tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441593467864724337.post1283794416298356775..comments2024-03-28T20:00:44.639+11:00Comments on East Timor Law and Justice Bulletin: Timor Leste Land Network asks Hilary Clinton ‘not to abandon the people’s land rights’ and criticises USAID-funded land programEditorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14359692951995091025noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441593467864724337.post-77920877574512933512012-09-09T20:49:29.132+10:002012-09-09T20:49:29.132+10:00"There is still no land law and no Land Commi..."There is still no land law and no Land Commission. Nor has there been adequate consideration of the core issues."<br /><br />Why should USAID, or any other international donor agency, support the very important of land law - when successive East Timorese governments have since 2002 proven their lack of commitment to dealing with this issue?<br /><br />For more than 40 years land disputes have been a major source of tension in East Timor.<br /><br />When the next crisis happens in East Timor, long-standing land disputes will fuel the flames of conflict, as occurred in 2006. The nation of Timor-Leste may not survive another such crisis, but the Government will probably remains more concerned about buying new Toyota Prado cars for parliamentarians.<br /><br />USAID should save the money of American taxpayers until the Gusmao government proves a REAL commitment to land law reform; not just more Gusmao 'talk-talk'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com