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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT size=3><B>La’o Hamutuk<BR></B>Timor-Leste
Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis/Institutu ba Analiza no
Monitor ba Desenvolvimentu iha Timor-Leste <BR>I/1a Rua Mozambique, Farol, Dili,
Timor-Leste<BR>Tel: +670-3325013 or +670-7234330 email: <A
href="file:///mailto:info@laohamutuk.org">info@laohamutuk.org</A>
Website: <A
href="file:///http://www.laohamutuk.org/">www.laohamutuk.or</A>g
<BR><BR><I>Tetum kraik.<BR><BR></I></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=4><B>Press Conference on La’o Hamutuk analysis of
pending petroleum law<BR><BR></B></FONT></DIV><FONT size=3><A
name=letter></A>The RDTL government is establishing a National Petroleum
Authority (NPA), which will replace the TSDA and regulate all petroleum
exploration, production, processing and sales activities in Timor-Leste and the
Joint development Area.. After La’o Hamutuk wrote to the Secretary State of
Natural Resources last month protesting the secrecy of this process, he opened a
very brief public consultation on this draft decree-law, which they plan to
enact <BR>before the end of June. <BR><BR>La’o Hamutuk has analyzed the law and
found many omissions and mistakes that fail to protect the public interest,
including concentration of power, vague mandate, lack of transparency and
accountability other dangers of corruption and ineffective monitoring of
petroleum operations. In our submission to the Secretary State, La’o Hamutuk
recommended this should be a law enacted by Parliamentary in open debate, not a
Decree-Law passed secretly by the Council of Ministers. We also urged more time
to develop an effective and safe NPA law by extending the public consultation.
It will be impossible for the NPA to effectively regulate by 1 July, the date
given in the law, since it currently has no personnel, officials, budget and
regulations. <BR><BR>La’o Hamutuk’s analysis, as well as the text of the draft
decree-law, is on the web at <BR><A
href="http://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/PetRegime/NPAlaw/08RestructIndex.htm"
eudora="autourl">http://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/PetRegime/NPAlaw/08RestructIndex.htm</A><BR><BR>Petroleum
is critical to the future of Timor-Leste, but the oil industry can be a curse if
not managed properly. Because the NPA’s responsibilities are key to making our
resources a blessing, La’o Hamutuk would like to invite you to attend our press
conference
on:<BR><BR><B>Date:
Friday, 13 June 2008<BR>Place:
Aula-HAK Association, Farol, Dili,
Timor-Leste<BR>Time:
9.30 am OTL<BR> <BR></B>If you need any information of clarification,
please contact info@laohamutuk.org or 7318653 (Viriato Seac) or 7340965 (Charles
Scheiner). Thank you for your attention and we hope to see you at the press
conference.<BR><BR>-------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR></FONT><FONT
size=4><B>Konferensia Imprensa kona ba lei harii Autoridade Petróleu Nasionál
(NPA)<BR><BR></B></FONT><FONT size=3><A name=letter></A>Guverno agora planea ona
iha nia Planu Asaun 2008 atu harii Autoridade Petróleu Nasionál (NPA), ne’ebé
sei sai hanesan ajénsia regulador ida ho autoridade eksklusivu iha seitor
Petroleu. Maibe, too fulan Maiu-klaran ona sedauk iha esbosu ruma, la iha
konsultasaun públiku ka indikasaun progresu ruma ne’ebé publika <A
name=letter></A>sai too La’o Hamutuk haruka karta aberta ida ba Sr. Sekretáriu
Estadu Rekursu Naturais Alfredo Pires ezije atu halo konsulta públiku ba lei NPA
ho durasaun loron ualu deit. <BR><BR>La’o Hamutuk analiza ona lei ne’e no hetan
buat importante lubun ida ne’ebé sei afeita ba salva guarda interese povu nian,
ambiente transparensia, akontabilidade no korupsaun, no haruka ona <B>submisaun
ba Sekretariu Estadu</B> ho ponto importante balun. La’o Hamutuk rekomenda atu
lei ne’e tenke sai hanesan lei parlamentar ida laos dekretu-lei ne’ebé aprova
husi Konsellu Ministru no tenke ekstende tempo ba halo konsultasaun públiku
tamba durasaun ne’ebé fo ona ne’e badak liu no mos lei ne’e sei kria autoridade
ida ne’ebé la iha transparensia, no laiha orsamentu (budget) rasik, laiha staf
no regulasaun tantu sei imposivel ba NPA atu efetivamente hahú nia servisu iha 1
Jullu 2008. <BR><BR>Haree ba asuntu NPA nia importánsia no papél ba seitor
Petroleu iha futuru, La’o Hamutuk ho laran hakraik-an hakarak konvida ita-boot
atu ho laran kama’an hiit-an mai hola parte iha ami-nia K<I>onferensia
Imprensa</I> ne’ebé mak sei halo ho iha:<BR><BR><B>Loron:
Sesta-feira, 13 Juńu 2008<BR>Fatin: Aula-Asosiasaun HAK,
Farol, Dili, Timor-Leste<BR>Oras: 9.30 am
OTL<BR><BR></B>Favor bele kontaktu ami, karik ita-boot presiza informasaun ka
atu klarifika buat ruma, liu husi 7318653 (Viriato Seac) no 7340965 (Charles
Scheiner), ka email info@laohamutuk.org. Ba ita-boot nia antensaun ami hatoo
obrigado barak no ami hein katak ita-boot sira sei bele mai atende ami-nia
<I>conferensia da Imprensa </I>ne’e.<BR></FONT><X-SIGSEP>
<P></X-SIGSEP>***********************************************************<BR>Charles
Scheiner<BR>La'o Hamutuk (The Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring
and Analysis)<BR>P.O. Box 340, Dili, Timor-Leste (East
Timor)<BR>Telephone: +670-3325013 or +670-734-0965 mobile<BR>email:
cscheiner@igc.org website: <A
href="http://www.laohamutuk.org/"
eudora="autourl">http://www.laohamutuk.org</A> skype:
cscheiner<BR><BR></P></BODY></HTML>