Friday 11 February 2011

East Timor Supreme Court Declared TL's 2011 Budget Is Not Violate Constitution

Tempo Semanal-Dili, 11.02.2011

This afternoon the East Timorese Supreme Court announced its decision with regards to the constitutionality of the State Budget for 2011.  A week ago President Jose Ramos-Horta refused to sign and approve into law the state budget and earlier this week referred the matter to the Supreme Court to determine the legality of the state budget for 1.3 billion USD proposed by the National Parliament controlled by the AMP coalition lead by Prime Minister Gusmao.

The state budget for 2011 is the largest ever budget approved by the Government of Timor-Leste.  It is placed in the context of a growing electoral campaign by the governing parties versus the main Opposition party FRETILIN.

Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao was known to be extremely irritated by the delay in the passing of the state budget as it is viewed by the population to be his primary tool to win the 2012 national elections. The Prime Minister positions the state budget as the main instrument to develop the country, as political victory depends on expanding development beyond Dili.

The conclusion of the supreme court stated that, "the deliberation of the judges in the Supreme Court, known in Timor-Leste as the Tribunal de Recurso, in regards to the national parliament decree No.45/11 for the approval of the state budget for 2011, which was sent to them by the President of the Republic, states that the budget does not violate Article 2 and Article 115 of the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste nor Article 9 of the Law 9/2005 (Petroleum Fund Law)."

The court has released its decision hours before President Horta travel to Israel and Palestine tomorrow. (TS).

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Any government that serves well the nation deserves to win the election. However it is not the case for Xanana's government.

Anonymous said...

Loron diak kamarada sira,

Sei iha tan tempu para fretilin lori OGE 2011 dala ida tan ba TR. Ne'e mak diak liu lori tan dala ida ba, keta halo be TR troka fali nia idea karik? Se imi lakoi lori ba fali TR, ne'e imi atu bosok tan ami militante beikten halo nusa? Se lae mak ne'e....ami lafiar tan imi lider F Radikal sira.

Agora, kamarada Mari Alkatiri mak bosok fali ita hotu dehan OGE sira ne'e mesak ilegal deit. Padahal Tribunal hakotu lia dehan buat ne'e legal-konstitusional. Hanesan militante ami rona ba partidu maibe nudar povu ami fiar liu tribunal duke lider F bosokten sira.

Ami nia lider sira ne'e ida tan mak Ze Teseira, para atu bosok deit nia mak nomor satu los. Bosok tan saida. O naran lian lerek ba mai mais kakutak manu hanoin mak naok deit povu nia osan. Loron- loron o dehan osan ba OGE labele foti liu 3% husi mina rai ian tamba ne'e ilegal. Agora tribunal dehan legal mak ita la hatene o atu bosok tan saida.

Apalagi maun Arseniu Bandu, ida ne'e bosok ona lato, sei hakilar tan to'o kaben sulin sai husi ibun laran mai. Padahal cek didiak tok, bosok mak barak no naran dun matak dehan fali Maun Xanana KKN, padahal uluk nia Ministru nia naok matemean ate fos povu nia mos nia fan lakon hotu. Bastaser naokten.. moe laiha. Agora o atu bosok tan to'o kaben fakar mos ami mak lafiar tan o ona. Ne'e mak kuandu halai ba portugal ne'e tenki eskola. Ba neba la iskola ida, fila mai bosok ami povu dehan nia iskola iha oskoford unibersity,,,, depois cek fali ternyata nia fokit hela manu fulun iha dapur kotuk besik tan ema nia sintina.

Ba merda tan ho imi lider asu fahi makau sira ne'e. Imi hare ba sai ka mundur deit ona, fo fali fatin ba ema seluk. Ami stress hare bebeik imi nia oin iha CCF-BP7 neba. Ami hakarak maun Elisario Pinto ho maun Osorio Floridu mak sae ba manda fali F radikal. Sira nain rua mak lider duni. Ami nia hare sira nain rua mak matenek liu iha parlamentu. Parabens ba imi nain rua.

Se imi lakoi sai mak ami sei tama fali ba CNRT ka F mudanca ou lae partidu sira seluk.

Militante F.