Government of Timor-Leste

Presidency of the Council of Ministers

Eighth Constitutional Government

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 August 18, 2020

Press Release

Day-off on the Occasion of the Day of FALINTIL

Among the official commemorative dates, the law establishes the 20^th of August as the official commemorative date for the Day of the National Liberation Forces of Timor-Leste (FALINTIL), which this year celebrates its 45^th anniversary.

Under the Law No. 10/2005, of August 10^th, amended by the Law No. 3/2016, of May 25^th, the Government decides that:

1. Day-off is granted on August 20^th, 2020, throughout the day, to all employees, agents and workers of the direct administration of the State, whether central or decentralized, and in the bodies of indirect administration;
2. The personnel of the public services that, due to the nature of the public activity carried out, should remain in operation during that day, are excluded from the previous paragraph;
3. Without prejudice to the continuity and quality of the public service to be provided, the senior managers of those services referred to in the preceding paragraph shall provide the equal exemption from the duty of attendance of their personnel, on a date to be established in due course. END