Meeting of the Council of Ministers on September 7th, 2022
Presidency of the Council of Ministers
Eighth Constitutional Government
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Press Release
Meeting of the Council of Ministers on September 7th, 2022
The Council of Ministers met at the Government Palace, in Dili, and decided to grant full powers to the Minister of Defense, Filomeno da Paixão de Jesus, for the signing of the agreement between the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, concerning cooperation in the defence area and the status of the Visiting Forces, in the scope of the H.E. the President of the Republic State Visit of to Australia, during this month of September.
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According to the projects presented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Adaljiza Albertina Xavier Reis Magno, the Council of Ministers decided to approve the names to be proposed to H. E. the President of the Republic for the position of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste in the United Kingdom and the double accreditation of the Ambassador of Timor-Leste to the Kingdom of Belgium for France, Germany, Luxembourg, Poland and the Czech Republic.
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The Council of Ministers has decided to approve the programs to be included in the draft State Budget for 2023 for all services and entities of the Public Administration, Social Security and the Special Administrative Region Oé-Cusse Ambeno (RAEOA - Portuguese Acronym). The draft deliberation was presented by the Minister of Finance, Rui Augusto Gomes.
The 105 services and entities of the Central Government have a budget of $2.8 billion to fund the various programs now approved. For the financing of social security programs, $235 million are foreseen, and for the RAEOA $120 million.
The proposed State Budget for 2023, including Social Security and RAEOA, will have a total value of US$3,155,715,306. Excluding the National Liberation Fighters Fund, 33% of the budget will be allocated to the institutional framework, 35% in social capital, 11% in economic development, 18% in infrastructure development, and 3% for the contingency fund.
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Also approved was the draft Decree-Law, also presented by the Minister of Finance, for the approval of the State's vehicle regulations and for the first amendment to Decree-Law 21/2021, of November 10th, which created the Monthly Transportation Allowance.
This draft Decree-Law aims to establish the rules on the acquisition, registration, allocation, management, use, attribution, maintenance, repair, monitoring, supervision, scrapping and disposal of State vehicles. It is also intended to make some adjustments to Decree-Law 21/2021, of November 10th, namely, to define that the payment of the monthly transport allowance is suspended if the beneficiary is assigned a State vehicle for personal use, from the effective date of assignment until the date of its transfer. With this diploma, the Decree-Law no. 8/2003, of June 18th, referring to the regulation of attribution and use of State vehicles is revoked.
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The Council of Ministers also approved the draft Government Resolution, presented by the Minister of Interior, Taur Matan Ruak and by the acting Minister of Defense, Fidelis Manuel Leite Magalhães, that authorizes and approves the rules of the joint operational engagement between F-FDTL and the PNTL, through patrolling operations throughout the national territory and special surveillance and control of all locations considered sensitive in the city of Dili, in order to prevent and repress the criminal activity of individuals who are causing social instability.
The present Government Resolution enters into force on the date of signature and ends at 11:59 p.m. on September 13th, 2022 and may be renewed if deviant behavior related to this subject persists.
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The Vice-Minister of Health, Bonifácio Mau Coli dos Reis, presented to the Council of Ministers the political-legislative options underlying the initiative to create the National Institute of Public Health of Timor-Leste (INSP-TL Portuguese Acronym).
The purpose of creating the INSP-TL is to aggregate in a single institute the attributions of monitoring, evaluation and analysis of the general health status, collaboration in epidemiological and health surveillance, scientific research and control of risks and threats to public health, development and training of human resources, research, and technological incorporation in public health, as well as quality control in certain health areas.
In the context of these tasks, in cooperation/network with similar institutes in other countries, it is intended to create an organization with a strong scientific base that will provide leadership and expertise to national efforts to achieve substantial, long-term improvements in public health, and establish itself as a reliable source of advice for policy formulation and decision making by policy makers.
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Lastly, the Prime Minister, Taur Matan Ruak and the ANAPMA team presented to the Council of Ministers the Evaluation Report on the Implementation of the second phase of the Strategic Development Plan 2011 - 2030.
The Report assesses the PED (Portuguese Acronyms) objectives achieved during the period 2017 to 2020. The basis for the assessment is the SDP Implementation Report completed in 2017, which covered the period 2011 - 2016. The report was compiled based on questionnaires completed by public entities and United Nations (UN) agencies providing support to the Government of Timor-Leste in reform activities, as well as government reports and reports produced by the National Institute of Statistics.
By the end of 2020, from a total of 200 Phase 1 (2015) and Phase 2 (2020), 53 (26%) have been totally implemented and 46 (23%) are almost completed; 89 goals (45%) are making some progress in implementation; 8 goals (4%) have not yet started, and for 4 goals (2%) no data are available to measure implementation. There was a moderate increase in the number of goals finalized (from 40 to 53) and goals nearing completion (from 27 to 46) during the 2017-2020 periods.
At the social capital level, at the end of 2020, from a total of 60 goals from Phase 1 (2015) and Phase 2 (2020), 17 (28%) were fully implemented and 14 (23%) are almost completed; 26 goals (44%) make some progress in implementation; 3 goals (5%) have not yet started. In the 2017-2020 period, 2 goals have been finalized, 4 have achieved high progress, and some progress has been made on one goal.
In the infrastructure sector, by the end of 2020, from a total of 45 goals from Phase 1 (2015) and Phase 2 (2020), 12 (27%) are fully implemented and 7 (15%) are nearing completion; 21 goals (47%) are making some progress in implementation; 3 goals (7%) have not yet started, and for 2 goals (4%) there is no data available to measure their implementation. In the 2017-2020 period, 7 goals have been finalized, 3 have achieved high progress, and in one goal some progress has been made.
With regard to economic development, by the end of 2020, from a total of 52 goals from Phase 1 (2015) and Phase 2 (2020), 16 (31%) are fully implemented and 11 (21%) are nearing completion; 22 goals (24%) are making some progress in implementation; 1 goal (2%) has not yet started, and for 2 goals (4%) there is no data available to measure implementation. In the 2017-2020 period, 3 goals have been finalized, 6 have achieved high progress, and for one goal some progress has been made.
In the institutional framework sector, at the end of 2020, out of a total of 43 goals from Phase 1 (2015) and Phase 2 (2020), 8 (19%) are fully implemented and 14 (33%) are almost completed; 20 goals (46%) have some progress in implementation; 1 goal (2%) has not yet started. In the 2017-2020 periods, 1 target has been achieved, 6 have achieved high progress and in one goal there has been some progress. END
