Key Institutions Report final 15 December 2011 - Unmit

emaining institutions answerable to the Council of Ministers;
m) To promote the development of the co-operative sector and the support for
household production;
n) To support private enterprise initiatives;
o) To take actions and make all the arrangements necessary to promote economic and
social development and to meet the needs of the Timorese people;
p) To exercise any other competencies as provided by the Constitution and the law.
2. It is also incumbent upon the Government in relation with other organs :
a) To submit bills and draft resolutions to the National Parliament;
b) To propose to the President of the Republic the declaration of war or the making of
peace;
c) To propose to the President of the Republic the declaration of the state of siege or
the state of emergency;
d) To propose to the President of the Republic the submission to referendum of relevant
issues of national interest;
e) To propose to the President of the Republic the appointment of ambassadors,
permanent representatives and special envoys;
3. The Government has exclusive legislative powers on matters concerning its own organisation
and functioning, as well as on the direct and indirect management of the State.”
Source: Section 115 of the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
MECHANISM OF ACCOUNTABILITY
“The Government shall be accountable to the President of the Republic and to the National
Parliament for conducting and executing the domestic and foreign policy in accordance with the
Constitution and the law.”
Source: Section 107 of the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
“The Government consists of the Prime Minister, two Vice Prime Minister, the Ministers, Vice
Ministers and Secretaries of State.”
Source: Article 1 of the Decree-Law 15/2010, amending Decree-Law 07/2007 of 5 September 2007
Approving the Organic Structure of the IV Constitutional Government
2009 – 2011 STATE BUDGET APPROVED
[The total budget for the Government amounts to the total of provisions in the General State
budget allocated to Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Vice Prime Ministers, the Ministers,
Vice Ministers and Secretaries of State]
CONTACT
Zeca Estevão, Executive Assistant in the Office of the Prime-Minister
Tel. +6707312220
Website: http://timor-leste.gov.tl
Palácio do Governo - Dili, Timor-Leste
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