How did the Government pay the Company Tres Amigos (Three Friends) and other companies?

Germana Da Silva

How did Timor-Leste make Indonesian businesses rich?

Iha 27 Fevereiro 2008, PM Xanana asina kontratu ho Dennys Linardo husi CV Penuh Jaya, Jln. Diponegoro 187, Surabaya Indonesia hodi sosa Geradores hamutuk 11 ho total osan hamutuk $4,199,250.00. Hafoin sosa tiha geradores hirak ne'e PM Xanana hamosu idea mega projetu ba elektrisidade iha ikus nee gasta osan povo Timor liu ona bilaun ida.

On 27 February 2008, the Prime Minister Xanana signeda contract with Dennys Linardo from CV Penuh Jaya, 187 Diponegoro Rd, Surababya, Indonesia to buy 11generators at a total cost of $4,199,250.00. After buying these generators, the PM Xanana came up with the idea of an electricity mega project that will cost the people of Timor-Leste more than a billion dollars.

Government of Timor-Leste are making rich a small group of “friendly” businesses in 2008

Iha tinan 2008 PM Xanana ho naran Governu TL asina kontratu ho lista Kompanhia sira hakerek iha kraik. Se investiga lolos PM Xanana la kumpri lei apvosionamentu nebe vigora iha tinan 2008, ho prosessu fahe projetus liu husi kontratus nebe assina diretamente entre PM Xanana ho kompanhias fornesimentu fos.  Kompanhias ida hetan lukru makas liu mak Tres Amigos, Kompanhia nebe nia direktor mak eis Chefe Administrasaun Finansas (Germano da Silva) wainhira PM Xanana sei kaer knar nudar Presidente RDTL iha Palacio da Cinzas. Germano da Silva wainhira kaer knar nudar Direkor Finansas no Administrasaun iha Presidensia da Republika halakon osan hamutuk $27,000.00.  Kompanhias barak iha lista kraik ohin loron la eziste ona no karik sira muda hotu naran hodi halo konfuzaun ba futuro investigasaun karik sei halo ba kontratus fos nian.

In the year of 2008 Prime Minister Xanana, in the name of the Government of Timor-Leste, signed a contract with the listed companies below. If investigated properly, Prime Minister Xanana would be found to not have complied the procurement Law that was promulgated in 2008, as theprocess of giving out projects via contracts were signed directly by the PM Xanana and the companies supplyingrice. One company that made a lot of profit was Tres Amigos (Three Friends), a company whose director was the former Head of Administration Finance (Germano da Silva) when PM Xanana was in office as President of the Republic of Timor-Leste at the Palacio da Cinzas (Palace of Ashes). When Germano da Silva was the Director ofFinance and Administration at the Office of the President, a total of $27,000.00 went missing. Many of the companies listed below no longer exist and probably have changed name to create confusion for possible future investigations on rice contracts.

Amendment of Tres Amigos Contract from $4 million to $14 million

Amenda kontratu nee asina husi PM Xanana iha fulan Maio 2008 nia laran. Amenda ba numeru kontratu RDTL- 81586 nebe kontratu inisial total osan hamutuk $4,080.00.00 atu sosa fos toneladas 8000 ba $14,400.000.00 atu sosa fos hamutuk 16000 toneladas. Amenda kontratu nee halo molok kompanhia Tres Amigos kumpri kontratu inisial no molok Parlamentu Nasional Timor aprova Orsamentu Jeral Estado Rektifikativu 2008. 

The amended contract was signed by PM Xanana in the month of May 2008. Amendment of RDTL contract no. 81586 which was initially for a total amount of $4,080,000.00 to buy 8000 tons of rice was amended to $14,000,000.00 to buy total of 16,000 tons. This contract amendment was made before Tres Amigos Company adhered to the initial contract and before the National Parliament of Timor-Leste approved the Rectified State General Budget 2008. 

How did the Government make Businesses Rich with Rice Contracts?

PM Xanana hahu fahe projetus fos ba nia belun emprezarius sira hahu iha 29 Janeiru 2008 wainhira PM Xanana hasoru malu ho emprazarius sira atu koalia kona ba krize aihan iha TL.  Iha 29 Fevereiro 2009 PM Xanana asina kontratu dala uluk ho Kompanhia Tres Amigos. Dokumentu hirak iha kraik sai hanesan faktus ba publiku Timor Leste. Hafoin enkontru ne'e Governu TL iha lideransa PM Xanana Gusmao gasta $83,783,150.00 hodi sosa fos hamutuk toneladas 141,925

PM Xanana started giving out rice projects to his business friends starting from 29 January 2008 when PM Xanana met with businesses to talk about the food crisis in Timor-Leste. On 29 February PM Xanana signed first contract with Tres Amigos Company. The following documents show the facts to the public of Timor-Leste. After this meeting the TL Government under PM Xanana Gusmao’s leadership spent $83,783,150.00 to buy total of 141,925 tons of rice.