Government of Timor-Leste

Media Releases

• 23 of November of 2022Meeting of the Council of Ministers on November 23rd, 2022

  Approved
  
  1 - Military Programming Law;
  
  2 - General Regime of Rules of Origin;
  
  3 - appointment and remuneration of members of the bodies of the legal persons that integrate the indirect administration of the State; and
  
  4 - establishment of the Millennium Challenge Account-Timor-Leste Public Institute and the approval of its respective Statutes.
  
  
  Analysed:
  
  1 - initiative to amend Law 11/2009, of October 7th, on the Administrative Division of the Territory; and
  
  2 - initiative to amend Law 6/2006, of December 28th, which approves the Electoral Law for the National Parliament.

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• 16 of November of 2022Meeting of the Council of Ministers on November 16th, 2022

  Approved:
  
  1 - opening of areas for mining activities and approval of the bidding reference terms for the award of mining rights for exploration and production of building materials in three concession areas; and
  
  2 - fourth amendment to Decree-Law no. 8/2013, of June 26th, on the General Regime of the National Villages (Suco) Development Program (PNDS – Portuguese acronym), the third amendment to Decree-Law no. 11/2019, of June 14th, on the Organic of the Ministry of State Administration, the fourth amendment to Decree-Law no. 3/2016, of March 16th, the first amendment to Decree-Law no. 4/2022, of January 12th, and the first amendment to Decree-Law no. 25/2022, of May 19th, Uma ba Ema Kbiit Laek Plus (UKL+) Program.

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• 11 of November of 2022Extraordinary Meeting of the Council of Ministers on November 11th, 2022

  Approved:
  
  1 - 3rd amendment to Decree-Law no. 26/2021, of 26 November, on exceptional measures and temporary health surveillance measures in response to the COVID-19 disease pandemic.

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• 09 of November of 2022Meeting of the Council of Ministers on November 9th, 2022

  Approved:
  
  1 - first amendment to Decree-Law No. 37/2022, of May 25th, regarding the year-end allowance to the "Uma Kain"(Household);
  
  2 - regulation of financial support attributed to each of the veteran combatants of the national liberation, demobilized from 15 to 19 years of combat, for housing purposes;
  
  3 - Secretariat of the National Liberation Combatants’ Fund;
  
  4 - value of the attendance fee to be paid to the members of the Investment Committee of the National Liberation Combatants' Fund;
  
  5 - agreement between the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, regarding cooperation in the defence area and the status of the Visiting Forces;
  
  6 - amendment of the contract with Sinoitech Engineering Consults;
  
  7 - amendment of the contract signed with Katahira Engineers International; and
  
  8 - extraordinary payment of one month's additional salary to civil servants, agents and contractors of Public Administration, public office holders, members of the F-FDTL, the PNTL and the National Intelligence System and former holders and former members of sovereign bodies.

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• 04 of November of 2022Meeting of the Council of Ministers on November 4th, 2022

  Approved:
  
  1 - First Amendment to the Customs Code;
  
  2 - working group for the regularization of payments under contracts was approved;
  
  3 - procurement procedure for the construction of the new metallic arch structure bridge in Comoro Mota Ulun (Casnafar), with an estimated amount of US$ 8.9 million.
  
  4 - procurement procedure of International Public Tender type for the award of a public contract for the supply of goods and execution of works on the creation of the communications complex with the installation of the landing station for the fibre optic submarine cable, which will connect the Dili city in Timor-Leste to the Darwin and Port Hedland cities in the Commonwealth of Australia;
  
  5 - renewing the exceptional and temporary measures of health surveillance in response to the COVID-19 disease pandemic, extending the validity of article 3 of Law no. 24/2021, of November 19th.
  
  
  
  Analysed:
  
  
  1 - political legislative options underlying the initiative to create the Staff Regulations of the National Intelligence Service (SNI);
  
  2 - The Nutritional security and implications for children’s cognitive development;
  
  3 - The political-legislative options underlying the initiative to create a Mission Unit to Combat Stunting;
  
  4 - political and legislative options underlying the initiative to create the Millennium Challenge Account-Timor-Leste Public Institute (MCA-TL).

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• 03 of November of 2022Timor-Leste celebrates the 46th National Women's Day

  The 8th Constitutional Government congratulates all Timorese women for the celebration of the 46th National Women's Day, a date that marks the death of the national heroine, Maria Tapó, who gave her life in the fight for national self-determination, and in which the important role of Timorese women in the struggle for national independence is celebrated.

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• 31 of Outubro of 2022Timorese Government congratulates the Brazilian President-elect

  The Government of Timor-Leste presents its warm congratulations to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on his election as President of the Republic of Brazil and wishes him much success in the performance of his noble duties.

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• 31 of Outubro of 2022Government expresses its solidarity with South Korea

  The Government of Timor-Leste presents its deepest condolences to the Government and people of the Republic of Korea for the incident that occurred in the Itaewon neighbourhood, in the Korean capital, Seoul, last October 29th.

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