From: Assembleia Constituinte assembleia_constituinte@hotmail.com
Constituent Assembly Consultation schedule revised
ASSEMBLEIA CONSTITUINTE
TIMOR LESTE
CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY
EAST TIMOR
Secretariado
Secretariat
Press Release
Tuesday, 12 February 2002
The members of the Constituent Assembly approved today a new calendar for the remaining part of the constitutional process. The previous timetable, which included 9 March 2002 as deadline, had proved to be too tight.
The new calendar was approved with 62 in
favour, 2 against and 4 abstentions (20 members were absent). The revised
timetable is as follows:
13 February
- Finalization of Tetum translation
13-15 February
- Members discuss methodology of popular
consultations
14-19 February
- Printing of the constitution
18 February
- CA-members representing the districts
travel to the districts to prepare the public consultations
20-23 February
- Distribution of the constitution
to the districts
23-25 February
- CA-members depart to the districts
(helicopter, car, bus)
25 Feb 2 March
- Public consultations
2-3 March
- CA-members return to Dili
4-5 March
- CA-members write reports on public
consultations
6 March
- Presentation of the reports
7-9 March
- Study and Systematization of reports
11-12 March
- Appreciation by each parliamentary
group
13 March
- Global approval of constitution
14-15 March
- Preparation for signing ceremony
16 March
- Signing of constitution - celebration
From 23-25 February the CA-members will depart to the districts in order to be there in time for the public consultations which will take place between 25 February and 2 March 2002. For these consultations the 88 CA-members will split up into groups with each group visiting a district and its sub-districts. The members also approved the list that specifies which members will visit which districts.
Before the consultation process a total of 50.000 copies of the constitution (in Portuguese, Tetum, Bahasa Indonesia and English) will be distributed throughout the country.
After the public consultations the members return to Dili to write reports about their meetings throughout the country. These report will be studied and then discussed in the plenary. According to the new timetable the global approval of the constitution will take place on 13 February [13 March?]. The constitution will be signed on 16 March.
The plenary nominated three members to join the commission which will make an assessment of the needs of the future National Parliament. This commission is led by the CA’s Secretariat together with UNDP. The three members are: Clementino Amaral, Milena Pires and Francisco Kalbuadi Lay.
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