DILI, 24 july 2024 TATOLI) – The Council of Ministers approved the draft Government Resolution, presented by the Minister of Finance, Santina José Rodrigues F. Viegas Cardoso, on defining the composition of the Political Review Committee for the 2025 General State Budget.
The Political Review Committee is responsible for verifying the strategic allocation of resources in the budget submissions, with a view to achieving the commitments and objectives set out in the strategic documents and assessing the feasibility of the plans for the 2025 fiscal year.
The Political Review Committee will be chaired by the Prime Minister and is also composed of the two Deputy Prime Ministers, the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Public Works, and the Minister of Planning and Strategic Investment. The Secretary of State for Equality and Inclusion, the President of the Institute for Child Rights Defenders (INDDICA and a representative of the Disabled People’s Association of Timor-Leste will also take part in the Political Review Committee meetings as observers.
The meetings of the Political Review Committee will take place from 12 to 27 august 2024, in the Auditorium of the Ministry of Finance.
Journalist: Camilio de Sousa
Editor: Filomeno Martins