The National Council (Portuguese: Conselho Nacional, Tetum: Komite Nasional) was a deliberative body that existed in East Timor between July 1999 and August 2001 during the period that the country was administered by the United Nations following the end of the Indonesian occupation. The council was replaced by a Constituent Assembly after elections held in August 2001.
A National Consultative Council (Portuguese: Conselho Consultivo Nacional, Tetum: Komite Conselleiru Nasional) was established in December 1999 by UNTAET REG 1999/2,[1] and served as a forum for East Timorese political and community leaders to advise the Transitional Administrator and discuss policy issues.
The National Consultative Council had fifteen members of which eleven were Timorese members and four international members. Of the eleven Timorese members, seven represented the National Council of Timorese Resistance, three represented political groups outside the CNRT, and one represented the Roman Catholic Church in East Timor.
National Council
In July 2000 the council dropped the word "consultative" from its name and became a legislature style body with the right to hold debates and to propose laws to UNTAET.[2]
The National Council had 33 members all of whom were now Timorese. [3] Seat distribution was as follows; seven represented the National Council of Timorese Resistance, three represented political groups outside the CNRT, and one representative each represented the Roman Catholic Church, Protestant denominations, the Muslim community, women's groups, student/youth groups, NGOs, professional organisations, business community, farming community, labour organisations, and one representative was appointed from each of East Timor's thirteen districts. Mário Viegas Carrascalão was elected speaker of the council.
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