Government of Timor-Leste

Media Releases

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  09 of Outubro of 2020Studies undertaken by development partners offer a positive assessment of the Government’s response to COVID-19’s impacts on household’s income

  October 9, 2020

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  03 of Outubro of 2020Extraordinary Meeting of the Council of Ministers on October 3, 2020

  Approved:
  
  1 - state of emergency’s implementing measures.

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  30 of September of 2020Meeting of the Council of Ministers on September 23, 2020

  Approved:
  
  1 - Supply of fuel by TIMOR GAP, EP to EDTL, EP;
  
  2 - Temporary budget allocation for the month of October 2020;
  
  3 - Preliminary approval of the aggregate and disaggregate ceilings for the 2021 General State Budget.
  
  
  Analyzed:
  
  1 - Political and legislative options underlying the draft Decree-Law on the F-FDTL’ s Organic Statute;
  
  2 - Political and legislative options underlying the draft Decree-Law for the creation of the FALINTIL Unit.

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  24 of September of 2020Congratulatory message from H.E. The Prime Minister of Republic Democratic of Timor-Leste, Taur Matan Ruak on the 75th anniversary of the UN

  75th anniversary of the UN

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  23 of September of 2020Meeting of the Council of Ministers on September 23, 2020

  Approved:
  
  1 - first amendment to Decree-Law No. 19/2019 of July 31st, on the Organic Law of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries;
  
  2 - support measures for families, through the allocation of basic food baskets, and for farmers and traders of food and personal hygiene products, both national and local, in order to provide short-term economic stimulus and encourage production and trade, as part of the Economic Recovery Plan;
  
  3 - extension of the state of emergency.
  
  Analysed:
  
  1 - political-legislative options underlying the draft Decree-Law on the F-FDTL Remuneration Regime;
  
  2 - political-legislative options underlying the draft Decree-Law on the Military Service Law Regulations.

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  18 of September of 2020Extraordinary Meeting of the Council of Ministers on September 18, 2020

  Approved:
  
  1 - Government Resolution concerning the establishment of the Policy Review Committee structure (known by the acronym CROP) for the 2021 General State Budget.

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  17 of September of 2020Government congratulates East Timor Hearts Fund on their tenth anniversary

  Government congratulates East Timor Hearts Fund on their tenth anniversary

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  16 of September of 2020Meeting of the Council of Ministers on September 16, 2020

  Approved:
  
  1 - Decree-Law draft for the establishment of the Social Security Reserve Fund (SSRF) and for the definition of the respective Management Model;
  
  2 - Decree-Law draft relating to the first amendment to the Ministry of Health Organic Structure;
  
  3 - Government Resolution draft who appoints the member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for the Quality of Timor-Leste, IP;
  
  4 - Decree-Law draft on the first amendment to Decree-Law no 21/2020, of June 5th, which created the temporary subsidy in the scope of the response to COVID-19, attributed to Timorese citizens who are or temporarily reside abroad;
  
  5 - Decree-Law draft on support for the resumption and maintenance of activity in the context of the economy recovery;
  
  6 - First amendment to Government Resolution No 13/2020, of May 12th, on the Value of the Remuneration Supplement for public administration employees, agents and workers, who provided their professional activity in the prevention or control services of COVID-19 disease, or in conditions of direct exposure to the SARS-CoV2 virus, during the state of emergency.
  
  
  Analysed:
  
  1 - Political-legislative options underlying the Decree-Law draft on the Second Amendment to STAE Organic Statute.

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