Alrighty then: Not much time to blog this week, but couldn't help but publish the best joke I have heard this month:
Xanana doesn't need ISF-UNPOL any longer – Suara Timor Lorosa'e, 16 September (full article further down)
What gets me is the blind arrogance of this government and its leaders. I am not sure whether it's Ivory Tower syndrome or just sheer ignorance (which we all know can be a true bliss), but this country's leadership continues to insult those that it needs and receives from most.
Have they already forgotten WHY the UN and Australian Forces are here in the first place?
They didn't exactly show up because they had nothing better to do!!! Hellooooo, Anyone remember 2006?
The statement that UNPOL and ISF are hindering the progress and/or daily duties of the country's own forces is nothing but a whole crock full of populist balloney.
It's what some people may like to hear (those that stand to benefit from the potential removal of the only control elements over the often reckless, unmonitored and utterly unprofessional conduct of this country's law enforcement and military forces, as they could once again reign supreme without the "need" to conform to internationally agreed codes of ethics/conduct).
Hey, I have an idea: Let's ALL pack up and go home and then watch from our couches as this country once again implodes.
Why hang around if we're not wanted? I am sure we can think of other things to do with our time and overseas tax payers' money.
I for one whole-heartedly support Xanana in his plight: Let's have ISF & UNPOL pack up and leave....I am sure the aid agencies and people like me won't be far behind.
Last one turn out the lights please? Oh, I forgot...those will probably already be off by the time the last plane is wheels up....
Ok, no more griping, here's the article in full:
East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão said Monday (15/9) that he does not need any more the presence of the International Stabilization Forces (ISF) and the United Nations Police (UNPOL) here as these forces often create difficulties for the country's Defense Force and its National Police to carry out their services.
"Timor should not accustom itself of getting into a situation where the people disturb each other the solution has to come from foreign forces and in order to deal with arguments we have to ask for help from foreign police and then after that they start to accuse each other," Xanana explained.
Xanana added, "We see ISF wandering around East Timor though our force only stays in their headquarters; we see the United Nations Police wanted our police to ask permission from them should they want to deal with a problem, only complicating the problem."
CNRT party's bench leader in the National Parliament Eduardo Barreto 'Dusae' said that Timor-Leste does not need the presence of the ISF here as the situation gets back to normal.
However, Fretilin's MP Estanislau Aleixo da Silva said, the works of the PNTL are extremely challenging there it needs continued capacity development and support.
He also suggested the government to choose a particular country to have comparative study for the officials of the PNTL.
Meanwhile, the UNPol's Acting Commissioner Juan Carlos Arevalo believed that the PNTL are capable of taking the security responsibility.
However, he added, UNPOL will keep monitoring the development of the PNTL in maintaining law and order here.
Xanana doesn't need ISF-UNPOL any longer – Suara Timor Lorosa'e, 16 September (full article further down)
What gets me is the blind arrogance of this government and its leaders. I am not sure whether it's Ivory Tower syndrome or just sheer ignorance (which we all know can be a true bliss), but this country's leadership continues to insult those that it needs and receives from most.
Have they already forgotten WHY the UN and Australian Forces are here in the first place?
They didn't exactly show up because they had nothing better to do!!! Hellooooo, Anyone remember 2006?
The statement that UNPOL and ISF are hindering the progress and/or daily duties of the country's own forces is nothing but a whole crock full of populist balloney.
It's what some people may like to hear (those that stand to benefit from the potential removal of the only control elements over the often reckless, unmonitored and utterly unprofessional conduct of this country's law enforcement and military forces, as they could once again reign supreme without the "need" to conform to internationally agreed codes of ethics/conduct).
Hey, I have an idea: Let's ALL pack up and go home and then watch from our couches as this country once again implodes.
Why hang around if we're not wanted? I am sure we can think of other things to do with our time and overseas tax payers' money.
I for one whole-heartedly support Xanana in his plight: Let's have ISF & UNPOL pack up and leave....I am sure the aid agencies and people like me won't be far behind.
Last one turn out the lights please? Oh, I forgot...those will probably already be off by the time the last plane is wheels up....
Ok, no more griping, here's the article in full:
East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão said Monday (15/9) that he does not need any more the presence of the International Stabilization Forces (ISF) and the United Nations Police (UNPOL) here as these forces often create difficulties for the country's Defense Force and its National Police to carry out their services.
"Timor should not accustom itself of getting into a situation where the people disturb each other the solution has to come from foreign forces and in order to deal with arguments we have to ask for help from foreign police and then after that they start to accuse each other," Xanana explained.
Xanana added, "We see ISF wandering around East Timor though our force only stays in their headquarters; we see the United Nations Police wanted our police to ask permission from them should they want to deal with a problem, only complicating the problem."
CNRT party's bench leader in the National Parliament Eduardo Barreto 'Dusae' said that Timor-Leste does not need the presence of the ISF here as the situation gets back to normal.
However, Fretilin's MP Estanislau Aleixo da Silva said, the works of the PNTL are extremely challenging there it needs continued capacity development and support.
He also suggested the government to choose a particular country to have comparative study for the officials of the PNTL.
Meanwhile, the UNPol's Acting Commissioner Juan Carlos Arevalo believed that the PNTL are capable of taking the security responsibility.
However, he added, UNPOL will keep monitoring the development of the PNTL in maintaining law and order here.
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