Maria Fernanda Lay
Maria Fernanda Lay (born November 10, 1954 in Baucau , Portuguese Timor ) is a politician from East Timor . She is a member of the Congresso Nacional da Reconstrução Timorense (CNRT) party. In 2012 Lay was a member of the supervisory and audit committee of the party.
Career
Lay studied telecommunications at the Academy in Bandung . She used to work as a project manager for USAID / ARD.
Lay has been a member of the East Timorese national parliament since 2007 . From 2007 to 2017 she was a member of the Commission for Internal Rules, Ethics and MEPs (Commission G, from 2007 to 2012 as Chair) and from 2012 to 2017 a member of the Commission for Public Finance (Commission C). From 2012 to 2017 she was also the secretary of the Parliament's Bureau. From 2017 until the new elections in 2018 , Lay was Vice-Chair of the Public Finance Commission (Commission C). After the dissolution of parliament, Lay took up position 12 in the new elections on May 12, 2018 for the Aliança para Mudança e Progresso (AMP), to which the CNRT also belongs, and moved back into parliament. She is now President of the Public Finance Commission (C).
Lay has been secretary of the national group of the Association of Representatives of the Community of Portuguese -Speaking Countries (AP-CPLP) since 2010 , was general secretary of the women's network of AP-CPLP from 2010 to 2015, and acting vice-president of the Global Organization of parliamentarian against corruption (GOPAC) from 2012 to 2015 and coordinator of the 10º FED PRO-PALOP project at the National Parliament (2014-2016).
On June 17, 2020, Lay clashed with KHUNTO MP Olinda Guterres . Guterres had asked Lay to speak Tetum and not Portuguese in the parliamentary debate because not everyone understands that. Lay referred to the constitution , according to which Portuguese is an official language equivalent to Tetum. Guterres should use the free offer for Portuguese lessons from Parliament. Guterres is said to have called Lay a "Chinese pirate" (china pirata) , whereupon the two women fisted until they were separated from other MPs.
Web links
- Profile on the Parliament website (Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d National Parliament of East Timor: Maria Fernanda Lay , accessed on July 5, 2019.
- ↑ a b Profile on the Parliament's website ( memento of the original from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Portuguese)
- ↑ Profile on the Parliament's website, October 29, 2008 ( memento of October 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Portuguese)
- ↑ National Parliament of East Timor: Comissões Especializadas Permanentes, Competencia e Composição 2017–2022 ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 4, 2017.
- ^ Election lists for the 2018 parliamentary elections
- ↑ Lusa: Troca de agressões no parlamento timorense após discussão sobre uso de português , June 17, 2020 , accessed on June 17, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lay, Maria Fernanda |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | East Timorese politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baucau , Portuguese Timor |