Thursday, June 22, 2006
The real Vicente Maubosy Ximenes...
Vicente Maubosy Ximenes has been quoted disparagingly by the media as the spokesperson for FRETILIN, for example in Pravda, The Australian. He is even quoted on the BBC as a "law maker". Well, he is just a bum with a debt of over US$150,000 after unsuccessfully tried to open a cocconut oil factory in Viqueque. The money was a credit lent to him by the Portuguese BNU bank. His partner was Victor da Costa (see below).
But who is Vicente Ximenes?
Ximenes surrendered to the Indonesian army in the late 70s. Upon his surrender, he informed the Indonesian army of East Timorese anti-Indonesia activists who were arrested and subsequently disappeared. Ximenes continued to work closely with Indonesian military, but this time in the busineness sector. One day Ximenes had a fallout with the Indonesian military commanders with whom he has had business deals with and was forced to leave the country to Australia. He settled in Darwin.
In Darwin Vicente came face to face with the relatives of the East Timorese whom he had reported to the Indonesian army to be eliminated years earlier. These relatives assaulted him in Darwin forcing him to move to Brisbane where he completed some kind of degree.
Upon returning to Timor-Leste, Ximenes rejoined FRETILIN but with high ambitions. One of them being the post of minister for tourism. Nothing came to avail for Vicente as he soon had a fallout with Alkatiri and his faction. Ximenes then openly criticised the government and FRETILIN leadership to the point of joining the opposition groups in moves to unseat FRETILIN from government. Later on FRETILIN's Central Committee suspended Ximenes' membership of the organisation, if not expelled. In the recent Congress, Ximenes was finally expelled from any position within FRETILIN. He is now a "member" of FRETILIN and that is it. He does not represent FRETILIN in anyway.
George Teme (former Timor-Leste ambassador to Australia, removed from this post after a woman in Canberra filed a sexual harrassment suit against him), Victor Costa (fired from a senior government position after showing up to work under influence of alcohol) and Egidio de Jesus (Secretary of Region 3, unsuccessfully launched a challenge to replace Francisco Guterres LuOlo as President of FRETILIN) are part of the Ximenes clique.
These people DO NOT represent FRETILIN. If the media needs to hear FRETILIN's point of view, the only place to visit is the BP7, FRETILIN's HQ in Comoro.
But who is Vicente Ximenes?
Ximenes surrendered to the Indonesian army in the late 70s. Upon his surrender, he informed the Indonesian army of East Timorese anti-Indonesia activists who were arrested and subsequently disappeared. Ximenes continued to work closely with Indonesian military, but this time in the busineness sector. One day Ximenes had a fallout with the Indonesian military commanders with whom he has had business deals with and was forced to leave the country to Australia. He settled in Darwin.
In Darwin Vicente came face to face with the relatives of the East Timorese whom he had reported to the Indonesian army to be eliminated years earlier. These relatives assaulted him in Darwin forcing him to move to Brisbane where he completed some kind of degree.
Upon returning to Timor-Leste, Ximenes rejoined FRETILIN but with high ambitions. One of them being the post of minister for tourism. Nothing came to avail for Vicente as he soon had a fallout with Alkatiri and his faction. Ximenes then openly criticised the government and FRETILIN leadership to the point of joining the opposition groups in moves to unseat FRETILIN from government. Later on FRETILIN's Central Committee suspended Ximenes' membership of the organisation, if not expelled. In the recent Congress, Ximenes was finally expelled from any position within FRETILIN. He is now a "member" of FRETILIN and that is it. He does not represent FRETILIN in anyway.
George Teme (former Timor-Leste ambassador to Australia, removed from this post after a woman in Canberra filed a sexual harrassment suit against him), Victor Costa (fired from a senior government position after showing up to work under influence of alcohol) and Egidio de Jesus (Secretary of Region 3, unsuccessfully launched a challenge to replace Francisco Guterres LuOlo as President of FRETILIN) are part of the Ximenes clique.
These people DO NOT represent FRETILIN. If the media needs to hear FRETILIN's point of view, the only place to visit is the BP7, FRETILIN's HQ in Comoro.
