Key Institutions Report final 15 December 2011 - Unmit

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d) To appoint and swear in the Prime Minister designated by the party or alliance of parties with parliamentary majority after consultation with political parties sitting in the National Parliament; e) To request the Supreme Court of Justice to undertake preventive appraisal and abstract review of the constitutionality of the rules, as well as verification of unconstitutionality by omission. f) To submit relevant issues of national interest to a referendum as laid down in Section 66; g) To declare the state of siege or the state of emergency following authorization of the National Parliament, after consultation with the Council of State, the Government and the Supreme Council of Defence and Security; h) To declare war and make peace following a Government proposal, after consultation with the Council of State and the Supreme Council of Defence and Security, under authorization of the National Parliament; i) To grant pardons and commute sentences after consultation with the Government; j) To award honorary titles, decorations and merits in accordance with the law.” Source: Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Section 85 MECHANISM OF ACCOUNTABILITY “1. The President of the Republic shall enjoy immunity in the exercise of his or her functions. 2. The President of the Republic shall be answerable before the Supreme Court of Justice for crimes committed in the exercise of his or her functions and for clear and serious violations of his or her constitutional obligations. 3. It is incumbent upon the National Parliament to initiate the criminal proceedings, following a proposal made by one-fifth, and deliberation approved by a two-third majority, of its members. 4. The Plenary of the Supreme Court of Justice shall issue a judgment within a maximum of three days. 5. Conviction shall result in forfeiture of office and disqualification from re-election. 6. For crimes not committed in the exercise of his or her functions, the President of the Republic shall also be answerable before the Supreme Court of Justice, and forfeiture of office shall only occur in case of sentence to prison. 7. In the cases provided for under the previous item, immunity shall be withdrawn at the initiative of the National Parliament in accordance with the provisions of item 3 of this Section.” Source: Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Section 79 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE “1.The Office of the President is comprised of the services as follows: (a) The Civil House; (b) The Military House; (c) The Personal Secretariat of the President of Republic; (d) The Administrative Council. 2. The Civil House is the service responsible for providing technical, advisory, analysis and information to the President of the Republic. The Civil House shall also ensure the administrative, patrimonial, financial and documental support. The Civil House is comprised of the following organs and services: (a) Permanent Support Services to the President of Republic; (b) Politics Services in Support of the President of Republic; 8
(c) General Directorate of Administration; (d) Inspection, Monitoring and Audit Office. 3. The organisation of the Military House shall be determined by the President of the Republic, on proposal of the Chief of the Military House, taking into account the military specialisations, and shall be endowed with specialist advisers and a secretariat. The Military House shall be composed of: (a) The Chief of the Military House; (b) Aides-de-Camp; (c) Office of Support to the Supreme Commander of the Defence Force and Guard of Honour; (d) The advisory unit of the Military House. 4. The Personal Secretariat of the President of the Republic shall be the service responsible for providing direct and personal support to the President of the Republic. The members of the Personal Secretariat of the President of the Republic shall be appointed and dismissed by the President of the Republic. It shall be incumbent upon the Personal Secretariat of the President of the Republic to directly assist and provide functional support to the President of the Republic in secretarial and administrative tasks, notably: a) Organise the national and international agenda of the President of the Republic together with other services of the Presidency of the Republic; b) Provide secretarial assistance to the President of the Republic; c) Liaise with the Civil House; d) Ensure direct and personal support considered necessary in the framework of the exercise of presidential functions. 5. The Administrative Council is the organ that takes decisions on matters of patrimonial and financial management of the Presidency of the Republic. The Administrative Council is constituted of the following services and bodies: (a) The Chief of Staff, who presides it over; (b) The Chief of the Military House; (c) The Director General of Administration; (d) The Director of Finance and Planning; (e) The Head of the Office for Inspection, Monitoring and Audit. Source: Law 03/2011 of 1 June 2011 on the Organic Structure of the Office of the President, Articles 2, 3 , 4, 23, 25, 30, 31, 32 and 33. STAFFING PROFILE 1 PERMANENT: 67 TEMPORARY: 20 2009 STATE BUDGET APPROVED: USD 5,533,000 2010 STATE BUDGET APPROVED: USD 6,641,000 2011 STATE BUDGET APPROVED: USD 6,271,000 2012 STATE BUDGET (ESTIMATED): USD 5,502,00 1 The numbers provided refer to the number of posts approved in the 2011 General State Budget (which might differ from the actual number of employees) (Source: General State Budget for 2011, Book 2) 9
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