Proclamation day

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Text of the proclamation of independence at the monument to Francisco Xavier do Amaral

The proclamation day or day of the proclamation of independence ( Portuguese Dia da Proclamação da Independência ) on November 28th is a national holiday in East Timor .

The East Timorese constitution declares in Part 1, Section 1, Paragraph 2 “November 28, 1975 is the day of the proclamation of the independence of the Democratic Republic of East Timor .” On this day the FRETILIN party unilaterally declared the independence of East Timor from the colonial power Portugal . It was hoped that this would help against the impending invasion of Indonesia , but nine days later Indonesia occupied the state capital Dili and annexed East Timor as its province the following year. Internationally, East Timor was viewed as "Portuguese territory under the Indonesian constitution". In 1999 East Timor came under the administration of the United Nations and was given independence on May 20, 2002. The national holiday on May 20th is officially called Independence Restoration Day .

According to Law 10/2005, Article 3, it is a civic duty for all citizens, especially students, civil servants and employees in the public service to take part in the celebrations and commemorative ceremonies for the day of proclamation, which take place in offices and private and public educational institutions.

See also

Web links

Commons : Proclamation Day  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ East Timorese government website: Proclamation Day and 500 year Commemorations observed throughout the nation , November 30, 2015 , accessed December 7, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b Law 10/2005 of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste of August 10, 2005 ( memento of July 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 7, 2015.
  3. ^ Constitution of East Timor , accessed on December 7, 2015.