East Timor deputy PM Carrascalao resigns
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East Timor's deputy prime minister Mario Carrascalao says he has been forced to resign by a prime minister who publicly offended him and by corrupt individuals who are opposed to his anti-corruption work.
During a televised Council of Ministers meeting at the start of September, the prime minister Xanana Gusmao apparently called his deputy a liar, incompetent, and stupid. Mr Carrascalao's department has been accused of delaying the implementation of a budget and he himself has been accused of incompetence over an investigation into funds that were allegedly lost via the ministry of finance. But the opposition Fretilin Party says the prime minister is trying to discredit Mr Carrascalao's anti-corruption work and make him a 'scapegoat for government financial mismanagement'.
Presenter: Zulfikar Abbany
Speaker: Mario Carrascalao, former deputy prime minister, East Timor
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