Jerónimo da Silva

Jerónimo da Silva is a politician from East Timor . He is a member of FRETILIN .

In the 2001 elections, Silva was elected to 18th place on the FRETILIN list in the Constituent Assembly, which became the National Parliament of East Timor when it was granted independence on May 20, 2002 .

In the assembly, Silva supported the proposal of an expanded text in the new constitution on Provedoria dos Direitos Humanos e Justiça , which clarified the importance of the Council in consolidating a culture of respect for human rights and justice. The proposal was unsuccessful through an amendment to ensure that the interpretation of the constitution and laws must be in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights .

In the parliamentary elections in East Timor in 2007 , Amaral no longer stood as a candidate.

Individual evidence

↑ Electoral lists of all parties and list of independent candidates, August 2001 , accessed on April 27, 2020.
↑ Annemarie Devereux: Timor-Leste's Bill of Rights: A Preliminary History , ANU Press 2015, limited preview in Google book search.
^ List from the STAE with the candidates for the parliamentary elections 2007 (PDF file; 819 kB).

personal data
SURNAME	Silva, Jerónimo da
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	East Timorese politician
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century

[1] Electoral lists of all parties and list of independent candidates, August 2001 , accessed on April 27, 2020.

[2] Annemarie Devereux: Timor-Leste's Bill of Rights: A Preliminary History , ANU Press 2015, limited preview in Google book search.

[3] List from the STAE with the candidates for the parliamentary elections 2007 (PDF file; 819 kB).