa governasaun”.
Rui Maria de Araújo
Primeiru Ministru
EDITORIAL
Timor Post Edisaun, 25 Marsu 2015
Lei vs Justisa
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Komunidade Oe-Cusse husu ba ajensia ADB atu esplika
sai konba implementasaun projeitu be moos iha area urba-
na ne’ebé tinan lima ona sedauk halo.
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Ami sarani hosi Vemasse foho congratula ba tomada de
posse ba knar foun ne’ebé simu hosi sua exlensia Sr Dr. Rui
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Providem-cia para que acompanha vos ate ao fim do man-
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Prinsipiu hosi lei mak justisa. Maibé, nasaun doben ho na-
ran Repúblika Demokratika de Timor-Leste (RDTL) lei no justi-
sa hanesan fila kotuk ba malu. Tanba, lei husik tiha justisa.
Ezemplu mak kazu barak ne’ebé kabe ba ema bai-bain,
julgamentu sempre halo ho ‘maratona’ e dala-barak prosesu
julgamentu la-tuir prosedementu legal.
Haree de’it, ema lubun balun ne’ebé hela iha komarka
Bekora no Gleno, prosesu detensaun presiza halo ona revi-
saun mais tanba ema ki’ik, entaun tribunál finji e a’at liu
defensór sira ne’ebé halo defesa la-hatama iha sira nian no-
tas ajenda.
Mais saida mak akontese, momentu atu harii estadu de
direitu. Polítiku balun dala-ruma polítiza tiha kazu ne’ebé liga
ba ema bo’ot sira. Ezemplu mak kazu Emilia Pires eis Min-
istra da Finansas nomos kazu Vicente Guterres atual Prez-
identi Parlamentu Nasionál.
Entaun, situasaun sira ne’e halo autór judisiariu sira
dilematiku. Atu tuir konsensia nudar ema ne’ebé tesi lia-loos
no justisa ou kumpri sira ne’ebé halo desizaun polítika.
Kazu Emilia Pires no Vicente Guterres hanesan kestaun
antigu ne’ebé tuir loloos hetan ona ninia naroman, kuandu
ukun nain sira kumpri duni saida mak lei haruka.
Loloos lei sira ne’ebé tohik sai lisaun ba autór justisa
sira. Tanba lei sem justisa aumenta públiku ninia lakon fi’ar
ba orgaun estadu hanesan tribunál sira. Hosi ida ne’e, povo
ninia esperansa atu kontribui hadi’a sistema judisiariu hela
de’it mehi.
Prosesu harii estadu de direitu tenki sai prioridade e bele
hahú ho prosesu justisa ba ema bo’ot sira ne’ebé durante
ne’e sai suspeitu no arguidu ba kazu sira hanesan abuzu de
poderes, partisipasaun ekonomia no seluk tan.
Hirak ne’e hotu, autór judisiariu sira tenki firme hodi ha-
kotu lia-loos no justisa, li-liu ba ema bo’ot sira. Satan, sira
ne’e mai ho ekipa ne’ebé forte hanesan sasin, apoiantes
nomos advogadu ne’ebé selu ho karun-karun.
Autór judisiariu hanesan juiz no ministériu públiku mos
tenki foti desizaun liu-hosi akuzasaun nomos desizaun ho
duni laran tuir juramentu ne’ebé halo ona atu hatúr duni lia-
loos no justisa ba ema hotu. Katak, lei ba ema hotu.
Labele sente prejensa eis Prezidenti Repúblika, José
Ramos Horta no seluk tan iha tribunál bele influensia de-
sizaun nomos akuzasaun sira.
So, ho de’it prinsipiu estuda ba faktus sira, hodi la’o tuir
lia-loos no justisa mak bele lori hikas sistema justisa ba
ninia dalan ho funsaun asegura no fó justisa duni ba ema
hotu. Nune’e, povo kbi’it la’ek sira labele sente, justisa ne’e
ba ema ki’ik de’it. Ita Hein. (*)
TheRelationshipbetweentheCommunitiesofMaubere
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OE-CUSSE—Kareta xapa matrikula metan
hosi Timor Osidental-Indonezia oras ne’e
domina iha rejiaun espesial Oe-cusse.
Ba Timor Post, iha kuartel
komandu polísia rejiaun espe-
sial Oe-cusse, Kinta (19/03) se-
mana kotuk, komandante polí-
sia rejiaun Oe-cuses-Ambeno,
xefi Supreitendente, Arnaldo da
Souza deklara kareta ho sapa
matrikula Indonezia ne’ebé
tama barak iha Oe-cusse, kum-
pri regras ne’ebé iha Timor
Leste.
“Kareta xapa matrikula
metan ne’ebé tama barak iha
Oe-cusse vila, hetan autoriza-
saun hosi ita nia Alfandega,
kareta hirak ne’e tama mai la
halo atividades ne’ebé perma-
nente iha O-cusse maibé lori
sasan mak tama mai, dalaru-
ma sira mai semana ida de’it
fila ona, dalaruma mós la to’o
semana ida,” komandante
ne’e haktuir.
Komandante ne’e hatete,
bainhira ema estrajeiru lori
kareta hirak ne’e tama mai
hodi halo atividade perma-
nente entaun tenki hato’o re-
latoriu, tama durante ne’e sira
mai halo relatoriu probizoriu
hanesan semana ida, tuir sira
nia persija.
“Kuandu sira tama mai iha
ne’e sira la hela metin tanba ita
nia lei la fó autorizasaun ba
sira hodi hala’o viazen metin
iha ita nia rai, tanba ita hare
agora dadauk ema tama mai
iha ne’e lori de’it sasan hotu
sira bele sai fali. Sira la hela
metin iha ne’e hodi hala’o via-
zen iha ita nia rai,” Arnaldo
informa.
Nia hatete, kareta ho sapa
matrikula Indonezia nian mak
sirkula metin iha Oe-cusse no
la kumpri regras ne’ebé iha
mak parte polísia sei toma
medidas.
Maibé durante ne’e, nia
hatete kareta hosi Indonezia
kumpri lei ne’ebé iha.
“Ita nia lei la autorizasaun
ba kareta xapa DH atu mai
hala’o movimentu iha ita nia
rai, maibé kuandu nia atu hela
metin, kareta nain tenki trata
dokumentus tuir lei ka regras
ne’ebé mak iha,” Arnaldo hak-
tuir. (ono)
B A U C A U — M i n i s t e r i u
Agrikultura no Peskas (MAP)
liu hosi departementu peskas
munisipiu Baucau, iha loron
17 Marsu, fahe cool box ho
marka seri-P ba grupu peska-
dor no vendedores ikan.
Xefi departementu peskas
munisipiu Baucau, Benjamin
D. L. Freitas hatete apoiu ne’e
atu fasilita peskador no nego-
siante ikan sira hodi konser-
va sira nia ikan atu nune’e la-
bele át.
Antes atu entrega cool box
hira ne’e, ekipa hosi MAP kon-
vida hotu grupu hosi peska-
dor no vendedor ikan ne’ebé
sai hanesan benifisiariu hodi
fó esplikasaun para bele utili-
za apoiu ne’e tuir orentasaun
Ministeriu nian.
“Objetivu ami konvida sira
mai hotu iha ne’e, atu fó oren-
tasaun ba sira para bele iha
konsensia oinsa uja apoiu
hirak ne’e hanesan sira nian
rasik, ami lakohi reprezentante
maka mai, ami hakarak sira
tenki marka duni prezensa atu
nune’e ita hatene katak ema
hirak ne’ebé simu apoiu ne’e
peskador ho vendedores
ikan,” xefi departementu pes-
kas, Benjamin haktuir ba Timor
Post iha munisipiu Baucau.
Prezensa grupu peskador
no vendedores ikan mós hane-
san parte ida atu justifika da-
dus ne’ebé ekipa MAP foti.
“Objetivu fahe cool box
ne’e para peskador no vende-
dores ikan sira bele konserva
ikan ne’ebé sira kaer iha tasi
hodi lori ba to’o iha merk-
adu,” nia hatete.
Cool box ne’ebé mak MAP
hosi nasional aloka ba muni-
sipiu Baucau hamutuk 40.
Agora dadauk iha Cool box 29
mak distribui ona ba grupu
pskador no vendedores ikan,
enkuantu cool box 11 sei fó
apoia ba lotas peskas no balu
preve ba grupu ruma sira
ne’ebé karik hatama propos-
ta hodi husu Cool box.
Iha fatin hanesan, In-
spetór MAP munisipiu Bau-
cau, Luciano Pereira hatete
Governu liu hosi MAP
hakarak fó ajuda ba agrikul-
tores sira tantu, sira ne’ebé
servisu iha natar, to’os, pe-
kuaria no peskador sira ho
objetivu atu hadi’a vida
moris.
Tanba ne’e, husu ba pes-
kador ho vendedores ikan
ne’ebé simu apoiu ne’e atu
uza lolos hodi fa’an ikan,
bainhira identifika sala utili-
za apoiu hirak ne’e, Gover-
nu sei dada foti fali hodi fó
ba ema seluk ne’ebé seidauk
hetan.
Entertantu vendedores
ikan, Luis Britas ho Fran-
cisco de S. Gama nudar pes-
kadore kontenti ho apoiu
ne’e tanba bele ajuda sira
hodi hala’o aktividade pes-
kas no negosiu.
Tuir observasaun Timor
Post, molok simu cool box,
uluk liu peskador ho vende-
dores ikan konsentra iha sala
peskas hodi rona instrusaun
kona-ba uza cool box refere
no peskador ho vendedor
ikan hetan bolu ida-idak ba
asina tiha nia naran hafoin
simu. (gut)
MANUFAHI—Meta Dezen-
volvimentu Mileniu (MDM)
tarjeitu iha 2015, povu iha
area rural 75% asesu bee
moos no iha area urbana
80%.
Enkuantu tarjeitu ba sa-
neamentu sei atinji de’it 60%
no kategoria saneamentu ru-
ral 55% no urbana 80% no faze
liman ho sabaun 2,4%.
Reprejentante Ofesial
Servisu Agua no Saniamentu
(SAS) Munisipiu Manufahi,
nudar SDF Postu Same, Toni
da Costa Marques, hatete da-
dus ne’ebé mensiona iha leten
ne’e bajeia ba peskija hosi
Ministeriu Saúde.
“Bajeia ba dadus ne’e, SAS
halo kooperasaun ho parseria
sira hosi Sosiadade Sivil,
Seitór pribadu no komu-
nidade hotu hodi halo planu
ne’ebé sai hanesan ba tarjeitu
MDM nian,” tenik reprejen-
tante ofesial SAS, Kinta(19/
03), iha edefisiu Admistra-
saun Munisipiu Manufahi.
Atu responde tarjetu hirak
ne’e, SAS Munisipiu Manufa-
hi koopera ho Servisu Saúde,
Edukasaun, Admistrasaun
Munisipiu no Postu, SDF, Wa-
terAid inklui ONG Luta ba Fu-
turu halo enkontru sobre
problema bee moos, sanea-
mentu no Ijiene (BESI) hodi
fó idea ba malu no hamosu
Planu Estratejiku Dezenvolvi-
mentu Nasional (PEDN) ba
tinan 2030.
Iha PEDN ne’e, fó garantia
katak to’o iha 2030, povu
Timor Leste hotu sei asesu
hotu ona ba bee moos, Sanea-
mentu no Ijiene.
Reprejentante ofesial SAS
konsedera inkontru ne’ebé
sira hala’o importante tebes
tanba tuir lei no 4/2004 hafa-
he knar katak responsabl-
idade ba jestaun Bee, Sanea-
mentu no Ijieni ne’e, respon-
sablidade Governu no iha ru-
ral komunidade rasik li-liu
Grupu Maneja Faselidade
(GMF) mak toma responsabil-
idade.
Iha mós assosiasaun ida
sai Mahon ba GMF iha parte
kapasitasaun, monitoriza-
saun no advokasia hodi aseg-
ura sustentabel servisu BESI
ninian iha Munisipiu Manu-
fahi.
Entertantu Admistrador
Munisipiu Manufahi, Filomi-
no Tilman hatete programa
ne’e presija atu kontinua
hala’o iha Munisipiu ne’e.
Administrador mós husu
ba suku 29 atu kopera di’ak
ho parte SAS no parseria
sira. Nune’e mós ba tekniku
hosi SAS nia husu atu buka
meius oinsa bele dada bee
hosi foho okos sae ba foho
leten tanba komunidade
hela iha foho leten enkuantu
bee iha okos.
Iha fatin hanesan, mana-
jer Advokasia WaterEid, Jus-
tino da Silva hatete parte ajen-
sia WaterAid kontinua nafatin
suporta atividade kanaliza-
saun bee moos, saniamentu
no Ijiene. Sira mós prontu ko-
pera ho SAS, SDF no ajensia
relevante sira seluk.
Nia konsedera planu
ne’ebé sira trasa iha inkontru
ne’e importante tebes tanba
ho planu ne’e bele responde
ba problema ne’ebé komu-
nidade sira infrenta. (tin)
Timor-Leste is consid-
ered as the highest Catholic
community in Southeast
Asia because it has more
than 90% of the population
is Catholics. Basically, the
Community of Maubere in
Timor-Leste has three (3)
main beliefs were the reli-
gion, the nature, and the cul-
ture through Church, Sacred
Houses, and Sacred Places.
This is the foundation of
struggling for the communi-
ty of Maubere during twen-
ty-four years under the oc-
cupation of Indonesian gov-
ernment. Therefore, the
contribution of the church,
the nature, and the culture
during the resistance was
incomparable.
The Relationship be-
tween religion and nature;
when analyzing the ways
and reasons people have
thought about the relation-
ships between religion and
nature, it is wise to consid-
er not only the cultural, but
also the environmental con-
text (Baron Taylor, ed.,
2005). Significantly, this
philosophy has been pre-
sented the connection be-
tween the community of
Maubere and environment
as the original belief from
the ancient times till
present days. Based on the
Arsene, G. (2003) about the
human-nature relationship
and the emergence of envi-
ronmental ethics, human-
kind organized its values on
religious beliefs; implicitly,
this was where its ethics
came from. Therefore, the
communities of Maubere
have to consider the reli-
gion and culture as the re-
flection of the natural be-
liefs that cannot be separat-
ed because it is the identity
for the community of Maub-
ere in Timor-Leste.
The relationship be-
tween human and environ-
ment; based on the evolu-
tion of the human-environ-
ment relationship, there is
the real danger that our vi-
sions of the future are be-
coming unconstrained by
knowledge of what has al-
ready occurred, at least in
part because information
about human-environment
interactions in the histori-
cal past has not been well
organized for this purpose
or properly utilized. There-
fore, the communities of
Maubere in Timor-Leste have
to recognize about the hu-
man-environment interaction
in the pasts and the contribu-
tion of the nature to our inde-
pendence.
In corresponding to the
current situation in Timor-
Leste, we had identified that
there is a broken path between
human and the nature. The
community of Maubere have
been practiced a lot of contra-
diction actions or behaviors
against our own principles
during the clandestine peri-
ods. According to the philoso-
phy about the evolution of the
human-environment relation-
ship, if we continue to operate
in ignorance or denial of this
integrated historical under-
standing, we run the very real
risk of mirroring the paths of
our country (Classic Maya or
the Roman Empire, Costanza
et al., 2013). This is as a reflec-
tion to the real condition in
Timor-Leste at this stage
through the environmental
reaction to our society be-
cause we are not friendly any-
more with our own nature.
Consequently, the contradic-
tions of political ideologies
among groups have become
the most powerful in the soci-
ety as an impact on dividing
the community into groups.
Furthermore, Timor-Leste
has to evaluate about the po-
litical situation from the first
government of Timor-Leste till
present days as a case study to
identify the root of the prob-
lems. Basically, there are two
possible problems that the
community of Maubere has to
consider:
First; the nature has been
punished the community of
Maubere through unneces-
sary expenditures of the bud-
get from the Petroleum that
His Excellency President Re-
public of Democratic of
Timor-Leste was concerned
at the swearing ceremony for
the VI Constitutional Gov-
ernment of Timor-Leste, 16
February 2015, (Tempo Sem-
inal RDTL, 2015a). The nature
has been provided us every-
thing and we are exploring its
natural resources without ac-
knowledge its contribution to
the nation. The community of
Maubere has to be appreciat-
ed because the petroleum is
considered as the contribu-
tion from our holy land of
Kareta Xapa
Matrikula Metan
Domina Oe-cusse
MAP Fahe Cool Box ba
Peskador-Vendedores Ikan
MDM Tarjeitu 2015
Povu 75 % Asesu Bee Moos
Timor to the community of
Maubere for the develop-
ment after independence.
Second; the political insta-
bility in Timor-Leste lead the
community of Maubere is not
totally enjoy the independence
because of contradicting the
political ideologies among po-
litical leaders has become in-
fluential in the social life.
Therefore, the Acknowl-
edgment is the only solution
at this stage to minimize and
prevent more upcoming
problems in the future. Now,
the community of Maubere
have to realize that our na-
ture is claiming its return as
we had already promised.
Thus, the national acknowl-
edgment ceremony by the
community of Maubere in
Timor-Leste is very impor-
tant at the religious sites, the
natures, and the sacred hous-
es around the country as our
“Confession and Admiration”
for the blessing to get Inde-
pendence because it was not
happened at the first place
after celebrating the indepen-
dence day, 20 May 2002.
Based on the Constitution
of Democratic Republic of
Timor-Leste, Part I about the
Fundamental Principles, sec-
tion 11: Valorization of Resis-
tance:
1. The Democratic Repub-
lic of East Timor acknowledg-
es and values the historical re-
sistance of the Maubere Peo-
ple against foreign domination
and the contribution of all
those who fought for national
independence.
2. The State acknowledges
and values the participation of
the Catholic Church in the pro-
cess of national liberation of
East Timor.
It is clearly stated that
Timor-Leste has strong con-
nection with the religion, but
there was no acknowledge-
ment ceremonies in all reli-
gious sites such as statue of the
Cristo Rei at mountain Fatuca-
ma, statue of the Cristo Rei at
the mountain of Matebian,
statue of the Virgin Marry at
the mountain of Venilale, stat-
ue of the Virgin Marry at the
mountain of Ramelau, and
many more places around the
country.
Moreover, the community
of Maubere have to realize that
the acknowledges and values
for the nature and the sacred
houses have to be included in
our Constitution of Democrat-
ic Republic of Timor-Leste.
Based on the Goucher, Leguin,
Walton, & Themes, 2004, what
these differing views have in
common is an acknowledg-
ment that the relationship be-
tween human society and the
environment, whatever it is, is
fundamental.
During the clandestine
time, the community of Maub-
ere has made a lot of commit-
ments to the religious sites, the
nature, and the sacred houses
around the country and all
communityy of Maubere were
well protected by the holy land
of Timor from enemies to get
the final vision of indepen-
dence. However, the commu-
nity of Maubere has been dis-
regarded after celebrating In-
dependence Day, 20 May
2002.
The main impact; there are
some indications could be
considered seriously by the
community of Maubere,
Timor-Leste that the environ-
ment has been gradually
changed and the social prob-
lem is blooming up as a funda-
mental problem in the society.
Nowadays, the communi-
ties of Maubere have less con-
nection with the nature be-
cause of practicing the con-
tradiction action against our
own nature. There are more
serious cases link with the en-
vironmental and the cultural
problem at some places in
Timor-Leste. There are some
of the sacred places have been
destroyed by the community
of Maubere for the develop-
ment and the economical pur-
poses. Gradually, the igno-
rance attitude has become
stronger by the community of
Maubere in Timor-Leste and
the histories in some sacred
places are going to be van-
ished sooner or later. Ac-
cording to the Goucher, Le-
guin, Walton, & Themes,
2004, the influence of nature
on human societies and the
ways different cultures have
responded to their places in
the natural world are crucial
elements of historical under-
standing and basic to the ways
in which cultures explain their
pasts (Goucher, Leguin, Wal-
ton, & Themes, 2004).
Some examples about the
environmental problem are
presented in the capital Dili
and the Crisco Rei beach. The
Cristo Rei beach is one of the
Religious Touristic Destina-
tion Site which is located at the
one of the most spectacular
view in Timor-Leste. Howev-
er, there was a serious prob-
lem has been discovered that
there is lack of fresh water for
the community and also for the
tourists at this location. This
is putting in the picture that the
environment is not friendly
with the community of Maub-
ere anymore.
By Lucas Serrão Lopes, Student of the
Master in Tourism Economics and Re-
gional Development, University of Al-
garve, Portugal
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