Standing Committee
- The Constitution and Laws of the Democratic Republic of East Timor
Standing Committee
CHAPTER IV
STANDING COMMITTEE
Section 102
(Standing Committee)
1. The Standing Committee shall sit when the National Parliament is
dissolved or in recession and in the other cases provided for in the
Constitution;
2. The Standing Committee shall be presided over by the Speaker of the
National Parliament and shall be comprised of Deputy Speakers and Parliament
Members designated by the parties sitting in the Parliament in accordance with
their respective representation.
3. It is incumbent upon the Standing Committee:
a) To follow-up the activities of the Government and the Public
Administration;
b) To co-ordinate the activities of the Committees of the National
Parliament;
c) To take steps for the convening of Parliament whenever deemed necessary;
d) To prepare and organise sessions of the National Parliament;
e) To give its consent regarding trips by the President of the Republic in
accordance with Section 80;
f) To lead relations between the National Parliament and similar parliaments
and institutions of other countries;
g) To authorise the declaration of the state of siege or the state of
emergency.
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