Howdy,
Timor Timur sudah atau hampir lepas dari Ina:-), mungkin ada baiknya
kita sedikit flashback/kilas balik sejarah Timtim dengan nJenguk-nJenguk
Mas Ramos Horta punya curiculum vitae yang terdiri dari trilogi:
1. pengumuman ... the not so noble prize winner,
2. pendapat internasional,
3. komentar mantan isteri,
mungkin kita dapat pencerahan ... atau pencemaran
.. it's up to you guys:-)
Sale-sale kate mohon mangap:-)
Howgh!
-- Djoko Luknanto-Jack la Motta
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(From the Home pages of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee)
STATEMENT BY THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE COMMITTEE
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THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR 1996
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Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo and José Ramos-Horta
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the
Nobel Peace Prize for 1996, in two equal parts, to
Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo and José Ramos-Horta for
their work towards a just and peaceful solution to the
conflict in East Timor.
In 1975 Indonesia took control of East Timor and began
systematically oppressing the people. In the years that
followed it has been estimated that one-third of the
population of East Timor lost their lives due to
starvation, epidemics, war and terror.
Carlos Belo, bishop of East Timor, has been the foremost
representative of the people of East Timor. At the risk
of his own life, he has tried to protect his people from
infringements by those in power. In his efforts to
create a just settlement based on his people's right to
self- determination, he has been a constant spokesman
for non- violence and dialogue with the Indonesian
authorities. Ramos-Horta has been the leading
international spokesman for East Timor's cause since
1975. Recently he has made a significant contribution
through the "reconciliation talks" and by working out a
peace plan for the region.
In awarding this year's Nobel Peace Prize to Belo and
Ramos-Horta, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wants to
honour their sustained and self-sacrificing
contributions for a small but oppressed people. The
Nobel Committee hopes that this award will spur efforts
to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict in East
Timor based on the people's right to self-
determination.
The Norwegian Nobel Institute Drammensveien 19, N-0255
OSLO.
Tlf: +47 22 44 36 80
Fax: +47 22 43 01 68.
http://www.nobel.no/96eng.html
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Abilio Jose Osorio Soares, Governor, Province of East Timor - October 17,
1996
José Ramos Horta and his brothers and sisters were born as
Portuguese descendent who have never felt as Timorese. His younger
brother, Arsenio Horta, after joining the Fretilin army,
surrendered and was received by the Indonesian Government and
appointed as a member of parliament in Dili. But, he never felt at
home living in Dili, fighting for the people aspirations, rather
he left East Timor and now lives in Australia. Is a person like
that a spokesman of the people ? Or did they use East Timor for
their gain? Is it suitable for people like that to be awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize ?
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TIME - October 1996
Ramos-Horta is the more colorful of the laureates, inspiring the
Indonesian government to accuse him of squandering charitable
donations intended for the guerrillas on the globe trotting and
high living. In 1975 Ramos-Horta became “foreign minister” of the
government formed by the Revolutionary Front for an Independent
East Timor, or Fretilin. In a battle among four political parties
following Portugal’s 1974 withdrawal from its colony, Fretilin
slaughtered members of other groups but won the fight and declared
an independent nation.
Belo believes Fretilin’s savagery in 1975 has been neither
forgiven nor forgotten - the groupslaughtered 1,000 people in the
town of Aileu, filling mass graves with corpses. He also thinks it
is impossible to predict how East Timorese would vote in a
referendum. Many, he says, would choose to unite with Indonesia or
to have Portugal regain control. “We don’t know exactly,” he told
TIME.
Ordained in 1980, Belo became Apostolic Administrator in 1983, an
unusual arrangement in which he report directly to Rome to avoid a
Vatican admission that East Timor is part of Indonesia. His
official position is that a referendum is the best choice, though
it may lead to bloodshed, and the next best is for Indonesia to
treat East Timor as a province with unusual autonomy.
East Timor is an oppressed but also a divided place, which the
Nobel Committee inadvertently admitted by splitting its award
between Ramos-Horta and Belo. Meanwhile, a shamed Indonesia
remains East Timor’s overlord. As an agitated Belo told TIME last
week. “Who will be able to expel the Indonesian forces from here ?
Who?”
Dr. Abilio Aranjo, President of Fretilin and Leader of the People of East
Timorese residing outside Indonesia
I ask myself over and over again, what has Ramos Horta done to
have received the Nobel Prize ? Nothing. All he has done is simply
manipulate people. According to the Nobel Committee, Horta has
been finding ways for a peaceful solution to solve the East Timor
matter, which is precisely what bothers me the most because in
reality, he has done the opposite.
What has always been perceived by the international community that
Horta represents Xanana Gusmao is far from the truth. The fact is,
Ramos Horta has neither represented the objective nor the struggle
of Xanana. If he truly represents Xanana’s interest, why didn’t
they (the Nobel Committee) present the Peace Prize to Xanana
himself ?
The presentation of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize to Ramos Horta
ought to be reconsidered. Its rather hilarious, in my opinion,
that someone who has done virtually nothing, could receive an
award of such a scale? What has Horta done to find a peaceful
solution in East Timor ? Nothing.
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Margot Coven, Far Eastern Economic Review - October 24, 1996
Ramos Horta, however, suffers from credibility problems even among
some of his associates in the pro-independence movement. They
question his lack of experience as a combatant, for instance. He
has also been accused of mismanaging funds, but dismisses the
allegations as Indonesian government propaganda.
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“One Hand Clapping”. The Asian Wall Street Journal - October 18-19, 1996
“For sure, the scrutiny that inevitably attaches to any Nobel
Prize winner will soon satisfy any curiosity about Mr. Ramos
Horta’s past life and lifestyle. What we may never understand,
though is just what message the Nobel Committee was trying to
convey with this award”.
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“Asians Have Reasons to Look Askance at Nobel Peace Prizes”.
Philip Bowring, International Herald Tribune - October 15, 1996
“Indonesians have reason to be sore at the role played by Portugal
in promoting East Timor separatism when its won failure as
colonizer and sudden exit form Timor in 1975 initiated the
problem”.
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“An Errant Nobel Prize”. Robert L. Barry, Washington Post - October 29,
1996
“At best the prize will raise unrealistic expectations; at worst
it will strike the spark that will lead to violence and bloody
repression. If the Nobel committee wanted to support a diplomatic
solution to a fostering problem, it should have awarded the prize
to Belo alone”.
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WENDY HOLLAND’S OPENING STATEMENT ON FORMER HUSBAND RAMOS HORTA
The following is the opening statement by Wendy Holland, Ramos Horta’s
former wife, which was read and distributed to the international press,
and thereafter to the national and international press in Hotel
Indonesia, Jakarta, on July 27, 1995.
“For over twenty years Horta has stolen millions of dollars meant
for aid within Timor. He holds numerous bank accounts around the
world. He is a traitor and continues to use the Timorese for his
own goals. In 1974 Horta and I were planning to move to Indonesia
- we met in a village called Ermera in Timor in 1973. In 1974 we
were to be married at the home of the Indonesian Consul.
“Horta did not expect the coup in Portugal for another 5 years -
he had connection with the Indonesian government and planned to
discuss integration. His contacts were the Indonesian consul, the
governor of Kupang El Tari, Louis Joaquim and others. Here seemed
to be little chance of getting rid of the Portuguese without
outside help.
“Realistically Indonesia was the closest country - after Australia
rejected Horta. Horta has two plans: - Independence or Integration
with Indonesia. Horta traveled to Indonesia on a number of
occasions, I accompanied him once. He approached the government
for student scholarships for Timorese to study in Indonesia, for
Timorese receive military training and for Indonesia to install
him as government of Timor. The Indonesians agreed to the
scholarships but later changed their minds when Horta discussed
guerilla warfare to start at the border.
“Horta’s price was too high the Indonesian ceased further
communication. Horta was devastated, this final rejection was his
undoing. He was anxiety ridden and threw all his energies into
mending relationships with the Portuguese.
”Like others before him, the African experience of revolutionary
socialism as preached by Frelino and other guerilla movements had
a profound impact on Horta. If nothing else, it gave him an
ideological framework within which he could develop his own
dislike of Portuguese colonialism.
“Apart form his collaboration with the Portuguese and attempted
one with Indonesia, Horta used me and others to link up with
communist groups such as China, Russia, Cuba and others. When this
failed, he wrote to the Australian communist party in Melbourne
asking for assistance to send him and colleagues overseas for
guerilla training. His request was ignored. Horta makes for good
press coverage, he controls some of the Clandestine groups in
Timor and Indonesia. He arranges demonstrations on demand and he
played a big role in the Dili massacre. He sacrifices his own
people for his own goals.
“The media failed to mention that Horta lived in a block of flats
reserved for the Portuguese elite. It did not mention that he had
a house boy, a symbol of Portuguese colonialism. His family also
had several people to cook, clean, wash, look after them, and
these servants lived in appalling conditions. They failed to
mention that Horta ate most of his meals at the hotel Turismo. He
also terrorized the Chinese by refusing to pay for his meals at
their restaurants. The media did not mention that it was the taxes
and contributions by Fretilin members that afforded him this
lifestyle then and now.
In 1974 Horta stabbed a Timorese (member of Apodeti) to death. I
helped bury the body. The reason he gave that this person
threatened to expose Horta’s links to Indonesia and the betrayal
of the Timorese by Horta. It is no overstatement to describe Horta
as a power broker. He has no respect for the Timorese only for the
power and fame he acquires in their name and at their expense.
“It is well known inside Timor by close aides of Xanana that he
was planning to leave Timor. Xanana wanted to join his family in
Australia. Horta sent letters and tapes to Xanana pleading with
him to stay. There is evidence of this. Horta was paranoid that if
Xanana came out, it would mean the end of his lifestyle. Numerous
activities and phone calls took place prior to Xanana capture.
Needless to say Horta was not too distressed to hear of Xanana’s
capture. To this day he is not concerned for the release of Xanana
and he treats Emilia Gusmao, wife of Xanana, with utmost contempt.
Emilia has publicly criticized Horta for his exploitation of the
Timorese and his betrayal of Xanana. Horta claims to have signed
documents from Xanana giving him control of the resistance. This
is false. These documents are forged. Members of Xanana’s family
have confirmed this.
”Money is being sent into Indonesia not East Timor for education.
Horta’s goal is to cause destabilization and increase Clandestine
groups. Horta can be all things to all people. He has the
arch-pragmatist’s ability to chop and change as occasions demand.
He is a chameleon. Horta soaks up power like a dry sponge. To
imagine he would share center stage with fellow Timorese is like
believing in fairy tales. He uses his colleagues as puppets. He
has cultivated his friendship with journalists and audiences since
1973 doing little of offend them. He is, and has always been, the
most recognized of the Timorese people.
“Since 1973, when I first met him, he has used his position
shamelessly, initially as a journalist in Timor and with his
Portuguese colleagues in Timor, Portugal and the colonies. It was
never Horta’s intention to share his fame and power with anyone,
not even Xanana. Even though Ramos Horta has left Fretilin - UDT
and Fretilin are held to ransom as it is Horta who holds the power
and the purse strings. Now that Xanana is safely locked away. The
result is that Ramos Horta’s name and face turns up more than
anyone else’s in the Timorese community,” Wendy Holland, the
former Mrs. Horta stated.
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WENDY HOLLAND’S OPENING STATEMENT
Part II
(July 27, 1995)
“East Timor, prior to 1975, had no independent body of opinion
such such as a resident diplomatic corp or a population of foreign
correspondents to which visiting journalists could turn for
background briefing or the like. Nor were there any reliable
statistics available for use by journalists. All that visiting
journalists could was place their trust in the only political
source they could get to, Horta - which left the field wide open
to him. Ramos Horta gives journalists what they want to hear. He
is usually friendly and accessible and his efforts are rewarded
with good publicity. They, in turn, ignore the excess privileges
Ramos Horta enjoys.
“The media continuously fail to mention how Horta could afford a
jet setting lifestyle, designer clothes, numerous bank accounts
and luxury holidays - they accept his lies too easily. There are
many people associated with Horta who know his many faces. Yet
they are willing to conceal the truth because he is colourful and
delivers what they want - an on-going source of information, be it
true or false.
“It almost goes without saying that the control Horta had, and
still has to some extent, over East Timorese and their political
parties was because he was one of Fretilin’s full time employees.
It is easy to see the extent to which he was able to wield his
power in some way or other, while attempting to keep things in the
way he wished.
“During the first year after the Portuguese revolution, Ramos
Horta pictured himself as the founding father of Timorese
Liberation. One Australian journalist Bill Nicholl quoted ”He
(Ramos Horta) believed he was the spiritual leader of Timorese
nationalism and philosopher of Timorese political aspirations.
Ramos Horta believed his 'Mauberism' was the gift of a God to the
masses.”
“When asked by the journalist how he felt about being the founding
father of the philosophy of Timorese Liberation, he replied “I was
forced to be. I am quite happy”. This same journalist wrote the
truth about Ramos Horta when he returned to Australia in 1975 he
was Austracized (?) and treated like a leper for telling the truth
by the media close to Horta.
“Sukarno gave Ramos Horta the inspiration for a political
philosophy which could be used to inspire the Timorese masses to
support Fretilin - Ramos Horta has a habit of plagiarizing others
philosophies. Sukarno’s was known as Marhaenism, Ramos Horta’s was
Mauberism. Ramos Horta denies he had ever heard of Marhaenism. He
has a flair for interpreting and using philosophies. He is a
skilled propagandist, an opportunist, and dangerous. He will do
anything to take himself to power - even if it causes instability
in the Asian region.
“In ‘The Sydney Morning Herald’ in ‘Spectrum’, 10th September
1994, Ramos Horta denied emphatically that he never, in any
circumstances, approached the Indonesians in 1976. I can prove he
approached them in 1974 and 1975, whilst I was on a trip overseas
he was planning our removal to Indonesia.
“Sources inside Portugal claim the Portuguese were furious when
they read my articles and expose on Ramos Horta, revealing some of
his many hidden bank accounts. After all they were paying a great
deal to support Ramos Horta and his 'cronies'. They too were
totally unaware of his deceit - he was hauled over the coals.
“Some of Ramos Horta’s closest friends have now retired quite well
off on monies meant for the Timorese people, in excess of millions
of dollars - Abilio Araujo being one. Apart from the Portuguese
support, huge sums of money have come from aid agencies, donations
and unsuspecting supporters - all of which went into Ramos Horta’s
personal accounts and those of his colleagues.
“One of Ramos Horta’s former enemies (an in-law) and a leading
member of UDT, warned me off Ramos Horta many times in the past.
Now the person, another opportunist lacking also in financial
probity, has shaken hands with the devil.
“During the colonial period, Ramos Horta claims he was deported to
Mozambique. Timorese authorities claim he in fact, avoided
conscription. The Portuguese sent him there where he trained as a
journalist and returned after two years (free of conscription) to
become editor of the government sponsored newspaper “A Voz de
Timor” (Voice of Timor) to which he devoted himself until the
revolution. For a so-called ‘deportee’, this was indeed an unusual
privilege.
“Ramos Horta will tell anyone who is willing to listen that he is
a one man fighting machine dedicating his life to the liberation
of his people. He will also tell you he is poor and lives with his
mother, that he does not own a car or house. He lives off his
family and friends, male and female. Horta has a crafty
intelligence. Until his personal financial records were made
public, he played on the sympathy of his supporters. And continues
to do so. He played on mine to the tune of hundreds of thousands
of dollars.
“This highly complex man has an excuse for everything. He has a
ready answer to explain his seedy past away. He was mixed up in
every bit of major politicking when he lived in Timor and beyond.
“Since Horta’s constant travel arrangements are usually paid for
by some organization or another, and he receives a part salary,
his expenses were reimbursed by the party. One wonders what he
does with the cast wealth he holds. Horta does not send it into
East Timor.
“Jill Jolliffe (an Australian journalist based in Portugal) who
traveled into East Timor was informed by the members of resistance
that they received no support from the outside, only from the
locals. Her article appeared in The Melbourne Age this year. Ramos
Horta’s bank statements indicate that he uses the funds to indulge
himself. He is a traitor and a murderer,“ the former Mrs. Ramos
Horta stated.
