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Press Release
Extraordinary Meeting of the Council of Ministers of July 11st, 2018
The Government met in the Government Palace in Dili and approved the proposal submitted by the Prime Minister, Taur Matan Ruak, to extend the mandate of the Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission (CAC), Adérito Tilman, taking into account that the current mandate ends on July 15 and that it is the responsibility of the Government to propose to the National Parliament a candidate to be elected by the Plenary.
The Council of Ministers approved a draft law proposal for the extraordinary authorization to carry out a transfer from the Petroleum Fund, given that the remaining balance of the budget execution of the previous fiscal year is not enough to ensure the expenses associated with the activity of the Public Administration and that the current law does not cover situations in which public expenditure is carried out in accordance with an additional duodecimal regime. The approved Draft Law Proposal aims to allow the financing of Public Administration activity during the period of validity of this supplementary duodecimal regime.
Finally, Minister of Foreign Affairs Dionisio Babo Soares presented a proposal approved by the Council of Ministers for a Government Resolution on a donation to the Permanent Representation of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, reaffirming Timor-Leste’s solidarity and support for the struggle for self-determination of the Sahrawi people. ENDS