Bernardo da Costa (soldier)

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Bernardo da Costa (born July 24, 1963 - May 22, 2019 in Dili , East Timor ), fighting name Criz , was an East Timorese freedom fighter.

Costa was from Manatuto and had a brother and a sister. From August 20, 1975, Costa was a member of the Organizasaun Popular Juventude Timorense (OPJT), the youth organization of FRETILIN . From April 30, 1977 he became involved in the civilian network of the OPJT against the Indonesian occupation in the village. From 1980 Costa was a member of the Consellu Revolusionáriu Rezisténsia Nasionál (CRRN). On September 24, 1982 he joined the Forças Armadas de Libertação Nacional de Timor-Leste (FALINTIL), the military resistance. He became a soldier in the third company. In 1999 the occupation ended and Costa was taken over as a soldier in the armed forces of East Timor, which was independent from 2002 (F-FDTL). He was a soldier in the third company of the first battalion.

On January 11, 2006, soldiers handed over a petition to President Xanana Gusmão complaining about poor working conditions and promotion regulations that would disadvantage residents of western East Timor. Bernardo da Costa was the first to sign the petition. After their protests were initially unsuccessful, the petitioners deserted . The conflict grew into a conflict between East Timorese from the east and west of the country. The 2006 riots in East Timor ultimately left at least 37 dead. 155,000 people had to flee their homes. The intervention of the International Stabilization Force (ISF) pacified the country again, but the petitioners initially stayed in the wilderness and refused to surrender. On February 11, 2008, several of them attacked the government , which led to Operation Halibur , which was intended to end the rebel movement. On February 21, Costa surrendered to the East Timorese police, along with five other men. The rebel movement finally collapsed shortly afterwards.

Like the other petitioners, Costa switched to civilian life. In 2017 he became an advisor to the Partidu Libertasaun Popular (PLP) and its party alliance Aliança para Mudança e Progresso (AMP).

Costa died in 2019 at the Hospital Nacional Guido Valadares (HNGV). On May 27, he was buried with military honors in the Heroes' Cemetery in Metinaro . His coffin was covered with the flag of East Timor . In addition to the national flag, the soldiers carried the flags of the FALINTIL, FRETILIN and the PLP with them.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Prime Minister of East Timor: PM-TAUR MATAN RUAK PARTISIPA IHA FUNERAL SAUDOZU CRIZ: “Saudozu Fó Mós Kontribuisaun Uitoan Harii RDTL” , May 27, 2019 , accessed on May 28, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b International troops to stabilize the situation in Timor-Leste . Wikinews , May 27, 2006
  3. ↑ Antara News: Antara Photo , accessed May 28, 2019.
  4. ↑ More East Timorese soldiers desert: officer . ( Memento of May 29, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) ABC, February 28, 2006
  5. ↑ The Australian, May 27, 2006, Back for good ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2008 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.theaustralian.news.com.au
  6. ↑ Jacqueline Aquino Siapno: East Timor: How to Build a New Nation in South East Asia in the 21st Century ?. Institut de recherche sur l'Asie du Sud-Est contemporaine 2018, limited preview in the Google book search.
  7. ↑ Radio-Televisão Timor Leste : Saudoso Cris Hakotu Nia Peregrinasaun Iha Mundu , May 27, 2019 , accessed on May 28, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Costa, Bernardo there
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Criz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION East Timorese freedom fighter
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1963
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 2019
Place of death Dili , East Timor