Government of Timor-Leste

Media Releases

• 07 of February of 2023Timor-Leste Government expresses its solidarity with Turkey and Syria

  On behalf of the people of Timor-Leste, the Government extends its condolences to the families and friends of the victims of the massive earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale, which occurred yesterday, February 6th, 2023, in south-eastern Turkey and caused widespread destruction in the country and neighbouring Syria. It also expresses its solidarity with the governments and peoples of Turkey and Syria, facing the effects of this catastrophe.

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• 01 of February of 2023Meeting of the Council of Ministers on February 1st, 2023

  Approved:
  
  1 - Measures for the Protection of Urban Legality;
  
  2 - Determination of the elaboration of the Dili City Urbanization Plan;
  
  3 - National Intelligence Service;
  
  4 - scheduled international air transport;
  
  5 - non-scheduled international air transport;
  
  6 - calendar for voter registration operations abroad;
  
  7 - close the bank account opened in 2018 with the Central Bank of Timor-Leste, held by the National Petroleum and Minerals Authority, related to the TL Cement project, and transfer the amounts deposited in this account to the Treasury account;
  
  8 - suspend the decision of Timor-Leste's candidacy to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the period 2024-2026; and
  
  9 - second amendment to Decree-Law No. 37/2022, May 25th, on the end-of-year allowance to uma kain (households), was approved.

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• 25 of January of 2023Meeting of the Council of Ministers on January 25th, 2023

  Approved:
  
  1 - extend the distribution period of the basic food basket;
  
  2 - 2023-2030 National Strategic Plan for Tourism Development;
  
  3 - one-time support for vulnerable people;
  
  4 - Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission;
  
  5 - financial contribution regarding Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport requalification project; and
  
  6 - legal regime of breast milk substitutes.
  
  
  Analysed:
  
  1 - presentation on the schedule for the 2023 Parliamentary Elections;
  
  2 - presentation on the Integrated Fisheries Plan; and
  
  3 - political-legislative options underlying the initiative to create a martial arts law.

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• 20 of January of 2023Day-Off on January 23rd 2023 on the Occasion of the Chinese New Year Celebration

  Day-off is granted on January 23rd, 2023, throughout the day.

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• 18 of January of 2023Meeting of the Council of Ministers on January 18th, 2023

  Approved:
  
  1 - Second Amendment to the organic law of the Ministry of Health;
  
  2 - first amendment to ANAPMA; and
  
  3 - Agreement with the Government of Australia for a direct financial contribution to support community resilience and economic recovery in Timor-Leste during the global pandemic of COVID-19 - Phase 3.
  
  
  Analysed:
  
  1 - Political-legislative options underlying the establishment of the System of Units of Legal Measures;
  
  2 - Presentation on the ongoing recruitment process of volunteer teachers; and
  
  3 - Presentation on the ongoing preparations for the 2023 Parliamentary Elections.

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• 16 of January of 2023National holidays in 2023

  The public holidays with a fixed date and variable date for 2023, determined by the Law n.10/2005 of 10th of August

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• 16 of January of 2023Note of Condolence on the death of Shirley Shackleton

  The Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste has received with great consternation and sorrow the news of the passing away of Shirley Shackleton, widow of journalist Greg Shackleton, one of the journalists known as the Balibo Five, killed by Indonesian forces in Balibo, on October 16th, 1975.

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• 11 of January of 2023Meeting of the Council of Ministers on January 11th, 2023

  Approved:
  
  1 - first amendment to the Statute of the National Institute of Science and Technology (INCT- Portuguese Acronym);
  
  2 - first amendment to the Legal Regime of Legal Deposit of Publications in Timor-Leste;
  
  3 - regularization of rent payments relative to the lease of the State property referred to in the Special Investment Agreement approved by Government Resolution no. 22/2010, of April 14th;
  
  4 - establishment of the National Procurement Commission (CNA-Portuguese Acronym), I.P., which approves its statutes;
  
  5 - Execution of the 2023 General State Budget; and
  
  6 - fifth amendment to the Electoral Law for the National Parliament.
  
  
  Analysed:
  
  1 - political-legislative options underlying the establishment of the new Highway Code; and
  
  2 - political-legislative options underlying the establishment of the legal regime for the commercialization of breast milk substitutes.

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