Zaka zitatu zapitazo, ndidalemba nkhani yokhudza kuyesa kuchotsa Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri ku East Timor, komwe kunali dziko lodziyimira palokha lomwe likuvutika. Ndinalemba kuti ndimakhulupirira kuti US ndi Australia adatsimikiza mtima kuchotsa mtsogoleri wa Timor, chifukwa cha kuuma kwake pa mafuta ndi gasi, kutsimikiza mtima kwake kuti asatenge ngongole za mayiko, komanso chikhumbo chawo chofuna kuona Purezidenti wa Australia Xanana Gusmao atenga mphamvu.
Zaka zitatu pambuyo pake, sindine wokondwa kunena kuti zomwe ndaneneratu zikuchitika pano. Makanema okonda dziko la Australia, omwe mosakayikira agwera pamzere uliwonse wa John Howard's Pacific agenda - kuphatikiza ulendo wa Solomon - tsopano akulengeza kuthamangitsidwa kwa Alkatiri, munthu yemwe wanyoza zomwe Australia adanena pazamafuta ndi gasi, ambiri mwa iwo. akonzi akunja akunja amagwirizana kwambiri ndi malangizo a Dipatimenti Yowona Zakunja ndi Zamalonda ku Australia kuposa momwe amamvera aku Timor.
Ndinafika ku Dili pamene zipolowe zoyambirira zinayamba pa April 28 chaka chino- ndipo monga mboni yowona ndi maso kutsogolo kwa chipwirikiticho, asilikali aang'ono kwambiri ankawoneka kuti ali ndi thandizo lakunja - omwe amakhulupirira kuti anali andale akuderalo komanso 'akunja'. Owonera ambiri adatchula kuthekera kwa asitikali otsutsawo kuchoka kugulu la mawu opanda zida, kupita ku mazana akunyamula ndodo ndi zida, monga kudzutsa kukayikira kwa anthu amderalo kuti sikunali ziwonetsero za 'organic'. Ndidafunsa anthu ambiri - kuchokera ku Fretlin insiders, mpaka andale otsutsa komanso atolankhani akumaloko - ndipo palibe amene adatsutsa zoti zipolowe zidabedwa pazifukwa 'zina'. Prime Minister mwiniyo adanena choncho. M'mawu ake pa 7 Meyi, adachitcha kulanda - ndipo adati 'alendo ndi akunja' akuyeseranso kugawanitsa mtunduwu. Ndidanena izi ku ABC Radio - ndipo adafunsidwa ngati ndikumasulira molakwika. Ndinalongosola moleza mtima kuti ayi - tinali titadutsa mwachidwi mawu ndi mawu, ndipo aliyense amene ali ndi chidziwitso cha ndale za ku Timor angamvetse kuti ndizo zomwe Prime Minister ankatanthauza. Palibe atolankhani ena omwe adavutikira kupita ku mwambowu - atolankhani aku Australia amakonda kucheza ndi asitikali opanduka kapena akazembe aku Australia omwe amafuna kuti Alkatiri 'apite'.
Kuyambira chisankho chake, Alkatiri adasiya munthu wofunikira kwambiri pazandale za ku Timorese - Purezidenti Xanana Gusmao - ndipo kusamvana pakati pa awiriwa kwawonekeratu. Alkatiri, ali ndi maganizo osiyana ndi a Gusmao okhudza momwe chitukuko cha dziko chiyenera kuchitikira - pang'onopang'ono, popanda 'anthu olemera kudya kuseri kwa zitseko' ndi momwe adandifotokozera, dongosolo lokhazikika lachitukuko njira yopezera dziko lodziimira palokha. Kukhoza kwake kuteteza zofuna za mafuta ndi gasi ku Timor ku Australia ndi zofuna zamphamvu zamalonda, ndi chitukuko chake cha Petroleum Fund kuti ateteze ndalama za mafuta a Timor ku ziphuphu zam'tsogolo zomwe sizinagwirizane ndi caricature yopangidwa ndi otsutsa ake aku Australia ndi America a 'wolamulira wankhanza. .'
Kampeni yochotsa Alkatiri idayamba zaka zinayi zapitazo - ndidalemba tsiku lomwe mkulu wina waku America adayamba kundiululira nkhani zakatangale za Alkatiri pomwe ndimagwira ntchito pa wailesi ya ABC. Ndinafufuza zonenazo - ndipo sindinapeze chilichonse - koma ndidakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi zomwe akuluakulu aku America ndi Australia akudzudzula zomwe ananena momveka bwino kuti akufuna kuchotsa Prime Minister 'wovuta' uyu. Mofanana ndi Somare, iye sanali kuchita zinthu mโnjira yawo. Atafunsa atsogoleri akuluakulu a ndale - zinali zoonekeratu kuti ambiri sangayime chilichonse kuti achotse Prime Minister woyamba wa Timor. Purezidenti Xanana Gusmao, zaka zitatu zapitazo, sanaletse kuyimitsa nyumba yamalamulo ndikupanga 'boma la mgwirizano wapadziko lonse'.
Gusmao ndi omutsatira (kuphatikiza Jose Ramos-Horta) adatcha Alkatiri mwachinsinsi 'chikominisi cha ku Angola' ndi lingaliro lake lachitukuko chapang'onopang'ono osati zomwe Gusmao ndi omutsatira ake aku Australia amavomereza. Kupatula apo, ndizovuta kudziwa chifukwa chake Purezidenti Gusmao angalole mphamvu kuti zichotse Prime Minister uyu mosagwirizana ndi malamulo. Ku Timor, ambiri amawona Gusmao ali ndi vuto pano, chifukwa chosagwirizana ndi Prime Minister pa kuchotsedwa kwa asilikali (ziyenera kuthetsedwa mwachinsinsi) pamene ena amamuwona ngati womanga fiasco yonse, kukhumudwa kwake ndi udindo wake wochepa wa ndale. kumulola kuti akhutiritsidwe ndi alangizi ake aku Australia kuti ayambe kulanda boma popanda chifukwa.
M'masiku angapo apitawa tamva kuchokera kwa olemba achichepere aku Timor omwe ali pa Chikondwerero cha Wolemba ku Sydney. Iwo ali ndi zosiyana ndi zofalitsa za ku Australia zomwe zikuchitika ku Timor. Tengani mawu awa a wolemba wachichepere:
'รยขโฌยฆ ndizokayikitsa komanso zokayikitsa. Ndizovuta kusanthula chifukwa chake Australia ikufuna kupita kumeneko. Ndikuganiza kuti zimayendetsedwa ndi nkhawa zokhudzana ndi chitetezo cha zachuma ku Australia, kuphatikizapo mafuta pansi pa nyanja, osati kudera nkhawa anthu a East Timor. 'Ndikuopa kuti ndizochepa za chitetezo cha East Timor kuposa chitetezo cha Australia ndi zofuna zake.'
Gil Gutteres, wamkulu wa bungwe la atolankhani ku Timor TILJA chimodzimodzi mwezi watha adati mantha akale a chikomyunizimu, komanso zofuna zachuma ku Australia zikuyendetsa kampeni yolimbana ndi Alkatiri, ndipo ndizomwe zimayambitsa ziwawa. Ndipotu, palibe munthu ku Timor yemwe samamvetsa kuti izi ndi zandale zazikulu - zothandizidwa ndi ziwerengero zamkati zomwe zimafuna kulamulira mafuta ndi gasi.
Ndipo komabe atolankhani aku Australia ali odzaza ndi 'anyamata athu' omwe amatinyadira. Izi sizikufanana ndi malingaliro omwe ali pansi, kapena kuyankha funso loti magulu a zigawenga akanatha kulandira chithandizo chamkuntho chopusachi chomwe chapangitsa kuti anthu ambiri a ku Timor akhale ndi mantha, opsinjika maganizo komanso opanda pokhala.
Madzulo ano, mboni zinalankhula za asitikali aku Australia omwe adayimilira pomwe gulu lankhondo likuwombera tchalitchi ku Belide. Panthawi ya ziwawa zoyambilira, palibe msilikali mmodzi wa bungwe la United Nations amene analowererapo kuti aletse gulu lalingโono la zipolowezo, ndipo zimene asilikali a ku Australia achita posachedwapa zikuwonjezera maganizo akuti akulola anthu a ku Timor kuwotcha.
Alkatiri kumbali yake akukana kutula pansi ponena kuti Fretlin yekha, chipani chake ndi chomwe chingamufunse kuti atule pansi udindo. Ngati apita, a ku Timor ali ndi atolankhani aku Australia kuti athokoze chifukwa chothandizira kwawo mosakayikira pakusintha kumeneku. Mwina angafotokozere nzika zanjala (zomwe zinanyalanyazidwa kale ndi Australia kwa zaka 25) chifukwa chake Australia tsopano ikulamulira mafuta ndi gasi. Chofunika kwambiri, ndale za ku Timor zomwe zakhala zikuchita zachiwawa zidzayenera kufotokozera anthu kukhudzidwa kwawo mu mutu waposachedwa wa mbiri yake yomvetsa chisoni.
Maryann Keady ndi wolemba wailesi wa ku Australia komanso mtolankhani yemwe adanena kuchokera ku Dili kuyambira 2002. Panopa ndi katswiri wothandizira pa Weatherhead Institute ya Columbia University akuyang'ana US Foreign Policy ndi China.
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