DILI: National Parliament should have waited until the High Court had resolved its corruption case against Francisco Kalbuadi Lay before appointing him as a member of parliament, Major General Lere Anan Timur has said.

DILI: Timor-Leste’s NGO forum (FONGTIL) is calling on Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak to conduct performance evaluations of his government members, amid concern about their ability.

DILI: Timor-Leste’s President of the Republic has vetoed the government’s 2019 general state budget, but criticised the government’s prioritisation of buying foreign assets at the expense of devoting attention to education, health and other public services.

DILI: The President of the Republic has approved a government bid to increase access to its petroleum fund for a $650 million buyout of ConocoPhillips’s and Royal Dutch Shell holdings in the Greater Sunrise gas project, a bid he had vetoed in December but had strong parliamentary support.

DILI:The President of the Republic will hear recommendations from the State Council before deciding to enact or veto the 2019 General State Budget, after receiving the budget law on 24 December. The government’s proposed US$2132 million State budget gained 134 amendments in parliament before it was approved 40 votes in…