Wednesday 17 March 2010

Taur Beats Down Portuguese in the Courts of Timor-Leste.

Major General Taur Matan Ruak interviewed in Metinaro last week speaks out aggressively against the ongoing use of Portuguese in Timor-Leste' courts. Claiming that common Timorese who find accused cannot understand the charges, processes, verdicts and sentencing. He states that every international staff in the court system should either learn Tetun or leave the country.

In 2001 the Constituent Assembly adopted Portuguese as an official language in what was a generally unpopular decision as the vast majority of Timorese do not speak, understand or read Portuguese. 


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Los duni, dala barak ita timor oan foti a'an hodi dehan ita nia lian Tetum ne kiak i kuran vocabulário, maibe nunka iha hakarak atu desenvolve ita nia lian ne sai hanesan lian seluk hodi usa iha ita nia rai. ita so koalia barak dehan kiak vocabulario maibe nunka iha hanoin katak ne ita nia lian no ita nia riku soin rasik. agora ita ba foti fali lian seluk ida ba tau hanesan fali ita nian. ita hare deit história lingua Portuguêsa ne, uluk ne ema hare lian ida ne hanesan lian kiak nebe ema dehan mal falada iha continente ibérica, maibe ema desenvolve hosi lian kiak ida ne aumenta lian barak ka adopta lian barak mai hosi lian latim, ârabe, grego no Inglês mak ohin loron ema nia lian ne sai organizada tebes. iha parte seluk, ita hare lian indonésia, ne mos lian nebe laos lian própria indonesia nian maibe lian malayu nabe mai hosi malaysia, maibe ema desenvolve hosi neba ho influencia ârabe, lian sangsekerta no lian rai nain sai lian indonesia, nusa mak uluk sira tau lian belanda nian, tanba belanda ukun sira, i nusa mak portugal mos la tau espanhol tanba uluk espanyol ukun sira, i nusa mak sira la tau lian latim k italiana nebe uluk mos roma domina iha sira, maibe lae..ema sira ne matenek no usa nia lian rasik i hadomi nia lian maske kiik k kiak maibe ema bele hariku hodi halo sai lian nebe konhecida mundialmente. Agora ita fali oin seluk, iha lian rasik maibe la hadomo nia lian rasik, koitadu...foti ema nian ba hatur fali iha ita rain. Ho ida ne hau nudar estudante iha estrangeiro, hau konkorda ho ideia senhor general Tahur Matan Ruakn nian...maibe diak liau halo politica foun para muda lian ne nacionalmente, laos muda deit iha tribunal, ita tenki hahu hosi kantu k ponto ida, pois mak neneik sai mesak diak no lian ne sai riku. adopta lian balun hosi lian rai-nain, hosi portugues, latin, ingles, indonesia, grego ne para halo ita nia lian sai diak liu no riku liu. tan ne diak liu halo mudansa ba lian ne nacionalmente laos deit iha tribunal. maske lori tempo naruk, maibe kundo ita hahu hosi pontu ruma, loron ruma sei mesak sai diak....labele hein atu halo mudansa ida perfetamente perfeita maibe koko hahu hosi embrio ba to bele sai lian nebe idade hanesan ema nia evolusaun moris nian ne.
Hatudu ba katak ita mos iha lian rasik...lian seluk diak liu ita usa para atu bele komunika estrangeiramente....
abraço

Anonymous said...

Ida ne'e hanesan korajen diak ida atu bele hariku liu tan ita nia lian rasik (Tetun), hodi bele uja hanesan lian ofisial hodi uja iha serbisu fatin, no lian sira seluk nebe iha ita bele uja wainhira ema ruma presija dokumentu ida lian nebe refere hanesan (Portugues, Ingles, Indonesia, etc. Tamba hanesan maluk koalia katak se ita la hahu agora wainhira tan, se ita la prepara agora wainhira los mak ita bele hamriik mesak iha ita nia lingua rasik? Hau senti katak iha ona eskritoriu barak iha liafuan tetun, naran katak ita bele akumula husi tetun terik, tetun, prasa, no tetum belu, atu nune'e ita bele hadi'a ita nia frase sira, no mos adopta liafuan balun nebe ita susar hetan iha tetun ne'e rasik. Hodi nune'e ita bele hakat ba oin ona ho ita gramatika lian tetun nian.

Kongratula ba hanoin diak ida ne'e atu bele desenvolve tetun iha Rai Timor nebe hanesan liafuan nain ba Timor murak ida ne'e. Agradese boot no kongratula ba Brigadeiro Jeneral Taur Matan Ruak nebe ho nia espiritu hakarak halo mudansa ida ne'e. Ne'e duni ita presija lideransa nebe barani atu foti desizaun hanesan ne'e. Bravo........

Espera katak loron ida prosesu ida ne'e bele realiza!!!!!!!!!