Jacob Xavier

Jacob Xavier (2007)

Jacob Xavier (born March 15, 1936 in Hato-Mera , Ainaro , Portuguese Timor ; according to media reports * 1938 ; † July 31, 2012 in Dili , East Timor ) was an East Timorese politician. He was the chairman of the Partido do Povo de Timor (PPT) .

Life

When he was born, Xavier was given the name Eduardo. In 1948 he was baptized Francisco Xavier, but used the name Jacob Xavier as an adult . He attended the primary school in Ainaro, the seminary in Soibada and the high seminary Nossa Senhora da Fatima in Dare . Xavier graduated from Saint Joseph Seminary in Macau with a degree in theology.

In the early 1960s, Xavier returned to Timor and taught at the Dr. Machado Senior High School in Dili . He then spent four years as the administrator of the Luro Administrative Office ( Lautém district ). From this time he reports that he “often fought against the Portuguese colonial government and against the local Liurais who tormented the people”. In 1967, Xavier was sent to Portugal for military service. After completing his training, he first came to Dili, then back to Portugal. In 1970 Xavier became district administrator in Angola ( Portuguese West Africa ) and remained so until the colony became independent in 1975. According to statements from those around him, Xavier is said to have signed the document that granted Angola independence. He is said to have been jailed for a short time in Portugal for this. By his own account, Xavier obtained a doctorate in theology from the Catholic University of Portugal and a second from the University of Coimbra for a thesis on civil law. In 1979 Xavier co-founded the Movimento Nacional da Libertação de Timor-Dili MNLTD ( National Movement for the Liberation of Timor-Dili ) in Portugal , but left the group after internal disputes. In 1985 the Movimento Popular Timor-Leste MPTL ( People's Movement East Timor , also Movimento do Povo de Timor-Leste ) was founded.

Jacob Xavier, 2nd from left (1981)

At the age of 50 (1986), Xavier reports, he learned from Portuguese and American relatives that he was the legitimate heir to the Portuguese royal throne . His research would have confirmed this, as well as the relationship to the English royal family Windsor . According to an article by the Portuguese news agency Lusa , the Windsors implanted a uranium bar in Xavier's head that they received from the Kennedys . Xavier explains that he can contact them at any time and that he is always steered towards the best. Xavier is said to have obtained his third doctorate in Canon Law in Macau in 1991 .

In 2000, Xavier returned to East Timor and immediately began to get involved in politics. After the MPTL failed to register for the 2001 elections due to formalities, he founded the PPT with the former APODETI member Ermino da Silva da Costa on May 7, 2000. An unusual combination, because Silva da Costa was the former number three of the pro-Indonesian militia in East Timor. During the election campaign, Xavier stood out for his eccentricity. He explained that his holy house ( Uma Lulik , roughly his ancestral seat) was Buckingham Palace , which would send money to East Timor in the event of an election victory. Timor’s gold, which actually belongs to him, was stolen to found the World Bank . Xavier announced on television that anyone who wanted could request money from the bank. The next day, the World Bank office in Dili was besieged by people. Xavier said he was still in litigation with the World Bank, but that claims for future payouts could still be confirmed there. The local representative of the World Bank was forced to deny this. Xavier also proposed a two-bank system for East Timor: one bank for the Liurais, one for the "normal" people. For this he was nicknamed Mr. Two Banks . The PPT received more than 9,000 votes and two members of parliament . Xavier took a seat in parliament, who stood out as an active and vocal participant.

Mr Manuel Tilman of the valid also as a monarchist Association of Timorese Heroes (KOTA) accused Xavier repeatedly theft of assets. In May 2005, about 20 PPT supporters surrounded Tilman's home and demanded the surrender of $ 2 million that Tilman allegedly stole from two British accounts of Xavier. The police stepped in. It was the second attack on Tilman by PPT members. In 2007 Xavier and the PPT nevertheless supported Tilman in the 2007 presidential election campaign , so that he received the most votes in seven sucos in Xavier's stronghold of Ainaro . Overall, Tilman only received 4.09% of the votes in the 2007 presidential election campaign. After the 2007 parliamentary elections, Tilman and Xavier returned to parliament with a joint list from KOTA and PPT. Scientist Leong Kar Yen reported that Xavier told him during the election campaign that he had a computer in his body and a detachable penis and was writing a book about "where God lives".

In the new elections in 2012 , the PPT did not run. Instead, Xavier stood as a candidate in fifth place on the list of the Partido Democrático (PD) and was able to move into parliament again as a member of parliament. However, Xavier died shortly after the election. Virgilio da Costa Hornai received his seat of parliament .

Web links

Commons : Jacob Xavier  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Profile on Parliament's website, October 29, 2008 ( Memento of October 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Portuguese)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Radio Liberdade Dili: La Sama Hato'o Sentidu Kondelensia Ba Matebian Jacob Xavier , August 2, 2012  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 27, 2018.  
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Douglas Kammen: Fragments of utopia: Popular yearnings in East Timor , Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 40 (2), pp. 385–408 June 2009, doi : 10.1017 / S0022463409000216 .
4. ↑ Pat Walsh : East Timor's Political Parties and Groupings Briefing Notes , Australian Council for Overseas Aid 2001, 1st edition ( Memento from January 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English; MS Word ; 174 kB)
5. ↑ List of MPs in the National Parliament of East Timor ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ National Electoral Commission CNE - List of elected representatives ( Memento of August 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 545 kB)
7. ↑ Leong Kar Yen: Ninjas in the night: fear, the state and the Catholic church in Timor Leste , Hatene kona ba Compreender Understanding Mengerti, pp. 341–347, 2010
8. ↑ Electoral lists for the 2012 parliamentary elections .
9. ↑ Sapo; Virgilio Hornai Troka Matebian Jocob Xavier Iha PN , August 2, 2012 , accessed January 27, 2018.