"Xanana orders audit of Horta"

Xanana Gusmao during a Party Campaign - 2012

Jornal INDEPENDENTE


The Inspector General Francisco Carvalho has received a dispatch from Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, requesting an audit of the work of the work of former President of the Republic Jose Ramos-Horta during his five year term.


The Dispatch from Prime Minister Xanana was issued on 18 June current requesting an inspection and audit of the office of the President of the Republic.

"We were requested by the Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao to undertake an inspection and audit of the office of the President of the Republic," said the State Inspector General  Francisco Carvalho to Independente at Delta Nova reception centre on 19 June current.


The inspection and audit will be undertaken with respect to the execution of the budget and work done by former President of the Republic Ramos-Horta.

"It will include former President of the Republic Ramos-Horta's work there, to rectify anything that may not have been done properly," said Carvalho.


To execute the request of the Prime Minister, Carvalho said, he has already set up a team to discuss a plan properly before implementing it.

Carvalho said that inspections and audits of the office of the President of the Republic are normal and had been done also with respect to the first President of the Republic.