Meeting of the Council of Ministers on July 20th, 2022
Presidency of the Council of Ministers
Eighth Constitutional Government
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Press Release
Meeting of the Council of Ministers on July 20th, 2022
The Council of Ministers met at the Government Palace in Dili and approved the draft Government Decree, presented by the Minister of the Interior, Taur Matan Ruak and Vice Minister of the Interior, António Armindo, on the daily food allowance to the Migration Service officers. This draft government decree establishes the daily value and consequent regularization of payments of this subsidy, as provided for in the Staff Regulations of the Migration Service, thus standardizing it with the value of the food subsidy provided for in the remuneration schemes of the Defence and Security Forces. The daily allowance defined in this diploma is US$ 10 (ten US dollars).
The Council of Ministers decided to authorize the Minister of Finance, Rui Augusto Gomes, to sign a Financing Agreement with the World Bank (International Development Association) regarding the Dili water supply project. The agreement aims to contract a loan in the amount of about US$ 121 million, with a 40-year maturity period, to finance a project to supply water to Dili. The programme to be developed through this funding will have a seven-year maturity and three components: the first for developing water supply infrastructure, the second for improving the institutional capacity of services in this sector and the third for improving project management.
The draft Decree-Law, also presented by the Minister of Finance, for the first amendment to Decree-Law 30/2011 of July 27th, on the conditions and procedures to be observed concerning the import of motor vehicles, was approved. More than ten years after the approval of that decree-law, there is a need to introduce more stringent conditions for importing vehicles and to control import operations more effectively, to ensure consumer and environmental protection. To this end, the present draft Decree-Law intends to add the prohibition of importing motorbikes and light passenger and mixed vehicles that do not comply with the technical conditions for circulation in national territory and to create an administrative offence system to punish non-compliance with the rules set out in the diploma. It is also intended to simplify the procedure for importing vehicles, eliminating the prior authorisation and concentrating the verification of the legal import requirements in a single moment, thus facilitating the import of vehicles following the law.
The Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Fidelis Manuel Leite Magalhães, presented the political-legislative options that underlie the establishment of a remuneration regime for the Chairpersons of the State's indirect administration bodies, seeking to establish aligned remunerations according to objective criteria, to ensure, as much as possible, the public interest and equal treatment for equal situations.
Lastly, the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Julião da Silva, gave a presentation on Timor-Leste's application process as a member of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council for the period 2024 to 2026. If elected, this will be the first time Timor-Leste will be a member of the human rights council, contributing to the promotion of human rights through mutual respect and dialogue. Promoting and protecting human rights is a priority for Timor-Leste, both nationally and internationally. END
