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 March | Deadline for constitution of party coalitions and notification to CNE | | 15 March | Deadline for submitting candidate lists to the STJ/Court of Appeal | | 25 March | STJ/Court of Appeal verifies candidatures (regularity of files, authenticity of documents, eligibility of candidates) and notifies candidates’ representatives | | 28 March | STJ/Court of Appeal Panel decides on appeals of decisions to admit/reject candidatures | | 28-30 March | Drawing of the admitted candidatures for sorting on ballot papers | | 21 April | STAE releases the number and location of polling centres and polling stations | | 19 April - 18 May | Election campaign period | | 21 May | Election Day | | 21-23 May | Municipal/regional tabulation of results | | 24-30 May | CNE calculates national results and posts provisional tabulation | | 1 June | Deadline for appealing provisional results | | 4-6 June | Court 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 Marsu | Prazu harii koligasaun partidária no komunikasaun ba CNE | | 15 Marsu | Prazu aprezentasaun lista kandidatura ba STJ/Tribunál Rekursu | | 25 Marsu | STJ/Tribunál Rekursu verifika kandidatura sira (regularidade prosesu, autentisidade dokumentu, elejibilidade kandidatu sira) no notifikasaun ba reprezentante kandidatu sira | | 28 Marsu | STJ/Tribunál Rekursu deside kona-ba rekursu ne’ebé aprezenta ba desizaun admisaun/rejeisaun kandidatura sira nian | | 28-30 Marsu | Sorteiu ba kandidatura sira ne’ebe ́admite ona hodi atribui ordenasaun iha boletin votu + afiksasaun / publikasaun ata | | 21 Abril | STAE divulga númeru no fatin ba sentru votasaun no estasaun votu nian | | 19 Abril - 18 Maiu | Perı́odu ba kampaña eleitorál | | 21 Maiu | Loron eleisaun | | 21-23 Maiu | Apuramentu rezultadu iha nivel munisipál/rejionál | | 24-30 Maiu | CNE elabora ata apuramentu provizóriu ba rezultadu nasioná | | 1 Junu | Prazu interpozisaun/aprezenta rekursu kona-ba rezultadu provizóriu | | 4-6 Junu | Tribunál 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: |
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. |
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: Amended Gov. Decree 13/2017 on candidates agents, 14 Jan 2022 (official Port.) CNE Organic Structure (Port.), 30 Sep 2021 Amended Law 6/2016 on voter registration, 8 Sep 2021 (official Port.) Amended Law 5/2006 on electoral administration, 28 Jul 2021 (official Port.) Gov. Decree 21/2017 on voting centers and tabulation (official Port.)
Amended by Gov.Dec. 4/2018 (Port.) 7 Mar 2018 Gov. Decree 19/2017 on overseas voting (Official Port.)
Amended by Gov.Dec. 4/2018 (Port.) 7 Mar 2018 Gov. Decree 18/2017 on campaigning, 12 May 2017 (Official Port.) Gov. Decree 17/2017 on observing and media 12 May 2017 (Official Port.) Gov. Decree 16/2017 on submitting candidate nominations, 12 May 2017 (official Port.) Amended Law 6/2006 about the Parliamentary Election, 5 May 2017 (official Port.)
In February 2023, PN passed a further revision to this law, but the President vetoed it. Gov. Decree 11/2017 on intervention by PNTL, 27 Feb 2017 (official Port.) Gov. Decree 12/2016 on updating registration database, 21 Sep 2016 (official Port.) Amended Law 3/2004 on Political Parties, 3 Feb 2016 (official Port.) Law 6/2008 on financing of political parties, 16 Apr 2008 (official Port.) Extract from the RDTL Penal Code relating to electoral crimes
| 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: Alterasaun ba Dek. Gov. 13/2017 Fiskalizasaun eleitorál (Port.), 14 Jan 2022 CNE nia Estrutura Orgánika (Port.), 30 Set 2021 Alterasaun ba Lei 6/2016 Recenseamento eleitorál (Port.), 8 Set 2021 Alterasaun ba Lei 5/2006 Órgaun administrasaun eleitorál, 28 Jul 2021 (mós Port.) Dekretu Governu 21/2017 kona-ba sentru votasaun no apuramentu (mós Port.)
Altera liu Dekretu Gov. 4/2018 (Port.) 7 Mar 2018 Dekretu Governu 19/2017 kona-ba votasaun iha rai li'ur, (mós Port.)
Altera liu Dekretu Gov. 4/2018 (Port.) 7 Mar 2018 Dekretu Governu 18/2017 kona-ba kampaña, 12 Maiu 2017 (mós Port.) Dekretu Governu 17/2017 kona-ba observadór no media, 12 Maiu 2017 (mós Port.) Dekretu Gov. 16/2017 Aprezentasaun kandidata sira, 12 Maiu 2017 (mós Port.) Alterasaun ba Lei 6/2006 kona-ba Eleisaun Parlamentár, 5 Maiu 2017 (mós Port.)
Iha Fevereiru 2023, PN aprova revizaun ida tan be lei ida ne’e, maibé Prezidente Repúblika veta ona. Dekretu Gov. 11/2017 Intervensaun husi PNTL (Port.), 27 Fev 2017 Dekretu Gov. 12/2016 Recenseamento eleitorál (Port.), 21 Set 2016 Alterasaun ba Lei 3/2004 kona-ba Partidu polítiku, 3 Fev 2016 (mós Port.) Lei 6/2008 kona-ba Finansiamentu partidu polítiku (Port.), 16 Abr 2008
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