Meeting of the Council of Ministers on 19 August 2009
IV CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
PRESS RELEASE
Meeting of the Council of Ministers on August 19th 2009
The Council of Ministers holds a meeting this Wednesday, August 19th., 2009, in it Room, in the Government House, in Dili, and has approved:
1. The Decree-Law that approves the Remuneration Regime for the members of Anti-Corruption Commission.
The Decree-Law approved today in the meeting of Council of Ministers, has established the remuneration for the members of Anti-Corruption Commission.
Therefore, the Commissioner for the Anti-Corruption Commission will gain the monthly salary of $4000 (Four Thousand American Dollars) and the Assistant Commissioners $3.500 (Three Thousand and Five Hundred American Dolars). Regarding to subsides, the Council of Ministers has decided that the members of the Commission, accomplishing the charge travel, are entitled to a food and lodgment allowance equivalent to a member of National Parliament.
2. Law Proposal for Domestic Violence
The State is entitled to establish a prevention system intended to eliminate or reduce the consequences from social or family life from which emerge from the domestic violence, to provide assistance to the families and to the peoples under risk or worry as it effect can be bounded.
By this way, this Law Proposal intended to implement the effective means to prevent and promote the right and assistance, as an adequate legal protection, for the victims/survivors of domestic violence in conformity with International Human Right Conventions.
3. The resolution that approves two enterprise projects
The Council of Ministers approved the resolution which approves two enterprise projects one in Taci-Tolu and another one in Dili. For conducting the process of negotiation, it was appointed the Vice-Prime-Minister Mr. Mário Carrascalão, the Coordinator for Public Administration.
