Archives February 2012

Dili, Timor – Leste–The Anti-Corruption Commission (CAC) and the National Electoral Commission (CNE) are expected to host a joint national conference tomorrow Saturday, 25 February 2012 in Dili. The conference is entitled “Transparency and Accountability in Electoral Process: A Path to Distant from Electoral Corruption,” aiming at all political parties and independent candidates in light of the presidential and parliamentary elections this year.

The purpose of this joint conference is to create a public space that is critical towards democratic electoral process and to raise public awareness of political parties and independent candidates about preventing electoral corruption in Timor-Leste. Another equally important objective is to reaffirm the electoral contestants’ commitment for combating and preventing corruption when they come to power.

The joint conference is scheduled to be attended by representatives of all political parties and independent candidates who will compete in the coming elections, government officials, diplomatic corps, civil society organizations and interested citizens. The one-day conference is planned to take place in the Dili Conventional Center from 8:30AM to 5:30PM.

The seminar is expected to present speakers from the Australian Electoral Commission Michael Maley and the Indonesian Constitutional Court Hamdan Zoelva, President of the Court of Appeal Claudio Ximenes, CNE Commissioner Faustino Cardoso and CAC Commissioner Aderito de Jesus Soares. Father Martinho Gusmão from CNE will moderate the conference. Topics of presentations will cover issues related to the role of CAC during and after the electoral process, electoral laws from legal perspective and comparative study about electoral systems in the region.

The initiative to hold this joint conference came after the two institutions, CAC and CNE, conducted a series of discussions regarding the 2012 electoral process.

CAC and CNE To Hold A Joint Conference for Electoral Contestants

Dili, Timor – Leste–The Anti-Corruption Commission (CAC) and the National Electoral Commission (CNE) are expected to host a joint national conference tomorrow Saturday, 25 February 2012 in Dili. The conference is entitled “Transparency and Accountability in Electoral Process: A Path to Distant from Electoral Corruption,” aiming at all political parties and independent candidates in light of the presidential and parliamentary elections this year.

The purpose of this joint conference is to create a public space that is critical towards democratic electoral process and to raise public awareness of political parties and independent candidates about preventing electoral corruption in Timor-Leste. Another equally important objective is to reaffirm the electoral contestants’ commitment for combating and preventing corruption when they come to power.

The joint conference is scheduled to be attended by representatives of all political parties and independent candidates who will compete in the coming elections, government officials, diplomatic corps, civil society organizations and interested citizens. The one-day conference is planned to take place in the Dili Conventional Center from 8:30AM to 5:30PM.

The seminar is expected to present speakers from the Australian Electoral Commission Michael Maley and the Indonesian Constitutional Court Hamdan Zoelva, President of the Court of Appeal Claudio Ximenes, CNE Commissioner Faustino Cardoso and CAC Commissioner Aderito de Jesus Soares. Father Martinho Gusmão from CNE will moderate the conference. Topics of presentations will cover issues related to the role of CAC during and after the electoral process, electoral laws from legal perspective and comparative study about electoral systems in the region.

The initiative to hold this joint conference came after the two institutions, CAC and CNE, conducted a series of discussions regarding the 2012 electoral process.

Iha prinsipiu fulan Fevereiru, CAC simu vizita delegasaun husi ONU Nova Iorke nebe mai Timor-Leste mai atu halo avaliasaun konaba nesesidades misaun ONU nian iha Timor-Leste hafoin misaun UNMIT nian remata. Delegasaun hamutuk ema nain lima ne’e xefia husi Senhor Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber nudar

Diretur Operasaun ba Asia no Mediu Oriente husi Devizaun Operasaun Departementu Operasaun Paz nian, Durane sorumutu besik oras ida ne’e, delegasaun ne’e rona informasaun husi Komisariu CAC Aderito de Jesus Soares konaba programas no aktividades nebe durante ne’e CAC hala’o nomos dezafiu nebe CAC infrenta no suksesu balu nebe maka atinji ona desde CAC hari iha tinan 2009. Hafoin rona husi Komisariu CAC, Xefi delegasaun ONU nian mos hato’o informasaun konaba servisu UNMIT nian iha area hari-dame no governasaun diak nomos esplora hanoin no vizaun konaba ONU nia papel ba governu Timor-Leste wainhira UNMIT nia misaun remata.

Durante tinan sanulu ne’e, organizasaun mundial ne’e fornese ona tulun ba governu Timor-Leste liu husi nia misaun dame no ajensia dezenvolvimentu sira. PNUD durante ne’e fornese ona apoiu ba CAC liu husi programa edukasaun kampanha. Apoiu PNUD nian sira maka hanesan imprimi poster, stiker no halo lansamentu seluk hodi publikua CAC nia servisu. Misaun UNMIT nian durante ne’e fo suporta ba CAC iha prosesu halo revizaun ba UNCAC. Papel seluk maka ONU halo maka, hanesan parte ida husi koordenasaun no fahe informasaun, fulan-fulan iha sorumutu regular entre Komisariu CAC de Jesus Soares ho UNMIT nia Vise-Reprezentante/Koordenador Jeral UNDP, Senhor Finn-Reske Nielsen. Parte rua ne’e sempre halo vizita ba malu hodi halo sira nia sorumutu.

In late January 2012, the Anti-Corruption Commission (CAC) welcomed a visit of the United Nations (UN) Assessment Team from New York. The UN Team was in Timor-Leste to assess the needs for a succession mission post United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor- Leste (UNMIT). The UN delegation of five officials was headed by Director for Asia and Middle East of the Operations Division of UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber. During the one-hour meeting, the delegation was briefed by CAC Commissioner Aderito de Jesus Soares about programs and activities as well as challenges and some milestones achieved in the last two years since CAC was established in 2009. In return, Mr. Weisbrod-Weber shared information regarding the work of UNMIT in the areas of peace building and good governance as well as explored views on the UN’s future engagement with the government of Timor-Leste post UNMIT.

For the last ten years, the world body has been providing support through its peacekeeping missions and sister agencies for the government of Timor-Leste in various initiatives of the country’s institutional building process. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has so far provided support for CAC’s outreach program to include printing materials for educational campaign such as posters, stickers and banners highlighted CAC’s mission and vision in combating corruption in Timor-Leste. UNMIT’s Democratic Governance Unit has been providing support on good governance issues as well as assisting CAC in the UNCAC Review process. In addition, as part of coordination and information sharing, a regular meeting is held monthly between CAC Commissioner and UNMIT Deputy Representative/UNDP Resident Co-ordinator Mr. Finn-Reske Nielsen. Both parties take turn in visiting one-another for their respective meetings.