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"East Timor’s Constituent
Assembly today set 9 March as the date for completion and final approval
of the nation’s first Constitution.
An Assembly working commission produced
a revised constitutional debate schedule over the weekend after the full
Assembly voted Friday to extend its deliberations. ... All 151-articles
of the draft Constitution are expected to be approved by the end of January.
The Portuguese-language document must then be translated into Tetum and
distributed to various civil groups for review. The final text is
scheduled to be ready by 5 March, and a formal promulgation vote and ceremony
is to be held on 9 March. " UNTAET Daily Briefing 21 January 2002
See also: BD:
Constitutional Process
UNITED NATIONS TRANSITIONAL
ADMINISTRATION IN EAST TIMOR
UNTAET Daily Briefing
Dili, 21 January 2002
EAST TIMOR CONSTITUTION
TO BE APPROVED ON 9 MARCH
East Timor’s Constituent Assembly today
set 9 March as the date for completion and final approval of the
nation’s first Constitution.
An Assembly working commission produced
a revised constitutional debate schedule over the weekend after the full
Assembly voted Friday to extend its deliberations.
Seventy Assembly members voted Monday in
favour of the new schedule, one opposed and three abstained.
All 151-articles of the draft Constitution
are expected to be approved by the end of January. The Portuguese-language
document must then be translated into Tetum and distributed to various
civil groups for review. The final text is scheduled to be ready
by 5 March, and a formal promulgation vote and ceremony is to be held on
9 March.
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BD:
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