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2023 Parliamentary Election
Eleisaun ba Parlamentu Nasional iha tinan 2023

21 March 2023

 

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Click here for information about the 2018 Parliamentary election.

La'o Hamutuk is publishing information about the 2023 Parliamentary Election here, in order to make it more widely available.

On 13 February 2023, President of the Republic Jose Ramos-Horta set the date for the Parliamentary elections for 21 May and offered some thoughts about it. The following calendar has been established:

5 MarchDeadline for constitution of party coalitions and notification to CNE
15 MarchDeadline for submitting candidate lists to the STJ/Court of Appeal
25 MarchSTJ/Court of Appeal verifies candidatures (regularity of files, authenticity of documents, eligibility of candidates) and notifies candidates’ representatives
28 MarchSTJ/Court of Appeal Panel decides on appeals of decisions to admit/reject candidatures
28-30 MarchDrawing of the admitted candidatures for sorting on ballot papers
21 AprilSTAE releases the number and location of polling centres and polling stations
19 April - 18 MayElection campaign period
21 MayElection Day
21-23 MayMunicipal/regional tabulation of results
24-30 MayCNE calculates national results and posts provisional tabulation
1 JuneDeadline for appealing provisional results
4-6 JuneCourt of Appeal proclaims official results

In 2018, the Court of Appeal withdrew the eligibility of seven previous political parties: ASDT, KOTA, PDL, PUN, PARENTIL, PNT and PTT.

Eighteen of the remaining parties submitted candidate lists by the legal deadline, and the Court of Appeal will verify them by 28 March:

Hili iha ne'e atu hetan informasaun kona-ba eleisaun Parlamentár tinan 2018.

La’o Hamutuk publika informasaun kona-ba eleisaun Parlamentár tinan 2023 nian iha-ne’e, atu nune’e sira bele iha disponibilidade boot liu.

Iha loron 13 Fevereiru 2023 Prezidente da Repúblika Jose Ramos-Horta determina loron ba Eleisaun Parlamentár ne’ebé sei halo iha loron 21 fulan Maiu 2023 no oferese hanoin ruma (Port/Ing). Governu estabelese kalendáriu tuir mai:

5 MarsuPrazu harii koligasaun partidária no komunikasaun ba CNE
15 MarsuPrazu aprezentasaun lista kandidatura ba STJ/Tribunál Rekursu
25 MarsuSTJ/Tribunál Rekursu verifika kandidatura sira (regularidade prosesu, autentisidade dokumentu, elejibilidade kandidatu sira) no notifikasaun ba reprezentante kandidatu sira
28 MarsuSTJ/Tribunál Rekursu deside kona-ba rekursu ne’ebé aprezenta ba desizaun admisaun/rejeisaun kandidatura sira nian
28-30 MarsuSorteiu ba kandidatura sira ne’ebe ́admite ona hodi atribui ordenasaun iha boletin votu + afiksasaun / publikasaun ata
21 AbrilSTAE divulga númeru no fatin ba sentru votasaun no estasaun votu nian
19 Abril - 18 MaiuPerı́odu ba kampaña eleitorál
21 MaiuLoron eleisaun
21-23 MaiuApuramentu rezultadu iha nivel munisipál/rejionál
24-30 MaiuCNE elabora ata apuramentu provizóriu ba rezultadu nasioná
1 JunuPrazu interpozisaun/aprezenta rekursu kona-ba rezultadu provizóriu
4-6 JunuTribunál Rekursu  fó-sai rezultadu;

Iha tinan 2018, Tribunal Rekursu kansela ona elijibilidade partidu hitu atu kompete: ASDT, KOTA, PDL, PUN, PARENTIL, PNT no PTT. Tuir Lusa, PMD, PDRT, PDP and PTD mós labele kompete iha eleisaun 2023.

Husi restu, partidu 18 submete ona lista kandidata tuir prazu legal, no Tribunal Rekursu sei verifika lista sira molok loron 28 Marsu:

Party / Partidu

Current seats in Parliament

Kadeira iha PN atuál

Congresso Nacional de Reconstrução de Timor Leste (CNRT)21
Centro Acção Social Democrata Timorense (CASDTL) 
Frente Mudança (FM)1
Frente Revolucionário de Timor Leste Independente (FRETILIN)23
Partidu Haburas Unidade Nacional Timor Oan (KHUNTO)5
Movimento Libertasaun Povo Maubere (MLPM) 
Partidu Democrático (PD)5
Partidu Democrata Cristão (PDC) 
Partidu do Desenvolvimento Nacional (PDN) 
Partidu da Libertação Populár (PLP)8
Partidu Liberta Povu Aileba (PLPA) 
Partidu Republicano (PR) 
Partidu Socialista de Timor (PST) 
Partidu do Unidade Dezenvolvimentu Demokratiku (PUDD)1
Partidu Os Verdes (PVT) 
União Democrática Timorense (UDT)1
Unidade Nacional Democrática da Resistência Timorense (UNDERTIM) 

Seven others did not file slates: Partidu Democrática República de Timor (PDRT), Associação Populár Monarquia Timorense (APMT), Partidu ba Dezenvolvimentu Populár (PDP), Partidu Timorense Democrático (PTD), Partidu Social Democrata (PSD), Partidu Milénium Democrático (PMD) and Partidu Dezenvolvimentu Sosiál (PDS).

Some of these had joined pre-election coalitions. However, the court rejected all three such coalitions, and election officials asked for legal revisions in the future. The court gave the parties in these coalitions a little more time to file lists for their individual parties.

Partidu hitu seluk la submete lista: Partidu Democrática República de Timor (PDRT), Associação Populár Monarquia Timorense (APMT), Partidu ba Dezenvolvimentu Populár (PDP), Partidu Timorense Democrático (PTD), Partidu Social Democrata (PSD), Partidu Milénium Democrático (PMD) no Partidu Dezenvolvimentu Sosiál (PDS).

Partidu balu ne’e tama iha koligasaun. Maibé Tribunal rejeita koligasaun tolu hotu, no ofisias eleitoral husu atu halo revizaun legal iha futuru. Partidu balun halo rekursu ba desizaun ida ne’e. Tribunal fó tempu uitoan tan ba partidu sira atu submete lista husi partidu.

Analysis and commentary

Análize no komentáriu

 

Documents

Dokumentu sira

 

Laws (most recent first, in English except where noted)

On 14 March 2023, the President vetoed the law Parliament had approved in February amending Law no. 6/2006 and sent it back to Parliament for reconsideration. Parliament re-approved the identical law on 20 March, but by less than the 2/3 majority required by Constitution articles 88.2 and 88.3 to override a Presidential veto. It is not yet clear how this will play out.

Other laws from previous Parliamentary elections continue in force, including:

Lei sira

Iha loron 14 Marsu 2023, Prezidente Repúblika veta lei ne’ebé Parlamentu Nasional aprova ona iha fulan Fevereiru atu altera Lei nu. 6/2006 no haruka fali ba Parlamentu. Iha 20 Marsu, Parlamentu konfirma lei laho mudansa, maibé votu menus dois tersu ne’ebé Artigu 88.3 no 88.3 hatete nesesáriu atu kansela veta Prezidensiál. Futuru seidauk klaru.

Lei sira husi eleisaun parlamentár iha pasadu aplika nafatin, inklui:

Presentations and training materials

Aprezentasaun no briefing sira

Official agencies

Ajénsia ofisiál sira

 

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