Government of Timor-Leste

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• 03 of April of 2024Meeting of the Council of Ministers on April 3rd, 2024

  Approved:
  
  ✅1 - first amendment to Government Resolution no. 7/2024, of January 24th, on the Creation of the Executive Committee to Establish a Special Economic Development Zone in Oe-Cússe Ambeno (PM);
  
  ✅2 - Organisational Structure of the Civil Protection Authority (MI);
  
  ✅3 - One-off Support Allowance for people in situations of extreme vulnerability (MSSI);
  
  ✅4 - second amendment to Government Resolution 23/2009, of November 18th, approving the Parlamentu Foinsa'e Nian (Youth Parliament) (MJDAC).
  
  ✅5 - extend the suspension of the teaching, learning and practice of martial arts and the adoption of measures to ensure public order for another six months, until November 10th, 2024.

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• 27 of March of 2024Meeting of the Council of Ministers on March 27th, 2024

  Approved:
  
  1.Second amendment to the Law on the Anti-Corruption Commission (PCM)
  
  2.Special scholarship scheme for the justice sector (PM);
  
  3.Addenda to the contracts for the extension of the construction and supervision period, respectively, of the "Improvement and maintenance of the road between Baucau - Venilale - Viqueque: Lot 2 Venilale - Viqueque (MOP)" project;
  
  4.Addenda to the contract for the implementation of the District Road Rehabilitation and Maintenance Project - Package 2 Section: Bazartete - Tokoluli (MOP):
  
  5.Full powers to sign a memorandum of understanding in higher education and science with the Kingdom of Cambodia.

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• 22 of March of 2024Day off on March 28th, 2024, all day

  Therefore, pursuant to Article 7(2)(a) and Article 7(6)(d) of Law 10/2005 of August 10th, as amended by Laws 3/2016 of May 25th and 10/2023 of April 5th, I hereby determine the following:
  
  Day off is granted on March 28th, 2024, all day.

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• 20 of March of 2024Meeting of the Council of Ministers on March 20th, 2024

  Approved:
  
  1 - the dates for Hamlets (Aldeias) Assemblies and Village (Suco) Councils as part of the procedures for electing community leaders;
  
  2 - support for waste collection in Dili;
  
  3 - Statute of National Liberation Combatants;
  
  4 - Industrial Property Code; and
  
  5 - Statute of the Military of FALINTIL - Forças de Defesa de Timor-Leste (F-FDTL).
  
  
  Analysed
  
  1 - remuneration of the members of the bodies of public legal persons that are part of the State's indirect administration.

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• 13 of March of 2024Meeting of the Council of Ministers on March 13th, 2024

  Approved:
  
  1 - Proposal for a Resolution of the National Parliament on the ratification, for accession, of the Convention for the Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes (PM);
  
  2 - First amendment to Decree-Law no. 10/2012, of February 29th, which approves the Special Career and Statute of the Prison Guards (MJ);
  
  3 - Realisation of expenditure for the transfer to EDTL, EP (MPW)
  
  4 - Expenditure on the construction contracts for the Uatuwa-Modobuti irrigation project in the municipality of Baucau and the Iraberi irrigation project in Village (Suco) Irabin de Baixo in the municipality of Viqueque (MAFLF);
  
  5 - Classification and commercialisation of strategic minerals (MPMR);
  
  6 - Decision on the participation interests of TIMOR GAP, EP in the Production Sharing Contracts PSC TL-OT-17-08 and PSC TL-OT-17-09 (MPMR);
  
  7 - Special Provisioning Regime for the Visit of His Holiness the Pope (MPCM);
  
  
  Analysed:
  
  1 - Presentation on the potential of the CPLP for Timor-Leste; and
  
  2 - Presentation on the Rules of Procedure of the Council of Ministers (MPCM).

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• 02 of March of 2024Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão's message for National Veterans Day, March 3rd, 2024

  I address all the comrades-in-arms before whom I bow, the veterans and fighters of the National Liberation, whom I respect immensely, all the older men and women, whom I call Living Heroes, and all our young people throughout Timor-Leste.

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• 01 of March of 2024Participation of Timor-Leste in the Signing Ceremony of the Accession Protocol to the WTO

  Timor-Leste, represented by the Vice Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Francisco Kalbuadi Lay, signed the protocol to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on February 26th, 2024.

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• 28 of February of 2024Meeting of the Council of Ministers on February 28th, 2024

  Approved:
  
  1 - Authorisation of expenditure from the Contingency Fund to organise activities in preparation for the visit of His Holiness Pope Francis to Timor-Leste (PM).
  
  2 - Authorisation of expenditure for an annual grant to the Timorese Episcopal Conference (VPM-MCAS).
  
  
  
  Analysed:
  
  
  1 - Presentation on the state of play of the implementation of the public contracts within the scope of Dili’s urban solid waste management project (MAE).

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