Meeting of the Council of Ministers on December 15th, 2021
Presidency of the Council of Ministers
Eighth Constitutional Government
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Press Release
Meeting of the Council of Ministers on December 15th, 2021
The Council of Ministers met, at the Government Palace, in Dili, and approved the draft Decree Law establishing the organic structure of the Civil Protection Authority and makes the first amendment to Decree-Law No. 47/2020 of October 7th, which approved the Organic Law of the Ministry of Interior, presented by the Minister of the Interior, Taur Matan Ruak, and the Secretary of State for Civil Protection, Joaquim José Gusmão dos Reis Martins. This project aims to establish the structure of the entire Civil Protection System, headed by the Civil Protection Authority, as the national executive entity, regulating all Civil Protection activities, which will have the President of the Civil Protection Authority as its focal point for liaison at the political level, and which will carry out the operational, administrative-logistic and financial management of the entire Civil Protection System. With this project, the conditions are created for the harmonization of procedures and the definition of the competencies of each entity, in order to avoid overlaps or gaps and to provide the Civil Protection System with coherence, full articulation, rapid response, constant flow of updated information and robustness, opening the way for the establishment of a structured and organized Civil Protection, in accordance with the real needs of the country.
The Council of Ministers also approved two draft resolutions presented by the Minister of Finance, Rui Augusto Gomes.
The first project aims to approve the Project Agreement between the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste and the Korean International Cooperation Agency, regarding the Project "Say No to the 5S (Hunger, Soil-borne Helminthiasis, Skin Diseases, Smoking and Sugar/Alcoholic Beverages) in Schools", as well as giving the Minister of Finance the power to sign this agreement. This four-year Project's main objectives are to provide school children with a Primary Health Package and health education in a safe and healthy school environment, in order to mitigate the risks of priority diseases in school, and to improve schools to provide a safe and healthy environment as well as safe and nutritious school meals. The implementation of this Project will take place in three municipalities: Baucau, Bobonaro and Manufahi, and will primarily involve the government departments responsible for the areas of education and health.
The second project aims to authorize the signing of the Financing Agreement between the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste and the Asian Development Bank regarding the project to improve the reliability of power supply and the financial performance of Eletricidade de Timor-Leste, E. P., and to grant full powers to the Minister of Finance to sign this agreement on behalf of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. The four-years project's main objectives are to strengthen the provision of services to consumers, upgrade the distribution network and construction and/or rehabilitation of regional offices, and strengthen institutional and community capacity in the areas of electrical safety and operations. This project will be implemented by the state-owned company Eletricidade de Timor-Leste, E. P.
Lastly, the Council of Ministers approved the draft Government Decree approving the model of the special identification card of the members of the Government, presented by the Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Fidelis Manuel Leite Magalhães. This project aims to comply with the provisions of paragraph d), No. 2, of Article 26th of the Statute of Holders of Sovereign Bodies, approved by Law No. 7 / 2007, July 25th, which establishes the right of members of the Government to a special identification card that will allow them to move freely in public places of conditional access, in the exercise of their duties or because of them. END
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