The new political review committee will verify all 2019 budget allocations listed in the State budget proposal set for submission to National Parliament on 8 November 2018.

Maria Angelica Lopes, the Deputy Chairperson of the National Parliament, said the make-up of the 11-person commission would be based on parliamentary seat majority.

This would include Fretilin 4 seats, National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT) 3 seats, People’s Liberation Party 2 seats and the Khunto party two seats.

The one-seat parties of United Party for Development and Democracy (PUDD), the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT), and Frenti-Mudança, would not be represented, Lopes said