Congresso Nacional da Reconstrução Timorense

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The Congresso Nacional de Reconstrução Timorense CNRT ( Congress of Timorese Reconstruction ) is a party in East Timor that was founded on April 27, 2007.

The CNRT provided the Prime Minister of East Timor with Xanana Gusmão from 2007 to 2015 and was the strongest force in the national parliament from 2012 to 2017 .

history

CNRT campaign for the 2012 general election
National headquarters of the CNRT, Rua Nu Laran, Bairro dos Grilos, Dili

The aim of founding the party by the then President of East Timor, Xanana Gusmão, was to run for the 2007 parliamentary elections with the CNRT in order to gain a politically more influential position as Prime Minister, especially vis-à-vis the then ruling party FRETILIN . Gusmão officially announced this in March 2007 after he was handed a petition calling for 6,250 CNRT members to remain in politics after serving as president.

The petition says: “East Timor needs a strong political party with good leadership and a leader that the people love. That's why we want Xanana. We only trust you. "

FRETILIN criticized the fact that the new party used the abbreviation CNRT , like the former umbrella organization of the East Timorese resistance against the Indonesian occupation ( Conselho Nacional de Resistência Timorense ), which still today has a lot of popular sympathy. A member of the FRETILIN Central Committee called it the "kidnapping of a powerful historical symbol" .

In the 2007 presidential elections , the CNRT supported the eventual winner José Ramos-Horta , a close political friend and companion of Gusmão.

In the parliamentary elections on June 30, 2007 , the CNRT received 24.10% of the vote and 18 of the 65 seats in parliament. He was behind FRETILIN, which won 29.02% and 21 seats. FRETILIN therefore laid claim to leadership in a future government, be it as a minority government or in a coalition, but the CNRT was able to form an alliance with the Partido Democrático PD and the Coligação ASDT / PSD (the joint party list of the Associação Social-Democrata de Timor and Partido Social Democrata ). This alliance of the parliamentary majority , or AMP for short, had a narrow majority in parliament with 37 seats. After unsuccessful negotiations with FRETILIN and mediation attempts by President Ramos-Horta, Xanana Gusmão was finally entrusted with forming a government and was now head of an AMP government as Prime Minister. He also held the ministerial posts for Defense and for Natural Resources, Minerals and Energy.

In 2012, the CNRT received 36.66% in the parliamentary elections and is now the largest group in parliament with 30 members. Gusmão now led a coalition with the PD and the Frenti-Mudança FM. After the announcement of the election results, representatives of the CNRT expressed disparaging views on national television about FRETILIN, which was now the second strongest party to go back into the opposition. As a result, riots broke out in the outskirts of Dilis in which a FRETILIN supporter was shot by a police officer. 15 other people, including four police officers, were injured. 60 cars and seven houses were destroyed. Police arrested 16 people when they were damaging the An Nuur Mosque , East Timor's largest mosque . CNRT General Secretary Babo apologized for the harsh words of his party colleagues.

Gusmão resigned prematurely as Prime Minister in 2015. He proposed the FRETILIN member Rui Maria de Araújo as his successor . After the CNRT also supported this wish. The CNRT will provide two of the four new ministers of state. Xanana Gusmão is also back in government as Advisory Minister and Minister for Planning and Strategic Investments. 1200 members of the UNDERTIM party from Ermera joined the CNRT in October 2015.

Xanana Gusmão at an AMP election campaign event 2018 in Oesilo

In March 2016, the coalition between CNRT and PD broke over the dispute over the military commander in chief and the conflict between government and parliament on the one hand and President Taur Matan Ruak on the other. As a result, the PD members had to give up their offices in the parliamentary presidium. All members of the Presidium were now part of the CNRT.

In the parliamentary elections in East Timor in 2017 , the CNRT was only the second strongest force in parliament after FRETILIN after significant losses with 29.46% of the vote. He now has 22 seats there. Party leader Gusmão interpreted the significant losses as being voted out of office, resigned as CNRT chairman and declared that his party would go into the opposition. Party members are free to take on ministerial posts. Indeed, on September 29, 2017, CNRT members were appointed to government, including the new CNRT chairman Ágio Pereira . On October 12th, CNRT, PLP and KHUNTO signed an agreement to form a new Aliança da Maioria MPP to oversee the minority government. After the dissolution of parliament and the calling of new elections in 2018 , the three parties of the AMP decided on February 1, 2018 to work together in the election campaign. For this, the alliance was renamed Aliança para Mudança e Progresso .

In the parliamentary elections on May 12, 2018, the AMP managed to win 34 of the 65 seats and thus an absolute majority in parliament with a share of 49.6% (309,663 votes).

CNRT tour after a crisis discussion with President Francisco Guterres (23 January 2020). From left: Virgílio Simith , Maria Terezinha Viegas , Francisco Guterres, Francisco Kalbuadi Lay , Maria Rosa da Câmara and Duarte Nunes

PLP leader Taur Matan Ruak was sworn in as Prime Minister on June 22, 2018 and now led the Eighth Constitutional Government of East Timor . However, President Francisco Guterres (FRETILIN) rejected the majority of the CNRT's ministerial candidates for “ethical reasons”, which is why they could not be sworn in. In the following months, vice ministers and ministers from other departments headed the missing positions, which increased the CNRT's displeasure. At the end of 2019, MPs from the CNRT made Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak jointly responsible for the fact that after 18 months the candidates were still not in office. The slow progress of the Tasi Mane project also caused a dispute between PLP and CNRT. On January 17, 2020, the government's proposal for the 2020 budget failed again in parliament. Only the 13 MPs from PLP and KHUNTO voted for the draft. 15 opposition MPs voted against, the CNRT coalition MPs and the rest of the opposition members abstained. Taur Matan Ruak then declared the end of the AMP. On January 20th, there was a small fire at the CNRT headquarters in Dili. On February 22nd, CNRT, KHUNTO, PD, UDT, FM and PUDD publicly signed a coalition agreement to form a new government.

President Guterres did not respond to the opposition's proposal to appoint Xanana Gusmão Prime Minister. But he also did not dissolve parliament or accept Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak's resignation. In view of the impending COVID-19 pandemic in East Timor , he withdrew his resignation on April 8. On April 27, the six-party alliance in parliament failed to try to prevent the state of emergency from being extended because the KHUNTO voted in favor. On April 29, the government announced its departure from the alliance, and the government under Taur Matan Ruak submitted a proposal to the president to include five FRETILIN and one PD representatives in the government. On May 25, all members of the CNRT's government complied with their party's call to resign. Only the deputy finance minister Sara Lobo Brites did not comply.

Members

Party offices

On April 30, 2007, Gusmão was elected chairman of the CNRT. Dionísio Soares Babo became the general secretary, and Duarte Nunes and José da Silva Panão were his deputies . The party's spokesman was Virgílio Simith .

At the 2017 party convention, Gusmão was confirmed as party leader. His deputies are now Ma'huno Bulerek Karathayano , Virgílio Smith, Maria Rosa da Câmara , Tomás Cabral , Bendito Freitas and Francisco da Costa . Babo was replaced by Francisco Kalbuadi Lay as Secretary General. The deputy general secretaries are Jacinto Rigoberto , Francisco da Costa Guterres and Jacinto Viegas Vicente .

On August 4, 2017, Gusmão announced his resignation as party leader of the CNRT after the heavy losses in the parliamentary elections. However, the CNRT's special congress on August 6th suspended his resignation, which is why Gusmão effectively remains party leader.

CNRT members with government offices

Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão (2011)
  • Dionísio da Costa Babo Soares , Minister of State, Administrative Coordinator and Minister of Internal Administration, Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Tomás do Rosário Cabral , 2012 to 2015 State Secretary for the Decentralization of Administration, 2015 to 2017 Vice Minister for State Administration
  • Ilídio Ximenes da Costa , State Secretary for Vocational Training and Employment Policy from 2012 to 2017
  • Vítor da Costa , 2012 to 2015 State Secretary for Social Security (now a member of Frenti-Mudança )
  • Cirilo José Cristóvão , Minister of Defense from 2015 to 2017
  • Rafael Pereira Gonçalves , State Secretary for Fisheries from 2012 to 2015
  • Bendito Freitas , State Secretary for Professional Development from 2007 to 2012, Minister for Education and Culture from 2012 to 2015
  • Xanana Gusmão , Prime Minister 2007-2015, Minister Advisory and Minister for Planning and Strategic Investments 2015-2017
  • Francisco da Costa Guterres , State Secretary for Security from 2007 to 2017
  • Francisco Kalbuadi Lay , Minister for Tourism from 2012 to 2017, and also for Culture and Art from 2015 to 2017
  • Veneranda Lemos Martins , 2012 to 2015 State Secretary for the support and promotion of the private sector, 2015 to 2017 State Secretary for the support and socio-economic promotion of women
  • Jaime Lopes , Secretary of State for Land and Property from 2012 to 2017
  • Miguel Marques Gonçalves Manetelu , 2007 to 2015 State Secretary for Youth and Sport, 2015 to 2017 Vice Minister for Social Solidarity
  • Hermenegildo Ágio Pereira (formerly PSD), State Secretary for the Council of Ministers and Government Spokesman 2007 to 2012, 2012 to 2015 Minister for the Council of Ministers, 2015–2017 Minister of State and Minister of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers, 2017–2018 Ministro Adjunto do Primeiro-Ministro for establishing the Maritime border, 2018–2020 Minister of State, Minister of the Council of Ministers
  • Januário da Costa Pereira , 2007 to 2012 State Secretary for Electricity, Water and Urbanization, 2012 to 2015 State Secretary for Electricity, 2015 to 2017 Vice Minister for Public Works, Transport and Telecommunications I.
  • Júlio Tomás Pinto , State Secretary for Defense from 2007 to 2015
  • Alfredo Pires , State Secretary for Natural Resources 2007–2012, Minister 2012–2017
  • Jacinto Rigoberto Gomes de Deus , State Secretary for Social Assistance and Natural Disasters 2007 to 2012, 2012 to 2015 Vice Minister for Social Solidarity
  • Idelta Maria Rodrigues , State Secretary for Gender Equality from 2007 to 2015
  • Luís Vaz Rodrigues , State Secretary for Public Relations from 2012 to 2017
  • Nélio Isaac Sarmento , 2012 to 2015 State Secretary for Media, 2015 to 2017 State Secretary for Social Communication, 2018 to 2020 State Secretary for Youth and Sport East Timor
  • Virgílio Simith , Vice Minister for Primary and Secondary Schools from 2012 to 2015
  • Dulce de Jesus Soares , from 2012 to 2015 Vice Minister for Basic Education, 2015 to 2017 Vice Minister for Education I, Minister of Education 2018–2020
  • Ivo Jorge Valente , 2012 interim minister for justice, 2012 to 2015 deputy minister for justice, 2015 to 2017 minister for justice
  • Valentino Varela , State Secretary for Livestock from 2007 to 2015
  • Maria Terezinha Viegas , State Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs from 2012 to 2017
  • Marçal Avelineo Ximenes , Vice Minister for Universities and Science from 2012 to 2015
  • Maria Isabel de Jesus Ximenes , State Secretary for Art and Culture from 2012 to 2017

In general, the CNRT is described as an association around one person, namely Xanana Gusmão. Accordingly, business people who benefit from contracts with the government, veterans who are loyal to Gusmão and former supporters of autonomy within Indonesia at the independence referendum in East Timor in 1999 , who were reintegrated through Gusmão's striving for reconciliation , gathered around him .

The youth organization of the CNRT is called OJP. In 2015, the President of the OJP was José Telo Soares Cristóvão .

supporting documents

Web links

Commons : Congresso Nacional da Reconstrução Timorense  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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