DILI, 16 june 2023 (TATOLI) – The National Parliament (NP) has today sent official letters to the newly elected 65 members of parliament of the five political parties with parliamentary seats, namely, National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT), the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETILIN), Democratic Party (DP), Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan (KHUNTO), People’s Liberation Party (PLP) to attend the first plenary session.
“The National Parliament has sent letters of invitation to the newly elected MPs to participate in the first plenary session of the VI National Parliament,” said the President of the National Parliament, Aniceto Guterres Lopes.
Guterres said that the National Parliament is preparing its five-year mandate report to be presented to the new parliament at the handover ceremony: “Our recommendations will be included in the report.”
“The report will be published on june 21. I will also present the report on june 22,” he concluded.
The outgoing parliament will hold its last plenary session on june 19, three days before the handover ceremony, scheduled for June 22
According to the official announcement of the parliamentary election results by the Court of Appeal, on monday (05/06), CNRT was declared the winner of the elections to form a coalition government with PD, which won six seats. Meanwhile, the three outgoing ruling parties only won 28 seats, including 19 from FRETILIN, five from KHUNTO, and four from the PLP.
Below are the names of the 65 MPs:
CNRT: Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, Francisco Kalbuadi Lay, Maria Terezinha Da Silva Viegas, Duarte Nunes, Aderito Hugo Da Costa, Maria Fernanda Lay, Jose Virgilio Rodrigues Ferreira, Luis Ximenes Caldeira, Maria Rosa Da Camara ‘Bisoi’, Domingos Lopes Lemos, Marcus Xavier, Bendita Moniz Magno, Oscar De Araujo, Firminio Taequi, Veneranda E.M.Lemos Martins, Domingos Da. C. Dos Santos, Rogerio Araujo Mendonça, Virginia Ana Belo, Gabriel Soares, Saul Salvador H.J. Amaral, Maria Gorumali Barreto, Patrocinio Fernandes Dos Reis, Virglio Pereira, Cedelizia Faria Dos Santos, Francisco Da Costa ‘Ikulay’, Albino Da Silva, Carminda Carlota, Ricardo Baptista, Anacleto Freitas, Alianca Da Conceição Araujo, and Mateus Da Cruz De Carvalho.
FRETILIN: Mari Bim Amude Alkatiri, Francisco Guterres “Lú-Olo”,Maria Angélica Rangel da Cruz dos Reis, Tito da Costa Cristovão “Lere Anan Timur”, Aniceto Longuinhos Guterres Lopes, Lidia Norberta dos Santos Martins, proposto pelo partido político FRETILIN, Antoninho Bianco, David Dias Ximenes, Helena Martins Belo, Joaquim dos Santos, Antonio Moniz Calau, Maria Anabela Sávio, Nurima Ribeiro Alkatiri, José da Cruz, Cristina Yuri Rebelo Dos S. Costa, Abilio Quintão Pinto, Florentino Ximenes da Costa “Sinarai”, and Mariquita Soares e Oscar Lima.
PD: Mariano Assanami Sabino Lopes, António da Conceição, Maria Teresa da Silva Gusmão, Alexandrino Afonso Nunes, Julio do Carmo and Sancha Margarida Tilman.
KHUNTO: Armanda Berta dos Santos, António Verdial de Sousa, António Verdial da S. Ferreira, Olinda Guterres and Luis Roberto da Silva.
PLP: Taur Matan Ruak, Helder Freitas, Maria Angelina Lopes Sarmento and Adolfo Martins.
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Journalist: Filomeno Martins
Editor: Nelia Borges
