Day off on October 27th
Presidency of the Council of Ministers
Spokesperson of the Government of Timor-Leste
Ninth Constitutional Government
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Dili, October 18th 2023
Press Release
Day off on October 27th
Given that the Village (Suco) elections will be held on Saturday, October 28th, 2023, and that many voters will have to travel to other municipalities, as well as to and from the Special Administrative Region of Oé-cusse Ambeno, in order to exercise their right to vote.
In order to ensure that these journeys are made safely and regularly, to avoid their concentration on a single day, and given the practice followed over the years.
The Government, following article 7 (6)(d) of Law no. 10/2005, of August 10th, as amended by Law no. 3/2016, of May 25th, has decided to grant a day off to all employees, agents and workers of the direct administration of the State, whether central and decentralised, and in the bodies of indirect administration, for the entire day of October 27th, 2023.
The human resources of public services that, due to the nature of the public activity they carry out, should remain in operation during that period, are excluded from this decision. Without prejudice to the continuity and quality of the public service to be provided, the senior managers of those services shall provide the equal exemption from the duty of attendance of their personnel on a date to be established in due course. END
