Kompleksidade Problema Veteranu iha Timor-Leste

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Fundasaun Mahein (FM), 16 Dezembru 2015

Press Release

Liu husi Mahein Nia Hanoin Nu. 09 (Versaun Tetum.pdf) kona-bá Problema veteranu sai hanesan asuntu ne’ebé to’o ohin loron seidauk iha solusaun lolós no sai kompleksu liu tan tanba Estadu Timor-Leste seidauk identifika lolós hodi determina kona-bá sé lós no ema nain hira maka kualifikadu hodi hetan estatutu nu’udar veteranu. Maske governu kria esforsu hodi harii komisaun no lei barabarak hodi rejista no fó omenajen hodi foka iha kompensasaun ba veteran.

Esforsu hodi rezolve problema veteranu nian la’ós deit agora maibe desde Administrasaun Tranzitoriu Nasoens Unidas nian ka UNTAET husi tinan 2001 liu husi programa FALINTIL Reinsertion Assistance Program – FRAP no Recovery and Stability Program for Ex-Combatentes and Communities in Timor-Lorosa’e – RESPECT hodi fo asistensia sosial veteranus sira. Maibe programa ne’e la rezolve problema kona-bá oinsa veteranu ba longu prazu nian.

Hafoin programa rua ne’e nian, governu defenitivu simu nia mandatu harii komisaun ba rejistrasaun, verifikasaun, validasaun ba dadus veteranus nian hodi define ka determina nivel asistensia no valorizasaun ba veteranu sira. Komisaun sira ne’ebé governu harii desde tinan 2002 to’o 2006 maka hanesan Comissão para os Assuntos dos Antigos Combatentes – CAAC, Comissão para os Assuntos dos Veteranos das Falintil – CAVF, Comissão paraos Assuntos dos Quadros da Resistencia – CAQR, Comissão de Validação de Dados – CVD, Comissão de Consolidação de Dados – CCD), Comissão de Homenagem, Supervisão de Registo e Recurso – CHSRR.

Husi komisaun hirak ne’e, Comissão de Homenagem, Supervisão de Registo e Recurso – CHSRR estabelese ikus liu iha tinan 2006 to’o agora ho nia serbisu atu superviziona rejistu ba dadus no simu rekursu ba reklamasaun husi veteranu sira.

Problema veteranu sai kompleksu hakait ho pratika favoritismu no familiarismu iha prosesu administrativu veteranu nian no influensia partidaria iha prosesu sira ne’e rasik. Ho nune’e fasilita mos manipulasaun informasaun ka dadus kona-bá sira nia involvimentu hodi hetan grau ne’ebé boot no simu pensaun mensal. Hetok aat liu, mosu veteranu falsu hodi hetan asistensia ne’ebé governu oferese.

Relasiona ho deskontentementu veteranu sira ne’ebé kontinua sai marjinalizadu husi politika pensaun nian. Ho hanoin seluk katak ema ne’ebé uluk kolabora ho inimigu hetan grau rekuiñesementu ne’ebé boot liu duke ema hirak ne’ebé kontribui ba luta libertasaun nasional.

Impaktu seluk ba finanseiru estadu nian, iha ne’ebé fundu petrolifeiru hanesan rekursu úniku hodi finansia atividade governu nian inklui selu veteranus no kombatente sira.

Orsamentu ne’ebé selu veteranu sira ho montante ne’ebé boot kompara ho setor seluk. Haree husi alokasaun orsamentu no istimasaun Governu Timor-Leste kona-bá veteranu iha futuru fo implikasaun maka’as ba orsamentu Estadu. Realmente rekursu Kitan no Bayu-Undan maka durante ne’e fo osan ba Timor-Leste. Maibe, estudu sira relata ona katak Kitan sei maran iha tinan 2016 no Bayu-Undan sei maran entre 2020 ka 2022. Mosu pergunta sekarik mina-maran no osan hotu oinsa selu pensaun veteranu? Oinsa ho estabilidade iha rai-laran?

Rekomendasaun

Ho ida ne’e FM rekomenda:

1. Rekomenda ba Komisaun Homenagen atu halo verifikasaun no validasaun dadus veteranu hodi nune’e bele garante edital ne’ebé kualidade no justu. Nune’e mos halo investigasaun ba ema hirak ne’ebé halo falsifikasaun dokumentu atu hetan pensaun veteranu nian.

2. Rekomenda ba Governu atu halo revizasaun ba lei pensaun ba veteranu no kombatente libertasaun nasional hodi nune’e labele hamosu diskriminasaun kona-bá pensaun nian. Nune’e mos lei Estatutu Kombatente hodi nune’e labele minimiza ema nia kontribuisaun luta ba libertasaun nasional.

3. Rekomenda ba Governu atu hari’i Konsellu Nasional Veteranu atu bele apoiu Estadu hodi rezolve problema. Nomos halo prosesu legal ba veteranu “falsu” sira ne’ebé durante ne’e halo falsifikasaun dokumentu hodi hetan pensaun no kondekorasaun.

Atu hetan informasaun kle’an liu kona-bá asuntu ne’e bele kontaktu:

Nélson Belo
Diretor Ezekutivu
Email: direktor.mahein@gmail.com
Telemovel: (+670) 78316075 no 77561184
Website: www.fundasaunmahein.org

The Complex Problem of Veterans in Timor-Leste

Fundasaun Mahein (FM), 16 December 2015

Press Release

The future of veterans is an issue that has yet to be fully resolved in Timor-Leste, and has only become more complex of late as the government of Timor-Leste has yet to properly identify and determine which and how many individuals are eligible for status as veterans. The issue still hangs over the government, despite the recent efforts to establish a committee and legislation to register veterans and administer pension funds to qualified veterans as manners of respect.

Efforts to resolve this matter are not new. The conversation around the status of veterans first rose under the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) in 2001, with the birth of two programs, FALINTIL Reinsertion Assistance Program (FRAP) and Recovery and Stability Program for Ex-Combatants and Communities in Timor-Lorosa’e (RESPECT), designed to provide social assistance for veterans. However, these programs failed to fully resolve the question of veteran status over the following years.

After these two programs, the government during its mandate established a commission for registration and verification of veterans’ document in order to determine the appropriate standards of assistance and recognition for veterans. The commissions that the government established from 2002 to 2006 were The Commission for the Issue of Old Combatants (CAAC), The Commission for the Issue of Veterans of FALINTIL (CAVF), The Commission for the Issue of the Structure of the Resistance (CAQR), The Commission for Validity of Data (CVD), The Commission for Consolidation of Data (CCD), and The Commission of Homage, Supervision, Inspection and Resources (CHSRR).

Of those commissions, CHSRR was established later in 2006 and continues today with its mandate to supervise registration of veteran data and handle all claims from veterans.
The issue of veteran status has become more complex through favoritism and family practices in the administrative processes of veterans. This includes private and personal influences upon this administrative process, facilitating the manipulation of data and registration information on veterans’ history in order to receive high qualifying grades and monthly pensions.

In relation to the displeasure of veterans who continue to be marginalized from the pension policy, another point of view has emerged that those who had collaborated previously with the enemy have also received higher levels of national recognition than those who fought for national liberty.

The persistent question of veteran status also has an impact on the state finances. The petroleum funds has been considered a unique resource for funding the government’s activities on veteran status, including payment of veterans and combatants. The budget for veterans’ compensation has reached levels far greater than budgets allocated for other sectors.

The current allocations in the State Budget and the estimations of the government on veterans’ status will provide strong implications for the state budget in the coming years. The government relies on the petroleum resources of Kitan and Bayu-Undan to provide funding for Timor-Leste’s state activities, yet commissioned studies have shown that oil reserves in Kitan will run dry in 2016, and Bayu-Undan will expire between 2020 or 2022. The question must be raised: when Timor-Leste’s oil and funding run out, how does the government expect to pay veterans and maintain internal stability across the country?

Recommendations

FM recommends that:

1. The Homage Commission make further efforts to verify and validate its data on veterans in order to ensure a fair and quality process. FM also recommends the commission further investigate those individuals who have falsified documents to receive veteran pensions.

2. The government to make revisions to the pension law for veterans and combatants of national liberty in order to avoid any discrimination over pensions, and to also adjust a statute for the law of combatants so as to not minimize people’s contributions to national liberty.

3. The government establish a Council of National Veterans to support the state in resolving these problems, and to establish a legal process for those “false” veterans who have falsified documents to receive pensions and recognition.

For more details on this issue please contact:

Nélson Belo
Executive Director
E-mail: direktor.mahein@gmail.com
Phone: (+670) 78316075 no 77561184
Web: www.fundasaunmahein.org

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