Dili –
ACC Commissioner Dr. Sergio Hornai had appointed three deputy commissioners to
assist him in leading the third mandate from period 2019-2023. The appointment
that’s announced officially at Jornal da Republica on Friday 31st of May 2019
Seri II, No. 21, indicated the candidates such as Mr. Augosto da Costa Castro,
Deputy Commissioner for Criminal Investigation, Mr. Luis de Oliveira Sampaio,
Deputy Commissioner for Prevention and Awareness Raising, and Mr. Alexandre
Faustino Freitas, Deputy Commissioner for Support Services and Cooperation).
The
sworn in ceremony of Deputy Commissioners that taken place today 21 June 2019
together with two Directors and 8 Heads of Units who had been appointed earlier
soon after Commissioner took office. These Directors are in the area of
Supports Services and Cooperation Directorate and Prevention & Awareness
raising Directorate. While, the Heads of Units are in the divisions of
investigation, information, monitoring and inspection, risk assessment, public
awareness raising, human resources management, Finance and logistic, and
procurement.
The
appointment of the candidates to hold a position within the CAC Timor-Leste is
exclusively as a mandate of Commissioner that’s based on law No.8/2009 15 July
2009. While the formation of the structure of CAC and its tasks is based on
Decree Law No. 23/2015 and Decree Law No. 24/2015.
This
structure is the first ever a complete since CAC functioning in 2010. The
previous mandates were only two deputies, compared to third mandate that has
three deputies according to law nu. 8/2009. The new structure is promising,
because the two deputies from senior staff of CAC (the current Directors of
Investigation and former Executive Secretary of CAC.
They
have already some experiences in fighting corruption from early days when CAC
was functioning. The other deputy, Mr. Luis Sampaio who is a founder and
Director of Judicial System Monitoring Programme (JSMP) in Timor-Leste, is an
NGO who have been working for more than decade in the area of justice. While,
the Commissioner has been working in the area of justice for almost two decades
who held number of positions as well as former Head of Public Defense
Timor-Leste.
The combination of the knowledge and experiences from top
leaders of CAC is promising and hope that they have enough supports politically
and financially in order to exercise their duties better in according to the
law and hopefully will come up with an innovative strategic that’s reflect to
the needs of the country in combating corruption. (*)