DILI, 30 december 2021 (TATOLI)-The President of the Republic, Francisco Guterres ‘Lu Olo’ held a special meeting with Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak on government preparation for the upcoming presidential election.
“Today, we have a special meeting with the President ‘Lu Olo’ because His Excellency wanted to hear the opinion and position of the government on the upcoming presidential election,” PM Taur Matan Ruak told reporters after having a meeting with the President of the Republic, at the Presidential Palace, in Dili, on thursday.
During the meeting, Prime Minister, accompanied by the Minister of State Administration (MoSA), Miguel Pereira de Carvalho, presented to the President of the Republic about the Presidential Election Timeline.
Asking about the official date of the presidential election, Ruak said it would be decreed by the President of the Republic in january 2022.
PM said so far, all the preparation process for the upcoming election went well: “Once the President decree the official presidential election timeline, you know, the government will ensure its technical and logistic preparedness to organize the 2022 election.”
“We have CNE and STAE to prepare all the conditions for the upcoming presidential election,” said Ruak.
Earlier this week, MAE presented to Prime Minster Ruak that the Secretariat for Electoral Administration (STAE) was ready to organize the upcoming presidential election.
“STAE’s reparation for the upcoming presidential election had reached 90 percent. STAE had informed the President of the Republic, Francisco Guterres ‘Lu Olo’ about its readiness to realize the presidential election in 2022,” Carvalho told reporters after having a meeting with Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak, in Dili, on tuesday.
He said as an Electoral Management Body (EMB), STAE would put efforts to realize the election before May 20, 2021.
Previously, the Director-General of the Technical Secretariat for Electoral Administration (STAE), Acilino Manuel Branco informed that until 8 November 2022, STAE had registered more than 20.076 new voters.
“As of 8 November 2021, STAE had also registered more than 855.597 voters, including 6.538 Timorese voters who are currently residing overseas,” Branco said.
He said up to 1.200 vote centers and 1.500 polling stations had been set across the country, adding three parallel vote centers would be established in Dili
Journalist: Filomeno Martins
Editor: Nelia Borges Rosario
