National Parliament of East Timor

**Parlamentu Nasionál**
Basic data
Seat:	Dili
Legislative period :	five years
First session:	2001
MPs:	65
Current legislative period
Last choice:	May 12, 2018
Next choice:	2023
Chair:	Arão Noé da Costa Amaral ( CNRT ), ; since June 13, 2018
	Distribution of seats in the 5th legislative period with ; 8 parties / 7 parliamentary groups:;
	Website
	National Parliament of East Timor

The National Parliament of East Timor ( tetum Parlamentu Nasionál , Portuguese Parlamento Nacional de Timor-Leste ) is the legislative body in the constitution of East Timor . It was set up in 2001 when the country was still under the oversight of the United Nations .

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image	Surname	Term of office
Secretaries General of Parliament
	?
	Mateus Ximenes Belo	2014-2018
	Adelino Afonso de Jesus	2018-2019
	Cedeliza Faria dos Santos	since September 13, 2019

The party that can most likely have a majority capable of governing is, the President instructed to form the government. Members of Parliament elect the Prime Minister . The meetings take place in the parliament building in the state capital Dili . With regard to legislation, the President, as the directly elected head of state , has a right of veto in some areas, but otherwise has more of a ceremonial meaning. Due to the decision not to hold the next elections until the beginning of 2007, the parliament had 88 members in the first legislative period , of which 13 were directly elected district members . For later legislative periods, a number of representatives between 52 and 65 has been set, who are elected every five years.

The election takes place with closed lists . Since 2007, only registered parties and electoral alliances have been allowed to put up lists of candidates, but people on the list do not have to belong to the party, which means that independent candidates can also enter parliament. At least every third place on the electoral lists of the parties must be occupied by a woman. A total of 90 people must be on a party list, the last 25 candidates are substitutes for any MPs who may leave. A three percent hurdle was also new , so that parties with a lower share of the vote cannot enter parliament. In 2017, the hurdle was raised to 4%.

If an elected MP is appointed to the East Timorese cabinet , his mandate is suspended by law for the duration of his term of office. A successor from his party's electoral list replaces him. However, if the member of the government leaves the cabinet within the legislative period, he or she can return to parliament and the successor loses his seat.

The seats are allocated to the lists according to the D'Hondt procedure , with the last seat, in the case of several equal maximum numbers, being allocated to the party with the fewest votes.

The female MPs have organized themselves in the Grupo Mulheres Parlamentares de Timor-Leste (GMPTL, German group of women parliamentarians from East Timor ).

Building and plenary

Parliament building with the national flags of the CPLP members

Disinfection of the plenary chamber during the COVID-19 pandemic in East Timor

The single-story, heptagonal building of the National Parliament was built in the 1990s during the Indonesian occupation. It's at the back of the Government Palace on Rua da Cidade de Lisboa . There used to be a garden here that was used to celebrate Portugal's national day on June 10th during the Portuguese colonial era . After the invasion of Indonesia, the garden initially became a volleyball and basketball court. The current building initially served as a conference room for the Indonesian governor with those responsible for the autonomous administration, the council administrators and representatives of the central government in Jakarta . The arches of the facade reminded the mostly Catholic residents of Dilis of the architecture of a mosque , which is why the building was not well received by the population. In 2001 the Australian government financed the renovation and conversion to the seat of the constituent assembly, later the East Timorese parliament.

The roof of the meeting room is raised and forms an irregular heptagon . On the walls of the conference room hang tais , each of which represents the individual communities of East Timor in their style and motifs . Other traditional objects, such as drums or suriks, decorate the premises. The government members find their seat on the government bench , in front of the parliamentary presidium . The MPs sit together according to their party affiliation. Speeches are made from the seat. There is no lectern.

The building is open to the public and anyone can watch the parliamentary sessions.

Parliament's canteen burned down on August 22, 2016. The fire brigade was able to put out the fire after half an hour. People were not injured, but various technical devices were destroyed.

Predecessor under UN administration

In September 1999, international INTERFET troops under Australian leadership landed in East Timor, which had been occupied by Indonesia up until then , and took control. With the resolution of the World Security Council 1272 the UN Interim Administration (UNTAET) was empowered on October 25th to organize the reconstruction of the country from February 14th 2000 and to replace the military mission INTERFET. On November 17, 1999, Sérgio Vieira de Mello took over as the new UN special envoy in Dili, his role as interim administrator of East Timor.

In December 1999 the 15-strong National Consultative Council (NCC) was created to represent the people of East Timor in the administration. On June 21, 2000, UNTAET and the Conselho Nacional de Resistência Timorense (CNRT) agreed to reorganize the NCC. The National Council (NC) now had 33 members, all of whom were East Timorese. The members of the NCC and the NC were appointed by Administrator Mello.

On July 12, 2000, the NCC set up a transitional cabinet . Even if the selection of the East Timorese members was de jure Mello, he left this to Xanana Gusmão , the CNRT president. Gusmão acted as spokesman for the NCC and NC.

1st legislative period (2001 to 2007)

Distribution of seats in the National Parliament of East Timor 2001

On August 30, 2001 the election for the Constituent Assembly of East Timor took place under the supervision of UNTAET . 16 parties competed. With the restoration of independence on May 20, 2002, this assembly was converted into a national parliament. The clear winner of the election was the FRETILIN , which occupied 55 seats but was split into different groups. With Marí Alkatiri , FRETILIN provided the prime minister. Of the 13 district representatives, twelve belonged to FRETILIN, only in Oe-Cusse Ambeno did the independent candidate António da Costa Lelan win . 22 of the 88 MPs were women.

Francisco Lu Olo Guterres became President of Parliament, Arlindo Marçal (PDC, until 2002) and Francisco Xavier do Amaral (ASDT) were Deputy Presidents. Jacob Fernandes (FRETILIN) became the second deputy. The parliamentary secretariat was held by FRETILIN MPs António Tilman Cepeda (Secretary), Judite Dias Ximenes (Vice) and Maria Teresa Hono Lay Correia (Vice). They were replaced on June 25, 2002 by Francisco Carlos Soares (Secretary), Maria Terezinha Viegas (Vice) and Rosária Corte-Real (Vice). When Corte-Real became Deputy Minister in September 2002, she replaced Maria Avalziza Lourdes as Deputy Secretary in the Presidium .

In 2006, Alkatiri was forced to resign due to the unrest in East Timor by President Xanana Gusmão. His successor was the former non-party Foreign Minister José Ramos-Horta . After he was elected as the new president in 2007 , Estanislau da Silva took over the office from FRETILIN until the upcoming elections.

List of directors elected from the districts

District	MP	Political party
Directly elected MPs
Aileu	Alfredo da Silva	FRETILIN
Ainaro	Mario Ferreira	FRETILIN
Baucau	Elias Freitas	FRETILIN
Bobonaro	José Andrade da Cruz	FRETILIN
Cova Lima	Gervásio Cardoso de Jesus da Silva	FRETILIN
Dili	Cipriana da Costa Pereira	FRETILIN
Ermera	José Soares	FRETILIN
Lautém	Armindo da Conceiçaõ Silva Freitas	FRETILIN
Liquiçá	Joaquim Barros Soares	FRETILIN
Manatuto	Flávio Maria Guterres da Silva	FRETILIN
Manufahi	Arão Noé de Jesus da Costa Amaral	FRETILIN
Oe-Cusse Ambeno	Antonio da Costa Lelan	independently
Viqueque	Januario Soares	FRETILIN

2nd legislative period (2007 to 2012)

Allocation of seats and alliances in the National Parliament of East Timor
(as of May 2008)

On June 30, 2007 the second parliament of East Timor was elected . The FRETILIN suffered heavy losses, but with 21 seats again became the largest parliamentary group in the now 65-seat parliament. The second strongest party with 18 seats was the newly founded CNRT , which with PD and ASDT / PSD formed the government coalition , the Aliança da Maioria Parlamentar AMP ( Alliance of the Parliamentary Majority ), which held a total of 37 seats. Another three parties / electoral alliances made it over the new three percent hurdle and entered parliament. 18 MPs are women. The Parliament became president Fernando de Araújo (PD) selected. Vice-presidents were Vicente da Silva Guterres (CNRT) and Maria da Paixão da Costa (PSD). The Parliamentary Bureau's secretary was Maria Terezinha Viegas (CNRT), her deputies were Maria da Costa Exposto (PSD) and Teresa Maria de Carvalho (PD).

At the beginning of May the ASDT signed a declaration of alliance with FRETILIN. However, she did not leave the government coalition, but plans to work with FRETILIN in the next elections. Both parties therefore called for new elections in spring 2009. The tension in the governing coalition was triggered by Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão's refusal to dismiss two ASDT members of the cabinet accused of corruption , as their party had called for. The PSD, a close partner of the ASDT, spoke out in favor of remaining in the coalition with the CNRT, the party of Prime Minister Gusmão, despite dissatisfaction in its own ranks. A few days later, UNDERTIM joined the AMP coalition.

In March 2011, the second official language, Portuguese , was used for the first time as the working language in a plenary session. In the future, this should be the case once a month. Before that, MPs only used Tetum in meetings.

One member of the PUN resigned towards the end of the legislative period and now sat as an independent member of parliament.

The Parliament had the following committees (commissions):

Committee A: Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Justice, Public Administration, Local Jurisprudence and Government Legislation
Commission B: Commission on Foreign Affairs, Defense and National Security
Committee C: Economic, Financial and Anti-Corruption Committee
Commission D: Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry, Natural Resources and Environment Commission
Commission E: Commission on Poverty Eradication, Rural and Regional Development and Gender Equality
Commission F: Commission on Health, Education and Culture
Commission G: Commission for Infrastructure and Social Facilities
Commission H: Commission on Youth, Sport, Labor and Training
Committee I: Committee on Internal Control, Ethics and MEPs' Duties

3rd legislative period (2012-2017)

Distribution of seats since the 2012 election

In the parliamentary elections on July 7, 2012 , the CNRT was able to establish itself as the largest party, while FRETILIN was able to keep its share of the vote. The PD lost one percent. The ASDT and PSD, who competed separately this time, suffered heavy losses and were thrown out of parliament. PUN, UNDERTIM and Aliança Democrática also failed at the three percent hurdle. In return , the Frenti-Mudança , a spin-off from FRETILIN, managed to enter parliament. The new parliament met for the first time on July 30, 2012. It elected Vicente da Silva Guterres (CNRT) as the new President of Parliament. Vice-presidents were Adérito Hugo da Costa (CNRT) and Adriano do Nascimento (PD). Ângela Corvelo (CNRT), Maria Fernanda Lay (CNRT) and Angelina Machado de Jesus (PD) were elected secretaries of the Presidium ( Secretaria de Mesa ) .

The parliament has the following committees (commissions):

Committee A: Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Justice, Public Administration, Local Justice and Anti-Corruption
Commission B: Commission on Foreign Affairs, Defense and National Security
Commission C: Public Finance Commission
Commission D: Commission for Economy and Development
Commission E: Commission for Infrastructure, Transport and Communication
Commission F: Commission on Health, Education, Culture, Veterans and Gender Equality
Committee G: Committee on Ethics

The governing coalition initially consisted of CNRT, PD and FM. With the resignation of Prime Minister Gusmão and his successor Rui Maria de Araújo taking office on February 16, 2015, a new cabinet was sworn in, which now also includes members of FRETILIN. Araújo is also a FRETILIN member.

In March 2016, the CNRT terminated the coalition with the PD after the dispute over the occupation of the military commander in chief led to a conflict between parliament and government on the one hand and President Taur Matan Ruak on the other. In the parliament, demands were made to dismiss the PD members in the parliamentary presidium in accordance with the new balance of power. Parliament's President Vicente da Silva Guterres was also asked to resign when he opposed the reshuffle. On May 5, Guterres was voted out of office and resigned as President of Parliament. Adérito Hugo da Costa was elected as his successor on the same day. The Vice-Presidents Adriano do Nascimento and Angelina Machado de Jesus of the PD were voted out by parliament. Eduardo de Jesus Barreto and Duarte Nunes (both from the CNRT) became the new vice-presidents . Maria Fernanda Lay remained secretary of the Presidium, Ângela Corvelo her deputy. Domingas Álves da Silva (CNRT) became the new deputy . This means that all members of the Presidium are members of the CNRT.

4th legislative period (2017-2018)

Distribution of seats after the 2017 election

In the parliamentary elections on July 22, 2017 , the FM failed because of the new four percent hurdle. The Partidu Libertasaun Popular (PLP) with eight seats and the KHUNTO with five seats moved into parliament . The PD received seven seats and the CNRT 22 seats. The strongest force is just under the FRETILIN with 23 seats.

The CNRT said it wanted to go into opposition. An alliance between FRETILIN and KHUNTO was therefore formed. The PD announced that it would not block the formation of a government.

The members of the newly elected parliament were to be sworn in on August 21, but the first session was then postponed. They wanted to wait for the return of Xanana Gusmão, who was abroad to negotiate the border dispute between Australia and East Timor . Until then, the old parliament and government acted as a transition. The non-governmental organization Fundasaun Mahein criticized that this was not in accordance with the constitution, as the new parliament should have met within 15 days of the confirmation of the result by the Supreme Court.

After Gusmão's return, Parliament met for the first time on September 5, 2017. Aniceto Guterres Lopes (FRETILIN) was elected President of Parliament with 33 out of 65 votes. This means that he was missing two votes from the alliance of FRETILIN, KHUNTO and PD. His opponent, the previous President of Parliament Adérito Hugo da Costa (CNRT) received 32 votes. On September 6, 2017, Júlio Sarmento da Costa (PD) and António Verdial de Sousa (KHUNTO) were elected Vice-Presidents with 47 votes in favor, 10 against and ten abstentions. Angélica da Costa (FRETILIN) became the secretary of the Presidium and Lídia Norberta dos Santos Martins (FRETILIN) and Elvina Sousa Carvalho (PD) were her deputies .

On September 15, Marí Alkatiri was sworn in as Prime Minister of a minority government made up of FRETILIN and PD.

Parliament again has seven committees (commissions). The praesidia were elected on September 21st. FRETILIN is clearly underrepresented in the executive offices, PD is not represented at all.

On October 12th, CNRT, PLP and KHUNTO signed an agreement to form a new Aliança da Maioria MPP to oversee the minority government. On November 20, the opposition put a motion of no confidence in the government. However, the President of the Parliament Lopes did not put a vote on the agenda of the meetings, which is why the opposition also submitted an application against Lopes on December 4th. But that remained unprocessed. In return, Lopes filed a motion with the Tribunal de Recurso de Timor-Leste to review the constitutionality of the article of Parliament's Rules of Procedure that enables his removal. He demanded an injunction against the application for removal, "in defense of the honor and dignity of the office".

After the government was unable to push through any more projects, President Guterres decided to dissolve parliament on January 26, 2018. Before the elections, the AMP was renamed Aliança para Mudança e Progresso .

Commission	president	Vice President	secretary
Committees (commissions)
Committee A: Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Justice, Public Administration, Local Justice and Anti-Corruption	Carmelita Caetano Moniz (CNRT)	Signi Chandrawati Verdial (PLP)	Virgínia Ana Belo (CNRT)
Committee B: Foreign Affairs, Defense and National Security Committee	Fidelis Leite Magalhães (PLP)	Luís Roberto da Silva (KHUNTO)	Jacinto Viegas Vicente (CNRT)
Commission C: Public Finance Commission	Maria Angélica Rangel da Cruz dos Reis (FRETILIN)	Maria Fernanda Lay (CNRT)	Nurima Ribeiro Alkatiri (FRETILIN)
Commission D: Commission for Economy and Development	Demetrio do Amaral de Carvalho (PLP)	Jacinto Rigoberto (CNRT)	Rosalina Ximenes (PLP)
Commission E: Commission for Infrastructure, Transport and Communication	Abel Pires da Silva (PLP)	Armanda Berta dos Santos (KHUNTO)	Albina Marçal Freitas (CNRT)
Commission F: Commission on Health, Education, Culture, Veterans and Gender Equality	José Agustinho da Silva (KHUNTO)	Abrão José Freitas (PLP)	Patrocínio Fernandes dos Reis (CNRT)
Committee G: Committee on Ethics	Veneranda Lemos Martins (CNRT)	Maria Angelina Lopes Sarmento (PLP)	Leandro Lobato (CNRT)

5th legislative period (2018-2023)

Distribution of seats after the 2018 election

In the parliamentary elections on May 12th, FRETILIN was able to keep the number of its seats, but the AMP received an absolute majority with 34 seats. The PD only had five seats. The Frenti Dezenvolvimentu Demokratieiku (FDD) with three seats, an alliance of Partidu Unidade Dezenvolvimentu Demokratieiku (PUDD), União Democrática Timorense (UDT), Frenti-Mudança (FM) and Partido do Desenvolvimento Nacional (PDN) , moved into parliament . CNRT, PLP and KHUNTO, the member parties of the AMP, each form their own parliamentary groups. When AMP MPs resign, list candidates waive in favor of a party friend of the resigning MP.

Distribution of power between February 22nd and April 29th, 2020

After the end of the coalition of six, the government now has a majority in parliament behind it

The new parliament met for the first time on June 13, 2018. With 36 against 29 votes, Arão Noé da Costa Amaral was elected by the CNRT as the new President of Parliament. During the election of the other members of the parliamentary presidium, the MPs from FRETILIN, PD and the PUDD representative left the plenary hall in protest. They saw a violation of the parliamentary rules because their parties were not represented among the candidates and proportional representation was not taken into account. Accordingly, the elected received 36 votes in favor of the remaining parliamentarians, with 29 abstentions. The first deputy is Maria Angelina Lopes Sarmento (PLP), the second Luís Roberto da Silva (KHUNTO). Maria Terezinha Viegas (CNRT) was elected Secretary of the Presidium . The first deputy is Isabel Maria Barreto Freitas Ximenes (FM), the second is Regina Freitas (PLP).

The difference of opinion about the legality of the presidium election led to a break within the FDD and on June 17th to the dissolution of the alliance. UDT and FM have formed a joint parliamentary group since June 21st.

Taur Matan Ruak was sworn in as Prime Minister on June 22, 2018. On July 4th, the chairmen and the composition of the parliamentary committees were determined. Again, FRETILIN and PD are underrepresented in the presidia of the committees. FRETILIN has a secretary's post, the PD is, just like the three small parties, not represented on the committee boards.

On January 17, 2020, the CNRT MPs rejected the government bill for the state budget. The AMP broke up. On February 22nd, CNRT, KHUNTO, PD, UDT, FM and PUDD publicly signed a coalition agreement to form a new government. The alliance has 34 seats and thus a parliamentary majority. The alliance's proposal to appoint Xanana Gusmão Prime Minister was not answered by President Guterres. Meanwhile, the PLP and FRETILIN formed a platform to keep the government in office until the end of the legislative period. So it happened that MPs from CNRT and KHUNTO voted against proposals from government members who belong to the same party and FRETILIN MPs support a government in which their party is not represented. After the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis , the KHUNTO also declared that it will also support the current government from now on, even if it remains in the opposition coalition in parliament. When, among other things, the KHUNTO MPs voted against the coalition order for an extension of the state of emergency, CNRT parliamentary group leader Duarte Nunes declared the coalition to be dead. Shortly afterwards, the KHUNTO officially announced its withdrawal from the coalition. Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak and Marí Alkatiri announced that five representatives of FRETILIN would take over the vacant positions in the government. The sixth one wants to offer the PD.

Arão Noé da Costa Amaral (2018)

On May 5, 2020, FRETILIN, PLP and KHUNTO requested the removal of the Presidium of Parliament. There is "a major concern related to the work of Parliament and the leadership of the current President of Parliament" Amaral. Amaral had preferred the interests of the CNRT and boycotted parliament in its work, for example in the delay of the decision on the extension of the state of emergency. He is trying to urge the president to dissolve parliament and hold new elections. Amaral rejected the application for formal reasons and said that the wording was still being checked. Since the deadline of five days according to the rules of procedure was not met, after a two-week delay, Vice-President Sarmento invited to the parliamentary session on May 18th and a decision on the removal of the Bureau, even if Amaral was not present.

The destroyed praesidium behind Vice Maria Angelina Lopes Sarmento

The new Presidium of Parliament with the President (June 2, 2020)

The meetings on May 18th and 19th were chaotic. Members of the CNRT blocked the two Vice-Presidents Sarmento and Luís Roberto da Silva (KHUNTO) from accessing the seats of the Presidium , shoving and shouting . They were finally able to settle into their chairs while the President's seat was blocked by CNRT MP José Virgílio Rodrigues Ferreira . Sarmento was still unable to open the meeting because the microphones in the plenary session were not switched on by the staff. After a few hours, the MPs left the plenary for lunch without voting. Sarmento announced that he would like to lodge a complaint against the CNRT MPs. At the request of the President of the Parliament Amaral, the Portuguese constitutional lawyer Jorge Bacelar Gouveia also gave an assessment of the attempt to dismiss him and called it unconstitutional. The constitution does not provide for the removal of the President of Parliament from office by the MPs. The fact that the Vice-President took over the convening of Parliament was also incorrect. Sarmento objected that she had chaired the parliamentary session several times without direct instructions when Amaral was not present. Amaral called the Vice President's attempt an assalto on the constitution.

When Sarmento went to her seat of the Deputy Speaker of Parliament the following day, she was again opposed by CNRT MPs. They overturned the paneled table and chairs over them. There was shouting and shoving until the police cleared the area of the presidium and kept all MPs away. Sarmento took a seat below, where the government representatives normally sit in parliament. Surrounded by security guards, she tried to open the meeting over a portable loudspeaker. CNRT MPs accused the majority of FRETILIN, PLP and KHUNTO of seizing power, while their representatives accused the CNRT of vandalism and abuse of power by Amaral. CNRT members pounded on the tables every time MPs from the other parties tried to speak. Without being able to hear Sarmento's voice, the majority representatives finally raised their green voting cards in order to vote on the agenda for the dismissal of President Amaral. Finally, an improvised ballot box was set up and the majority representatives threw prepared ballots for voting in it. When FRETILIN MP David Ximenes put up a white board for counting, José Virgílio Rodrigues Ferreira tried to remove it and there was almost physical violence, so that police officers intervened again. The counting resulted in 36 votes, corresponding to the number of MPs from FRETILIN, PLP and KHUNTO, for dismissal, with zero votes against and zero abstentions. Aniceto Guterres was elected by FRETILIN as the new President of Parliament with 40 votes. In addition to the votes of the majority grouping, there were four votes from among the five PD MPs. António da Conceição was the only PD representative to take part in the vote. During the vote on the removal of Amaral, all PD MPs had left the chamber. Conceição confirmed disagreement in the party as to the future course. The CNRT MPs yelled again after the election was announced and the police had to intervene a third time.

In addition to Amaral, Maria Terezinha Viegas and Isabel Maria Barreto Freitas Ximenes also lost their seats on the Presidium. Lídia Norberta dos Santos Martins (FRETILIN) became the new secretary of the Presidium and António Maria Nobre Amaral Tilman (KHUNTO) took over the post of first deputy secretary.

Commission	president	Vice President	secretary
Committees (commissions)
Committee A: Committee on Constitutional Affairs and Justice	Carmelita Caetano Moniz (CNRT)	Francisco de Vasconcelos (PLP)	Óscar de Araújo (CNRT)
Committee B: Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Security	Adérito Hugo da Costa (CNRT)	Cornélio da Conceição Gama L7 (PLP)	Leandro Lobato (CNRT)
Commission C: Public Finance Commission	Maria Fernanda Lay (CNRT)	Rosalina Ximenes (PLP)	António Maria Nobre Amaral Tilman (KHUNTO)
Commission D: Commission for Economy and Development	Virgínia Ana Belo (CNRT)	Ricardo Baptista (CNRT)	Olinda Guterres (KHUNTO)
Commission E: Commission for Infrastructure	Abel Pires da Silva (PLP)	Marcos Xavier (CNRT)	Maria Anabela Sávio (FRETILIN)
Commission F: Education, Health, Social Security and Gender Equality Commission	Maria Gorumali Barreto (CNRT)	Noé da Silva Ximenes Buka Tuir (PLP)	Lúcia Taeki (CNRT)
Commission G: Commission on Education, Youth, Culture and Citizens' Rights	Albina Marçal Freitas (CNRT), † 2019	Sabino Soares Guntur (PLP)	Gabriel Soares (CNRT)

Distribution of seats

Political party	political Direction	Seats 2001-2007	Seats 2007–2012	Seats 2012-2017	Seats 2017-2018	Seats 2018–2023
Congresso Nacional da Reconstrução Timorense CNRT	conservative	---	18th	30th	22nd	21 ( AMP )
Partidu Libertasaun Popular PLP	Middle right	---	---	---	8th	8 (AMP)
Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan KHUNTO	---	---	---	---	5	5 (AMP)
Frente Revolucionária do Timor-Leste Independente FRETILIN	Left	55	21st	25th	23	23
Partido Democrático PD	Middle right	7th	8th	8th	7th	5
Partidu Unidade Dezenvolvimentu Demokratiku PUDD	?	---	---	---	---	1 ( FDD )
Frenti-Mudança FM	Middle left	---	---	2	---	1 (FDD)
União Democrática Timorense UDT	right conservative	2	0	---	---	1 (FDD)
Coligação Associaçao Social-Democrata de Timor - Partido Social Democrata C-ASDT-PSD	Middle right	6 + 6	11	---	---	---
Partido Unidade Nacional PUN	Middle, Christian Democratic	---	2	---	---	---
Aliança Democrática Klibur Oan Timor Asuwain - Partido do Povo de Timor AD-KOTA-PPT	right conservative	2 + 2	2	---	---	---
União Nacional Democrática de Resistência Timorense UNDERTIM		---	2	---	---	---
Partido Nasionalista Timorense PNT	nationalistic, friendly to Indonesia	2	0	---	---	---
Partido Democrata Cristão PDC	Christian	2	0	---	---	---
Partido Socialista de Timor PST	Marxist-Leninist	1	0	---	---	---
Partidu Republikanu PR	Middle left	---	0	---	---	---
Partido Democrática Republica de Timor PDRT		---	0	---	---	---
Partido Milénio Democrático PMD		---	0	---	---	---
Partai Liberal PL	right-wing liberal	1	---	---	---	---
Partido Democrata-Cristão de Timor UDC / PDC	conservative	1	---	---	---	---
Independent		1	1	---	---	---
Associação Popular Democrática Timorense APODETI	populist	0	---	---	---	---
Partido Trabalhista PT	democratic, socialist	0	---	---	---	---
Partai Democracy Marine PDM	right	0	---	---	---	---
total	---	88	65	65	65	65

Web links

Commons : National Parliament of East Timor - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of Parliament
Parliament's Rules of Procedure in Portuguese and Tetum
Parties and political groups in East Timor ( Memento from June 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English; PDF; 996 kB)
The electoral law (PDF; 812 kB), amendment (Portuguese; PDF; 173 kB)

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↑ Data on women in national parliament. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .

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^ ANTIL : Ahi Han Kantina Parlamentu Nasionál , August 22, 2016 , accessed on August 22, 2016.

↑ Resolution 1272 of the UN Security Council ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2012 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. (English) @1@ 2

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