STATEMENT OF THE LEADER OF THE FRETILIN PARLIAMENTARY BENCH ON THE CLOSING OF THE FIRST READING OF THE 2012 STATE BUDGET LAW

FRETILIN – PARLIAMENTARY BENCH

STATEMENT OF THE LEADER OF THE FRETILIN PARLIAMENTARY BENCH ON THE CLOSING OF THE FIRST READING OF THE 2012 STATE BUDGET LAW

Dili, 11 November 2011

Mr. President of the National Parliament,

Distinct Deputies,

His Excellency Mr. Xanana Gusmao and delegation,

People of Timor-Leste.

Annually the government led by his Excellency Mr. Xanana Gusmao, have presented budget proposals to this noble chamber that have greatly increased, and this National Parliament has approved the government’s budgets allegedly with the view of moving development forward and to better the lives of our people.  

The rate of execution of these annual budgets have also said to have increased and said to have constantly improved.  From 2007 to October 2011 the Government has only spent US$3 billion from a total of the US$5 billion approved by the National Parliament, all said to be to aimed at financing programs and fulfilling all sorts of promises made to our people by them.

“During the time of struggle we spilt blood, but now we spill money,” this has been the motto of his Excellency Mr. Xanana Gusmao.  But what has been the result from this?

The indicators show that “many things” have been done during His Excellency Xanana Gusmao’s governance, but there have not been any significant results.

Any results have not been in proportion to what should have resulted from the very large amounts of money that have thus far been poured out, nor has it brought any positive impact to our peoples’ daily lives.

Reality shows, Timor-Leste has indeed had peace and stability in these last years, but attaining such peace and stability has also depended largely on the political good will and cooperation that FRETILIN, as the de facto opposition has shown.  

The FRETILIN bench anticipates that the 2012 election will indeed be a democratic feast for our people that the outcome from the final votes cast by our people will be respected, and that whoever becomes the opposition will maintain the culture that has been built over the last four years, so that our people can live in peace.  That the future opposition will guarantee a normal governance cycle, so that political stability can be realized as a condition sine qua non for national development.

Because, reality has already shown, despite being a small opposition, when the opposition does not want to cooperate to undertake its opposition in the right place, but instead the opposition mobilizes demonstrations everyday, it will not contribute to fostering stability.   Similarly, when the President of the Republic as head of state fails to conduct himself in accordance with the constitution but instead becomes leader of the opposition, then there will not be the environment for stable and peaceful governance.

Excellences,

The “Unprecedented Economic Growth” that is said to be the successful result of this governance, has come from budgetary growth and large spending and quick spilling out of public investment especially on infrastructure.  However, private foreign investment does not exist.  Similarly, there is no permanent employment, foreign workers dominate everywhere, and our youth unemployment keeps growing. Investment in the productive sector, such as agriculture is less and less. There is total dependence on imports, with inflation uncontrollable, and the price of goods rising beyond the affordability of our people.  

The agricultural sector has no productivity. Despite mechanization (distributing tractors and all sorts of machinery, but even those who are not farmers also receiving these), as Mr. Gil Alves, Minister for Commerce has said, agricultural production has not even reached 10% of the national food security needs, and we are still heavily dependent on foreign imports of produce such as rice, fruit, poultry, eggs, etc.  It shows that the government has lied to the people with the numerous statistics on agricultural production.

The budget policy has been more oriented towards infrastructure with various megaprojects, annually increasing, all said to be in order to maintain “economic growth.”  In the meantime the investment base in health and education continues to be fall, as we can again see from the 2012 budget proposal.

Lost of money has been poured out but roads continue in a poor condition everywhere.  Lots of money has been spent just on filling potholes.  Because of the problems of impassable roads, some sucos and sub districts, for example Laclubar, Alas and others, that previously had good access, are now isolated.  Potable water continues to be a problem for the population both in urban and rural areas.

Electricity is still going on and off, despite annually large amounts of money being allocated to generators and fuel, but because of mismanagement, the people continue to complain because of shortages and cuts.  A lot of money has been spent on the megaproject Power Station but we do not know the actual total cost of this project, nor the projected budget that will be needed for the operational servicing and maintenance in the future, nor its sustainability.   

In health and education, investment has fallen.  Because of this there has been no significant improvement in these two areas.  Pharmaceuticals are lacking in the hospitals, and the quality of general health care has fallen.  Many schools do not have conditions for our children to learn, because schools are degraded, there are insufficient classrooms, chairs and tables are not available, and not to speak of no libraries or laboratories in schools.  All schools lack in basic sanitary needs (toilets and potable water), and many school children still do not have access to the school-feeding program.

This is how you pour out huge amounts of money, but as the President of the Republic recently told the national media, many of our rural population have to date not benefitted in terms of development, and continue to live in difficult circumstances.

Much of our population continues to be unable to access to basic needs (food, clothing and housing).  There is still hunger and malnutrition, and they are growing. Chronic malnutrition and infant mortality continues to remain unacceptably high.  Inequality continues to grow in our society because the majority of our people remain in poverty, and in fact increasing poverty, whilst a small group of people that have access and knowledge, or know how to steal, have become very rich and are becoming richer and fatter by the day. 

The FRETILIN bench is very concerned with the actual living conditions of our people, and perhaps this is the result of the petroleum curse that other petroleum producing nations have also faced.  Huge amounts of money are allocated to infrastructure to “waste” or pour out on the ground uselessly, and in the end no benefit brought to our people.

Mr. President,

People of Timor-Leste,

An evaluation of the five years of His Excellency Xanana Gusmao’s government has brought us to this 2012 budget, his final budget.  In this proposal, the de facto government has increased the budget by 35% compared with the 2011 budget, a budget increase in uncertain circumstances, given that the system of controls and management of public finances are poor. 

The last five years has shown us what can happen, as has happened, that the budget that has increased in a short time, has not been in keeping with the capacity of the machinery of the state to prepare itself to manage and control it effectively.  This has created the opportunity for bad administration, diversion of large amounts of state funds, wasteful spending, and growing corruption.

The annual budget has grown, but because of a lack of capacity to absorb minimally has resulted in 70 % of the budget fly out of the country, with only 30% staying in the country. But because of bad management and lack of control, 15% has gone straight into the private pockets of some people, according to the statement of His Excellency Mr. Xanana Gusmao himself at the Dili Convention Centre on 1 August.  The remaining 15% from this huge amount of money has gone into projects around the country that have no quality.  So, every year the money increases only to make the corrupt richer.

But the government is not coherent with the allocation of this large amount of money, because attention is not given to state institutions that have the function of controlling and strengthening justice, such as the Inspector General, the Anti Corruption Commission, the Ombudsman for Human Rights and Justice, the Prosecutor General’s Office, and the courts.  Even with these institutions the government has cut their budget, as an attempt to weaken their ability to safeguard our peoples’ money. There is no political will to secure a system of controlling and fighting corruption, not just establishing institutions, but more importantly the political is not reflected in the budget allocation priorities to these institutions to enable them to function effectively.

This budget also has proposed increases claimed to be to meet the peoples’ needs in the MDGs, of building houses in the villages.  This money should really be invested in the villages but instead it has been turned into a megaproject of pre-fabricated housing that will benefit a small group of people who will simply skip away from our country with huge amounts of money.  It is a project that has inadequate planning and design, has weak quality control, and has involved a tender that has not been transparent.  Because of the problem with land ownership, the government has decided that in 2012 it will merely move ahead with pilot projects.  If that is the case then why have they budgeted the whole amount of the proposed project for this coming year?

The increase in the 2012 budget includes authorization for US$33.1 million in proposed external loans.  Some may say this is a small amount of money, but the problem is that we will begin to accumulate debt, and the experience is that once you start to owe you never stop. We will be leaving a heavy burden for future generations.  Limited institutional capacities to manage, resulting in wasteful spending as has already happened with the Petroleum Fund, will mean that in the end it will deliver nothing for our people.

If we look at the current global situation, we need to contain some areas of our public spending, such as the proposed spending of US$4 million on festivities on historic events next year, which do not call for big parties, where our leaders can shower themselves with champagne, as we have all seen recently on TV.

The proposed budget allocation for acquiring motor vehicles for members of national parliament and other state institutions can also be cut. The acquisition of more vehicles will only increase the budgetary burden on the state’s “goods and services” for maintenance and fuel costs, and will in turn become a huge opportunity for corruption in our state institutions as has been reported by the Anti Corruption Commission in its recent investigation where 51% of state fuel coupons have been used to fill private motor vehicles.

This parliament also needs to reform the law regarding former elected officials and the pensions to former members of government and members of parliament to correspond with current circumstances, and that will also be more socially just, as the FRETILIN bench has demanded be done several times to date.

Excellences,

The proposed state budget for 2012 has been brought to the parliament with a huge increase for megaprojects and many new physical projects, but as we all know, in two or three more months, we will all be entering presidential and parliamentary election phase.

The FRETILIN bench is concerned that the government will not have sufficient time to implement the budget.  This is clear evidence that this government has been unrealistic in its budget elaboration and has merely sought to tie up a future government that will shortly be elected in the upcoming elections.  Perhaps it is an election budget to benefit one particular political party?

Just like every year, because there is no integrated planning and there is no technical rigor nor professionalism in the planning and budget forecast process, this government will not be able to execute the planned 2012 budget that this National Parliament will approve.  The government will instead improvise as usual and will transfer the budget allocations here and there, and will incur debts everywhere, a situation that has been publicly acknowledged by Mr. Xanana himself at the Dili Convention Centre last August.

So the 2012 state budget, as well as being unrealistic, just like the previous budgets, it is not credible, and will merely be a budget for festivities, and to pay debts that the government has incurred.

Thank you.

Deputado Aniceto Guterres

Leader of the FRETILIN Parliamentary Bench

INTERVENSAUN BANKADA PARLAMENTAR FRETILIN IHA DEBATE OGE 2012

FRETILIN – BANCADA PARLAMENTAR

INTERVENSAUN BANKADA PARLAMENTAR FRETILIN IHA DEBATE OGE 2012

Dili, 11 de Novembro 2011

Sr Presidente Parlamento Nacional,

Distintos Deputados

Sua Exelencia Sr Xanana Gusmao ho nia komitiva,

Povo Timor-Leste tomak,

Tinan-tinan mak, Governu ne’ebe lidera hosi Sua Exelencia Sr. Xanana Gusmao, apresenta orsamentu ne’ebe bobot ho tendensia sae maka’as, mai iha uma fukun ne’e, no Parlamentu Nasional ida ne’e mak aprova orsamentu ba governu atu gasta osan hodi halao dezenvolvimentu no hadia povu nia moris.

Taxa exekusaun orsamental mos tinan-tinan aumenta no diak ba bebebik. Husi 2007 to’o 31 de Outubro 2011 Governu gasta ona hamutuk osan $3 biliaun hosi total osan ne’ebe hetan aprovasaun husi Parlamentu Nasional  $5 biliaun, hodi finansia programas no atu kumpri promesas oioin ne’ebe halo ba povu.

“Uluk iha tempu funu ita fakar ran, maibe agora ita fakar osan” Ne’e mak slogan Sua Exelensia Sr. Xanana nia slogan.  Maibe oin sa nia resultadu?

Indikadores hatudu katak buat barak ne’ebe konsege halo duni durante Sua Exelensia Xanana Gusmao nia governasaun, maibe resultadu signifikativu la iha. Resultadu ne’ebe iha, la koresponde ho osan barbarak ne’ebe fakar ona, no la lori inpaktu ba povu nia moris lorloron.

Realidade hatudu, Timor-Leste iha duni paz no estabilidade iha tinan hirak ne’e nia laran, maibe tanba estabilidade no paz ne’ebe iha, depende barak liu ba vontade politika  diak no koperasaun ne’ebe hatudu ona durante ne’e, hosi FRETILIN nudar opozisaun de facto.

Bankada FRETILIN hein katak, eleisaun 2012 sai duni festa demokrasia ba povu, no se deit mak manna tuir resultadu final votus povu nian, tenke simu, no opozisaun tenke mantein kultura ne’ebe ita buka hari’I iha tinan hat nia laran, atu nune povu bele moris hakmatek, garante siklu normal governasaun, nune’e bele hetan estabilidade politika nudar kondisaun sine qua nom ba dezenvolvimentu Nasional.

Tanba, realidade mos hatudu tia ona, katak opozisaun maske kiik maibe winhira opozisaun lakohi kopera hodi halo nia knar iha fatin lolos, maibe opozisaun halo iha liur hodi mobiliza manifestasaun  lorloron, sei la kontribui  ba hamosu situasaun estavel. Nune’e mos, bainhira Presidente da Republika ida la halo nia knar tuir konstituisaun hanesan chefe do estadu maibe sai fali chefe opozisaun, mak laiha kondisoens atu bele iha estabilidade hodi governasaun bele lao iha situasaun hakmatek no diak.

Exelensias,

“Crescimento Economico sem Presedentes” ne’ebe sai nudar resultadu susesu ba governasaun ida ne’e, mai hosi kresimentu orsamentu no gastus bobot no fakar lalais iha investimentu publiku liu-liu iha enfraestrutura. Maibe investimentu privadu husi rai liur la iha. Nune’e, la iha empregu permanente, trabalhadores estrangeiru domina iha fatin-fatin, no jovem dezempregadu aumenta ba bebeik, tanba investimentu iha seitores produtivu, hanesan agrikultura menus liu, Dependensia total ba inportasaun, nune’e inflasaun mos labele kontola, no sasan folin a’as ba bebeik.

Seitor agrikultura, laiha produktividade. Maske halo ona mekanizasaun (fahe trator no makina oioin, maibe ema balu ne’ebe laos agrikultor mos simu) maibe hanesan Sr. Gil Alves, Ministru Komersiu hatete, katak produsaun agrikultura seidauk to’o 10 % hosi nesesidade konsumu nasional, no dependesia bot liu nafatin ba importasaun produtus hanesan fos, aifuan, manu oan, manu tolun no sst. Hatudu katak Governu bosok povu ho numerus barbarak konaba produsaun.

Politika orsamental orientadu liu atu harii infraestrutura ho megaprojetu oioin, no tinan- tinan aumenta, atu mantein kresimentu ekonomiku. Enkuantu invetsimentu iha saude no edukasaun de base kontinua kiik, nee maka ita hare mos iha OGE 2012 nian.

Osan fakar barbarak ona maibe estradas kontinmua at no at iha fatin hotu. Osan barak liu gasta ba taka koak deit. Tanba problemas estradas, suku no sub distritu balu, exemplu hanesan Laklubar, Alas, no sst ne’ebe antes iha asesu diak, maibe agora sai fali isoladu. We mos sai nafatin problema ba populasaun husi areas urbanas to’o areas rurais.

Eletrisidade mate lakan nafatin, maske tinan-tinan tau osan bobot ba geradores no kombustivel, maibe tanba gestaun la diak, povu halerik nafatin. Megaprojetu Central Eletrika gasta osan barak ona maibe ita la hatene lolos kustu total projetu nian, no kalklu orsamental ne’ebe presiza hodi halao servisus operasionais no manutensaun iha futuru, no nia sustentabilidade.

Iha saude ho edukasaun, investimenmtu menus liu. Tanba ne’e situasaun la iha melhorias signifikativu. Hospitais aimoruk menus, no kualidade kuidadus de saude uitoan liu. Eskolas barak la iha kondisoens ba labarik sira atu iha aprendizagem, tanba eskola barak seit a’at, laiha salas naton, falta meja ho kadeira, sa tan bibiloteka, ho laboratoriu. Eskola hotu-hotu la iha saneamentu (sintina ho be mos), no barak mak la hetan merenda eskolar.

Nune’e mak, fakar ona osan barbarak, maibe hanesan Sr. Presidente da Republica hatete ba media nasional foin lalais ne’e, katak populasaun barak iha areas rurais seidauk sente buat barak hosi dezenvovimentu, no sei terus nafatin.

Povu barak tebes kontinua  nafatin la iha kbit atu iha asesu ba sasan primeira nesesidade (aihan, hatais no uma). Sei iha hamlaha no mal nutrisaun inves de tun maibe sae tan deit. Desnutrisaun kronika, mortalidade labarik no kosok sei as. Desigualdade bot ba bebeik iha sosiedade laran tanba maioria povu kontinua kiak no kiak ba bebeik, enkuantu grupu kiik oan ida ne’ebe iha asesu no hatene aproveita, ka hatene naok, maka sai riku matak no bokur ba bebeik.

Bankada FRETILIN preokupa tebes ho situasaun real ne’ebe povu moris dadauk, karik ida ne’e mak malisan minarai hanesan rai sira produtor mina seluk hasoru. Tau osan barbarak iha infraestrutura para halo “esbanjamentu” ka fakar arbiru deit, nu fim la lori benefisiu ba povu tomak.

Sr. Presidente,

Povu Timor-Leste tomak,

Balansu ba tinan lima governasaun Sua Exelensia Sr. Xanana Gusmao nian, lori ita ba tinan ikus apresentasaun proposta OGE 2012 nian. Iha proposta ne’e, Governu de facto aumenta tan osan 35 % kompara ho orsamentu 2011 nian, aumentu ne’ebe sira halo iha situasaun ne’ebe insertu, no iha sistema kontrolu no  gestaun finansas publikas ne’ebe la diak.

Realidade hatudu ona hanesan akontese durante tinan lima nia laran, katak orsamentu ne’ebe sae maka’as iha tempu badak, la tuir kapasidade makina estadu atu prepara nia a’an hodi halo gestaun no kontrolu diak, hamosu oportunidade ba mal administrasaun, desvius osan estadu nian ho montante bobot, gasta arbiru, no mosu korupsaun bobot.

Aumentu orsamentu bo’ot maibe tanba kapasidade absorsaun minimu halo osan semo hotu hanesan 70% sai ba rai liur, iha rai laran hela deit 30%, maibe tanba gestaun la diak no falta de kontrolu, 15% tama iha ema nia bolsu tuir afirmasaun Sua Exelensia Sr. Xanana rasik iha sentru konvensaun Dili 1 de Agostu. Restu 15% deit hosi osan bot ne’e, mak resulta ho projetus hotu ne’ebe namkari iha rai laran, maibe ho kualidade a’at. Ne duni, Tinan-tinan aumenta tan osan atu halo kotuptor sira bokur tan deit.

Maibe governu la koerente iha alokasaun osan barbarak ne’e, tanba la fo atensaun ba instituisoens estadu ne’ebe iha funsaun atu halo kontrolu no hametin justisa, hanesan Inpesaun geral, KAK, PDHJ, Ministeriu Publiku, no Tribunais. Ate ba instituisoens hirak nee, Governu koa tan fali sira nia osan, hanesan tentativa atu enfrakese sistema kontrolu ba osan povu nian. Tanba seriedade no vontade politika atu asegura sistema kontrolu no luta hasoru korupsaun laos deit hari’I instituisaun, maibe inportante liu tenke hatudu iha politika iha prioridades alokasaun orsamentu.

Iha mos aumentu iha orsamentu ne’e, atu hatan ba nesesidade povu nian hanesan  programa MDG, hari’I uma iha aldeias, karik osan ne’e investe iha aldeias maibe programa ida ne’e sai fali mega-projetu pre-fabrikadu ne’ebe mai benefisia grupu kiik atu lori osan halai ba liur, projetu ne’ebe laiha planu ne’ebe diak ho dezenhu, no kualidade kontrolu ne’ebe fraku, ho tender ne’ebe la iha transparensia ka tuir deit sistema kronismu nian. Tanba problema rai, 2012 Governu deside atu hahu’u lai ho projetus piloto, maibe tanba sa tau nafatin osan bobot?

Aumentu Orsamentu ba 2012 nian ne’e inklui mos 33.1 milhoens atu mai hosi divida ka halo tusan hosi rai liur. Karik ita bele dehan osan oituan, maibe problema mak ita komesa hahu’u deve, esperiensia hatudu bainhira komesa deve sei la para , no ita fo todan ba gerasaun sira ne’ebe sei mai. Problema seluk mak seidauk iha kapasidade instituisaun atu halo gestaun, nune’e bele gasta la ho didiak ka gasta arbiru hanesan ita halo dadauk ba Fundo Minarai nian, no ikus mai la iha proveitu ba povu.

Tuir lolos, hare ba situasaun global presiza halo kontensaun ba gastus publikus balu, exemplu hanesan alokasaun milaun 4 ba festa selebrasaun. Ita konkorda katak ita presiza selebra loron bo’ot sira ne’e, maibe la presiza ho festa, nune’e ulun bot sira fakar sampanye hodi rega malu, hanesan hatudu iha televizaun.

Tenke halo mos kontensaun ba sosa kareta, ba Parlamentu Nasional, Governu no orgaun sira seluk. Tanba sosa kareta sei halo todan nafatin ba orsamentu estadu liu-liu “bens e Servicos” atu halo manutensaun no  gastus ba kombustivel bot tetebes, no sai fali objetu ba korupsaun bobot iha instituisoens estadu nia laran, hanesan resultadu peskiza hosi KAK, ne’ebe hatete katak 51% senhas kombustivel enche ba kareta privadu.

Parlamentu ida ne’e mos presiza hare fali Estatutu Titulares no pensaun vitalisia ba eix-membro governu no eix-deputadu atu kondisiona ho situasaun real ohin loron, no bele lori justisa social, hanesan bankada FRETILIN husu dala barak ona ba meja.

Exelensias,

Proposta OGE 2012, ne’e mai ho montante bo’ot tetebes hodi aumenta tan megaprojetus no projetus fisikus foun barak tan, maibe nudar ita hotu hatene, fulan rua tolu tan, ita tama ona ba eleisoens presidensiais no legislativas.

Bankada FRETILIN preokupa, tanba hare ba tempu Governu sei la konsege exekuta. Singifika Governu halo orsamentu la realista, no kompromete fali governu foun ne’ebe sei iha tempu badak sei mosu hosi resultadu eleisoens ne’e. Karik, orsamentu ba kampanha atu halo manan partidu ruma?

Hanesan tinan-tinan, tanba laiha planu integradu no laiha rigor tekniku no profesionalismu iha planifikasaun no previzaun orsamental, Governu sei la exekuta tuir planu orsamentu 2012 nian ne’ebe Parlamentu Nasional sei aprova. Governu sei halo inprovizasaun deit no sei halo transferensia tun sae ba osan estadu nian, no halo divida oioin, situasaun ne’ebe Sr. Xanana rasik preokupa iha Sentru Konvensaun Dili iha fulan Agostu liu ba.

Nune’e OGE 2012 nian ne’e, alem de la realista, maibe hanesan orsamentu tinan uluk-uluk nian, orsamentu ne’e la iha kredibilidade no orsamentu atu halo festa, no atu selu divida. Bankada FRETILIN sei la fo apoiu ba orsamentu hanesan ne’e.

Obrigadu !!!

Deputado Aniceto Guterres

Chefe da Bancada Parlamentar da FRETILIN

INTERVENSAUN IHA DEBATE GENERALIDADE OGE 2012

SEXTA FEIRA, 11 NOVEMBRU 2011

XEFE BANCADA FRETILIN

DEPUTADO ANICETO GUTERRES: 

Sua Exelensia Sr. Xanana Gusmao,

Hau apresia no kongratula ita bot, ba ita bot nia afirmasoens hotu hahu’u kedas husi Sentru Konvensaun Dili 1-2 de Agostu liu ba, ne’ebe repete tan iha debate ne’e, horiseik , konaba gestaun iha Governu ida ne’e.

Nudar Chefe du Governu, itabot rekonhese iha duni problema iha gestaun ba osan povu nian no mentalidade, iha administrasaun publika, no agora buka meius atu hadia.

Ita bot nia afoirmasoens hirak ne’e mai konfirma saida mak ami husi FRETILIN preokupa, no koalia dala barak ona iha Parlamentu ne’e no iha fatin seluk, konaba gestaun, konaba inefisiensia iha gastus liga ho realidade konaba resultadus no inpaktu ba povu nian moris. Nudar politiku, hanesan mos gestores e desizores finanseirus publikus iha ne’ebe deit, ami nia preokupasaun ba despezas publikas mak ne’e, oin sa “gastar o minimo com o maximo proveitu e os melhores resultados”.

Maibe ita bot la rona, ka lakohi rona, karik tanba bainhira ami koalia ami temi ita bot nia Governu, hanesan Governu de faktu, no ami mak opozisaun de facto.

To’o ona ultimo anu mak ita bot rekonhese, I Hau la fiar katak iha fulan hira oin mai ita bot nia Governu bele konsege hadia problema gestaun ne’e enkuantu sei iha AMP nian laran. Tanba problema AMP nian maka hanesan Sr. Presidente Parlamentu temi “AMP ne’e hanesan dada na’an ten ne’e, ida-idak hakarak dada ba  nian parte. Sa tan ita liga problema mentalidade. Problema rekursus humanus, hau sura ho AND.

Ne’e mak ita nia situasaun konaba kapasidade institusional atu halo gestaun ba finansas publikas.

Iha situasaun hanesan ne’e ita agora hakarak komesa ona deve, ka halo tusan 33 milhoens tinan oin.

Maibe, Ita Tenke hare no tuir boas pratikas gestaun nian, rigor tekniku no rasionalidade ekonomika gestaun finanseira.

Kredores Internasionais, mercadus financeiro, sira la dun fo valor ba faktus konaba ta iha servisus saude diak ka lae, ita iha sistema transportes diak ka lae,ita iha infraestrutura sufciente ka la suficiente, nem taun pouco atu hatene ita nia ema kiak sei barak ka ouitoan, ita nia nivel da vida. Mas sira ne’e hotu, sira tau matan maka’s liu ka fo liu valor ba “performace” ka desempenhu teknika gestaun finansas publikas.

Katak, wainhira atu fo imprestimu sira hare liu ba performance, se diak sira fo, klaru ke ho kondisoens, se la diak la fo tanba sira tauk sira nia osan la fila fali, I se sira fo duni ho situasaun hanesan ne’e porke sira tenke tau kondisoens maka’as liu, por exemplu jurus bot liu tan.

Nune’e hau hakarak hatene, kredor ne’ebe hakarak fo deve ba ita, kondisoens saida? Se sira hakarak fo deve, karik la hatene ita nia kapasidade gestaun? Ka iha interese seluk?

Pergunta seluk mak ne’e. Husu deve 33milhoens ne’e nia sentidu saida? Nusa mak la 50 milhoens’ 100 milhoens ka sst? Ita atu aprende deve?

Se ita nia la toto, no sei hela 33 milhoens atu gasta ba 2012. Sei iha osan ne’ebe tau ba projetus MDG atu hari’I uma lima iha aldeia ida. Osan ne’e bot tetebes, no Governu tuir Diskursu loron rua liu ba atu halo uluk projetu pilotu iha 2012. Hau la komprende,  se atu halo deit projetu pilotu tenke tau kedas osan barbarak. Nusa mak la tranfere mai atu taka 33 milhoens ne’ebe Governu de facto sei presiza?

INTERVENSAUN BANKADA PARLAMENTAR FRETILIN IHA ABERTURA DEBATE CONTA GERAL ESTADO 2010

INTERVENSAUN BANKADA PARLAMENTAR FRETILIN IHA                      ABERTURA DEBATE  CONTA GERAL  ESTADO 2010

Dili, 04 de Novembro   2011

Sr. Presidente Parlamento Nacional,

Sua Exelensia Sr. Xanana Gusmao ho nia komitiva,

Distintus Konvidadus hotu,

Maluk Deputadu sira,

Povo Timor-Leste tomak,

Parlamento Nacional diskuti ona ba da-uluk konta geral estadu 2009 nian iha Dezembro 2010. Ohin dala ida tan ita atu halo diskusaun konaba konta geral estadu nian ba tinan 2010, nudar dever no obrigasaun konstitusional iha Estado de Direito Democratico Timor-Leste, estadu ida ne’ebe iha konstituisaun no leis atu regula ema no orgaun ida-idak nia komportamentu.

Osan iha OGE povo nian, no tuir konstitusaun, Parlamentu Nasional mak aprova orsamentu geral estadu, atu governu ba exekuta tuir programas no plano ne’ebe governo apresenta, hodi justifika katak osan presiza duni atu hadia povu nia moris. Parlamentu nasional mak halo mos fiskalizasaun, ka halo kontrolo ba exekusaun orsamental, no halo avaliasaun ba aktividade governu nian.

Enkuantu Tribunal de Recurso, hodi Tribunal Superior Administrativo, Fiscal e de Contas nia naran, halo fiskalizasaun ba legalidade despezas publikas no halo julgamento ba constas estadu nian. Tuir kompetensia ida ne’e mak,  Tribunal de Recurso hatama  nia pareser konaba Conta Geral Estadu mai iha Parlamento Nacional, hodi esklarese teknikamente, atu nune’e Parlamento ida ne’e bele halao diak liu nia iha knaar kontrolu politiku ba governu nia lalaok no exekusaun osan povu nian.

Bankada FRETILIN apresia tetebes Tribunal Recurso nia pareser konaba konta geral estadu 2010 nian, no ami nian parabens ba Tribunal ne’e, tanba nia desempenho, maske iha limitasoens oioin no la iha meius ka rekursus sufisiente, sira hasai duni pareser ida, ne’ebe sei tulun ita deputadus sira halao ita nia knaar.

Sr. Presidente, no

Kolegas deputadu sira,

Se ita halo komparasaun ba Tribunal Recurso nia pareser konaba konta geral estadu 2009 no pareser konta geral estadu 2010 nian, ita hare konkluzaun no rekomendasoens kuaze hanesan deit, direfensa uitoan los, maske iha tan problema seluk. Ate Tribunal deklara katak Kompara ho konta Geral 2009 nian, Konta Geral Estado 2010 nian la hatudu “melhoria” iha exekusaun orsamental, no mos kontrolo ba reseitas no despezas.

Katak problema hirak ne’be tribunal de Recurso identifika no preokupa iha konta geral estadu 2009 nian, sai nafatin problema iha konta geral estadu 2010 nian.

Signifika ke, Governo de Facto la implementa ka la halo tuir Tribunal Recurso nia rekomendasoens hosi konta Geral Estadu 2009 nian, nem se ker atu entrega dokumentus ka informasoens hotu ne’ebe Tribunal presiza hetan atu bele halo analize detalhadu no verifikasaun diak ba Conta Geral Estado 2010.  Katak Governu la simu pareser no ignora totalmente rekomendasoens Tribunal nian.

Uluk kedas Governo hatudu tiha ona sinal atu la kumpri rekomendasoens, wainhira iha debate konta geral estadu 2009 nian iha uma fukun ida ne’e, Sua Exelensia Sr Xanana Gusmao iha nia diskursu halo ataka mak’as, hodi hatudu Governu nia “arogansia Institusional” hasoru Trinunal Recurso, nudar orgaun kontrolu juridico, no nia pareser. Maibe, hirak ne’e hotu hatudu katak  Governu de Facto la iha vontade no seriedade atu hadia gestaun no laiha koperasaun diak ho orgaun sira halo fiskalizasaun atu uza osan povu nian ho didiak.

Alem de problemas hirak ne’ebe identifika tiha ona iha konta geral estadu 2009 nian, Tribunal de recurso mos preokupa ho problema legalidade despeza publika  ba osan 2010 nian, ne’ebe auditoria verifika tiha ona, katak iha instituisaun barak hosi governu nian, mak selu empregadu ka funsionariu ne’ebe la existe iha kuadru pesoal. Tribunal hare katak ne’e situasaun ida ne’ebe grave no hatudu indisius ba krime.

Bankada FRETILIN mos preokupa ho situasaun ida ne’e, tanba ida ne’e hanesan forma ida tan ema halo KKN -- Korupsaun, Konluio no Nepotismu, ka “naoksaun” iha Maun Bot Xanana nia Governasaun, iha ne’ebe KKN buras nanis ona. Ema hotu hatene Membro Governo no Diretores sira bolu nia familia ka nia maluk hosi partidu hanesan, hodi emprega sira ne’e iha servisus estadu nian iha ministeriu, ka diresoens, ka institusoens, nudar asesor ka funsionariu kontratadu. Ate balu fisikamente la servisu, tau deit naran no iha dokumentu kontratu, ka hanesan fiktisiu deit. Hanesan iha kedas 2008, ita rona, ema balu hela iha Kupang tanba nia Pro-Otonomi, maibe naran iha lista empregadu Ministeriu Edukasaun, no fulan-fulan simu osan permanente.  Osan hosi Bens e Servisus, ne’ebe hanesan zaku azul tanba laiha diskriminasaun, sira uza ba selu ema sira atu hariku an no nia familia ka maluk partidu sira.

Tanba situasaun hanesan ne’e grave, laiha dalan seluk, Bankada FRETILIN husu atu enkaminha ba Ministeriu Publiku ka orgaun kompetente seluk atu halo investigasaun no halao justisa ba autor sira.

Sr Presidente,

Kumpri lei esensial ba ita nia rai nudar estadu de direitu. Nune’e ita deputadus nudar membru hosi orgaun ba atu hola desizaun politika, no Governu nudar gestor ba osan povu nian, iha dever atu halo tuir lolos lei ne’ebe iha. Maibe kumpri lei deit la to’o. Boa gestao ba osan povu nian, mak ohin loron sai nudar kestaun ida ne’ebe desizivu tebes. Povu hakarak hatene se osan ne’ebe estadu gasta hodi povu nia naran, fo ona resultadu ruma ne’ebe diak duni, ho kustu ne’ebe kiik liu, no tuir duni nesesidade povu nian, ka lae.

Tribunal recurso tuir artigu 42 Lei Orsamrntu e gestao Financeira, tribunal recurso nia knar mak atu hasai pareser konaba legalidade despezas publikas. Maibe iha pareser ida ne’e, ita hare  problemas ne’ebe tribunal idenfika kuaze hotu-hotu ligadu ho funsoens gestaun orsamental ( ne’e katak planeamentu, exekusaun no kontrolu internu), no liga mos konaba pratika boa gestao nian: ekonomia, efisiensia no efikasia.

Tinan-tinan em kada debate Orsamentu Geral Estadu, dala barak mak Bankada FRETILIN koalia hatudu Governu AMP, ne’ebe hamrok osan, no tau osan barbarak, maibe la hatene atu gasta osan ba saida, gasta oin sa, no ba resultadu saida.

Hahu’u kedas hosi programasaun ka planeamentu, durante governasaun AMP nian nunka iha Planeamentu finanseru ne’ebe diak, no saida maka temi naran orsamentu estadu falha total. Inves de halo orsamentu maibe sai fali desorsamentasaun, no harahun tiha konseitu orsamentu nian.

Wainhira halo orsamentu, sira  la halo diskriminasaun didiak ba verba idaida. Nune’e mos tau numeru ka montante ba verba ida hanesan sik deit, ka tau deit buat ruma para hetan aprovasaun husi Parlamentu, tuir metodu planeamentu foun AMP nian: “tau deit ba, osan barak, depois maka tranfere”.

Deputadus iha parlamentu mos aprova mak numeru ne’e. Osan ne’e to’o ka la to’o, atu gasta ba saida, Governu maka hatene, husik ba Governu maka halo inprovisasaun. Se hanesan ne’e oin sa maka deputadus sira bele halo fiskalizasaun?

Sr. Emilia Pires dala barak mai iha uma fukun ne’e, ka iha media hatete katak, nia gestaun ba osan povu nian mak diak liu tebes, tanba reformas no mudansas ne’ebe Governu AMP halo. Sua Exelencia Sr. xanana Gusmao iha nia karta errata orsamentu 2010 nian hatete, katak reforma Gestao Financeira mak sai hanesan “melhor prestasaun IV Governu Konstitusional”.

Maibe, realidade maka ne’e, Governu apresenta exekusaun orsamentu ne’ebe a’as, maibe la tuir planu. Tanba hanesan iha 2009 halo transferensias barbarak ba pakote referendun no sst, iha 2010 halo tan transferensias barak tetebes liu-liu iha fundu infraestrutura. Ate transferensias hirak ne’e barak los mak ultrapassa ona limite 20 %  hanesan konsagra iha artigu 38 Lei Orsamentu e Gestao Financeira  nian. Tinan-tinan Governu halo transferensias osan barbarak hosi Reserva kontingensia hodi halo despesas ne’ebe laiha karakter inprevisiveis, nem urgente, nem inadiaveis. Ne’e tanba la iha planu  ne’ebe diak.

Custo obras publikas la normal ka bot tetebes to 300 ate 500% halo ema hotu isin fulun hamrik. Tanba halo estimatimava ba kustus projetus la liu hosi estudus ka levantamentu ruma, no nunka halo kontrolu ba custo no benefisiu projetus.

Realidade mos tanba laiha planifikasaun ida diak, hanesan hari edifisiu Camra Municipais, maske iha tinan 4 nia laran seidauk konsege hasai desizaun hari’I munisipius, at liu tan konstrusaun edifisiu balu hamosu tan adisional to’o 100%, no seluk ne’ebe ramata tia ona, hanesan akontese ona ho mini merkadus no sst, sai fali fatin ba bibi, karau no fahi. Enkuantu iha fatin seluk  eskola oan sira halo izame iha lona okos, no laiha meja, kadeira. Ne’e tanba laiha definisaun klaru ba prioridades. Se hanesan ne’e, Oin sa ita koalia ekonomia, efisiensia no efikasia gestaun finanseira?

Governu AMP la hatudu disiplina orsamental tuir regras normal ejiji, tanba ita bele hare’e orsamentu ne’e mai akomoda deit despeza sira ne’ebe hakarak halo. Exemplu, hanesan ita halo lista bainhira ita ba loja atu halo kompras, to’o iha loja hare buat barak kapas desidi sosa hotu, maibe osan iha bolsu la to’o, no tenke deve hodi promete selu iha tempu seluk. Ne’e maka ezemplu desorsamentu, maibe ida hanesan ne’e difikulta fali kontrolu hosi Parlamentu Nasional.

No fim, Sua Exelensia Sr. Xanana Gusmao rasik rekonhese ona Governu nia frakeza ka failhansu hirak ne’e, wainhira koalia iha “Conselhu Ministru Aberta” iha Centru Konvensaun Dili 01 de Agostu 2011, hatete nun’e : “tinan-tinan ita tau osan karik tau lolos, se lae ita tau osan sala hotu, realidade por exemplo imi husu osan $100 mil maibe kuandu iha nia implementasaun to’o tiha fali $120 mil, tanba ne’e maka hamosu dividas, I pelo kontrariu mos imi husu osan bobot, depois to’o nia exekusaun tun tia fali, (la gasta), buat sira ne’e maka ita preziza hadia”

Iha fatin hanesan Maun Bot  Xanana hatete tan :”realidade ne’ebe ita hare katak iha exekusaun OGE tinan-tinan ita kuandu to’o Agostu, nia exekusaun tun oitoan, kuandu tama ona Outubru, exekusaun komesa sae naton, maibe kuandu tama ona fulan Novembro, ne’e haksoit maka’as los hanesan NASA, tanba dalaruma ita hakarak duni exekusaun 90% ne’e, depois ba sosa sasan arbiru, ba fahe lalais tiha para husu fali osan foun. Problema hirak ne’e tenke hadia, tanba ita laiha konsekuensia ba ita nia gastus orsamentu, ida ne’e hanesan problema gestaun finansas…… Liliu Bens e Servisus no kapital menor ita atu koalia didiak ba malu, karik ita bele dehan, bolu malu para halai lalais, ida ne’e ita bele dehan gasta arbiru…. Gasta arbiru.” Ne’e mau bot mak koalia!

Sr. Presidente,

Problema hirak ne’e mosu, tanba la iha rigor tekniku no profesionalismu iha planifikasaun no halo previzaun orsamental, ne’ebe Governu halo previzaun taka matan deit la koresponde ho realidade. Previzaun hanesan ne’e nunka iha kredibilidade no la fiavel.

Wainhira planeamentu la los ka previsaun mal feitu, maka nia exekusaun mos falha, no  la iha sentidu ka lakon utilidade. At liu tan wain hira laiha kontrolu internu. Nune maka osan mal gastu no gasta arbiru deit, loke dalan ba atu iha korupsaun barbarak no fasilita “naoksaun”. Nune’e mak, maske gasta ona osan barak, maibe resultadu uitoan liu no la lori inpaktu ba povu nia moris.

Iha situasaun seluk ne’ebe Tribunal identifika no preokupa iha Conta Geral 2010 nian, mak falta de dezagregasaun rubrika reseitas no despezas por ministeriu ka instituisaun sira seluk ne’ebe halo pagamentus, liu-liu ba despesas hosi fundus no reservas orsamentais. Situasaun ne’ebe komum iha conta  ne’e. Maibe situasaun hanesan ne’e mai kedas husi nia hun tanba wainhira halo plano no orsamentu la halo tuir loos, ka la halo kedas desagregasaun ba verba idaida. Ne’e hanesan “biasa” ona iha planu orsamentu durante AMP nia ukun. Exemplu ne’be flagrante mak hanesan verba “Bens e Servicos”, ne’ebe Bankada FRETILIN dala barak temi hanesan “Saco Azul” ba Governu atu gasta osan narnaran sem hatene atu gasta ba saida. Governu ida ne’e la transparente ho osan ne’ebe atu gasta iha fundus, hanesan Fundo Seguransa Alimentar, Fundo Kombate Pobreza, no fundu selseluk tan. Nune’e maka to’o fim do ano fiscal halo deit konta ba despeza ne’ebe halo ona ho montante global deit no labele halo duni dezagregasaun.

Tribunal iha razaun duni atu preokupa, tanba falta de dezagregasaun ne’e implika mos ba konstitusionalidade fundus no reservas orsamentais nian, hanesan esplika ona iha pareser nune’e: “Konstitusionalidade fundus no reservas orsamentais depende sempre ba konhesimentu lolos ba atu gasta osan ne’e ba saida, no konhesimentu pormenorizadu ba despezas ne’ebe selu ho osan hira ne’e, se lae, viola artigu 145 no. 2 Konstituisaun nian”.

Artigu ne’e mak bandu atu iha dotasoens sekretus iha orsamentu, no tuir artigu ida ne’e duni mos Tribunal Recurso iha 2008 deklara inkonstitusionalidade ba Fundo Estabilizacao Economico, tanba situasaun hanesan dadauk ne’e.

Situasaun hanesan ne’e mos, mak ita hare iha Orsamentu Geral Estadu 2011 nian, ne’ebe kontein fundus oioin nebe iha tiha ona, aumenta tan ho Fundos Especiais (Fundo Infraestrutura no Fundo de Dezenvolvimento Capital Humano). Ho existensia funfos espesiais ne’e, halo  situasaun grave liu tan, tanba laiha informasaun detalhu konaba atu gasta los ba saida. Ke devia Tribunal Recurso sumba tiha ka pronuncia inkonstitusionalidade Fundus hirak ne’e, wainhira simu pedidu Fiscalizacao Preventiva da Constitucionalidade ba Lei OGE 2011 nian, husi Presidente da Republica. Nune’e, karik bele evita mosu tan situasaun hanesan, iha Konta Geral Estadu 2011 nian.

Ne’e  hanesan Tribunal Recurso hatudu inkonsistensia uitoan iha sira nia opiniaun ka desizaun konaba materia hanesan. Iha parte ida sira preokupa ho situasoens ne’ebe eventualmente bele hamosu inkonstitusionalidade, iha parte seluk, Tribunal ida ne’e duni ho juises hanesan, ba situasaun hanesan pronuncia buat seluk fali.

Sr. Presidente,

Distintus Deputadus,

Povu Timor-Leste tomak,

Tuir prinsipiu konaba dever de responsabilizasaun ne’ebe gestor tomak  iha fatin hotu-hotu hahi’I, katak membros orgauns ne’ebe hola desizaun iha obrigasaun tomak atu presta kontas no responsabiliza ba sira nia hahalok gestionariu, inklui mos wainhira buat ruma lao lalos, simu sansaun pekuniaria no hola responsabilidade politika.

Se Governu aponta falhannsu no frakezas ne’ebe Tribunal indentifika ona, no implementa rekomendasoens iha Conta Geral 2009 nian, Governu bele halo prestasaun kontas 2010 ho kualidade diak liu, no ajuda Governu hadia diak liu gestaun osan povu nian. Nune’e bele evita maximu mal gastus, gasta arbiru, korupsaun, no ikus bele hetan resultadu diak liu tuir nesesidade povu nian. Maibe, hanesan tribunal hatete ona, situasaun la melhora ka nafatin hela.

Se hanesan ne’e, Se maka bele assume responsabilidade ba situasaun hirak ne’e se laos Sua Exelencia Sr. Xanana Gusmao ho nia Ministra Finansas.

Antes hakotu, hau hakarak hatete, katak Bankada FRETILIN simu relatoriu hosi Komisaun C Parlamentu Nasional nian, no apoia nia rekomendasoens tomak, no sei buka atu aumenta rekomendasoens liu hosi resolusaun ruma ne’ebe ami prepara ona, no tuir mai sei apresenta ba meja atu hetan diskusaun molok hakotu debate ohin loron nian. Tanba ami hanoin katak iha buat barak ne’ebe Tribunal de Recurso no auditoria identifika, ne’ebe presiza duni atensaun maka’as no iha  nia segimentu.

Mak ne’e deit.

Obrigadu!!!

Aniceto Guterres, Chefe da Bancada

FRETILIN.Media Flash: CPD-RDTL Demonstration in Dili/Use of FRETILIN flags not authorized by FRETILIN

FRETILIN.Media Flash

Dili, 3 October 2011 (20:50 hrs)

Issue: CPD-RDTL Demonstration in Dili/Use of FRETILIN flags not authorized by FRETILIN

As of this afternoon a number of trucks commenced arriving in Dili from the districts, as the commencement of a “peaceful demonstration” organized by CPD-RDTL.  Authorities were apparently notified, but FRETILIN, as with many others, only found out about the planned demonstration earlier this afternoon.

It appears that some of the demonstrators on the trucks were carrying and displaying FRETILIN flags. 

FRETILIN wants to make it clear that it has nothing whatsoever to do with this demonstration, and the use of the FRETILIN flags are not authorized by FRETILIN.  The organization in question has persistently continued to use the FRETILIN flag for some time.

Upon being informed that a number of persons on a number of these trucks were carrying and displaying FRETILIN flags, the FRETILIN leadership immediately requested the PNTL, and the PNTL agreed to act to prevent this from continuing.  We are informed that action has already been taken by PNTL in this regard.

The FRETILIN flag is a historic symbol, but also according to the legislation in place, the exclusive and legally protected symbol of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent Timor-Leste (FRETILIN) as a “political party”.

It is unfortunate that this has occurred.

For further information please contact Jose Teixeira on +670 728 7080