Major Planning Options Law  On 24 March 2023, the Government hosted a Planning Workshop (Jornada Planeamentu) for the upcoming 2024 State Budget, with presentations (Tetum) on a range of topics. They described three options for the ceiling for the 2024 budget, with Central Administration spending of $1.6, $1.7 or $1.8 billion. (Central Administration appropriations in 2023 total $1.8 billion.) As in past years, the lion's share of the budget will be financed by withdrawing around 2.5 times the Estimated Sustainable Income from the Petroleum Fund.
The Jornada also shared a report on local budget consultations and a list of the Major Planning Options measures (Port.). According to Law No. 2/2022 on the Framework for the General State Budget and Public Financial Management (see here for more details), Government should present a Major Planning Options Law to Parliament by 10 May. On 5 April, the Council of Ministers approved a proposed Major Planning Options Law (Port.) (Explanatory memo in English), with a fiscal envelope for spending during 2024 of $2.07 billion, $1.7 billion of which is for the Central Administration. This version was presented to Parliament on 6 April. However, on 21 May voters elected a new Parliament, and the new Government (led by the former opposition) withdrew this proposed law, as part of a mid-year rectification of the 2023 State Budget. | Lei Grande Opsaun Planu  Iha loron 24 Marsu 2023, Governu organiza enkontru Jornada Planeamentu ba Orsamentu Estadu 2024. Iha tópiku importante balun ne’ebé aprezenta liu hosi aprezentasaun sira. Iha aprezentasaun ne’e, governu deskreve opsaun tolu ba tetu fiskál iha OJE 2024, ho montante despeza ba Administrasaun Sentral hahú hosi biliaun $1.6, $1.7 no $1.8. (Iha OJE 2023, alokasaun despeza total ba Administrasaun Sentral biliaun $1.8). Hanesan iha tinan balu liu ba kotuk, fonte boot liu sei nafatin mai husi konta Fundu Petrolíferu, no sei halo levantamentu liu dala rua hosi montante Rendimentu Sustentável Estimativa.
Iha Jornada, Governu fahe relatóriu ida kona-ba konsultasaun lokál (Ing.) no lista medida sira iha Grande Opções do Plano (Port.). Tuir Lei nu. 2/2022 Enquadramento do Orçamento Geral do Estado e da Gestão Financeira Pública (Port.), (detallu iha ne'e), Governu sei aprezenta proposta Lei Opsaun Prinsipál sira Planu (Lei das Grande Opções do Plano) molok loron 10 Maiu. Iha loron 5 Abril Konsellu Ministrus aprova Proposta Lei Opsaun Prinsipál sira Planu (Port.) ba tinan 2024, ho valór despeza globál iha tinan 2024 biliaun $2.07. Husi montante ne'e, biliaun $1.7 sei ba setór Públiku Administrativu. Governu haruka versaun orijinal ba Parlamentu iha loron 6 Abril. Tanba rezultadu husi eleisaun Parlamentár iha loron 21 Maiu kria Parlamentu no Governu foun, sira retira Lei Opsaun ne'e, no mos altera OJE 2023. |
| 2024 budget process begins On 29 August, the Council of Ministers approved Minister of Finance Santina Viegas Cardoso's proposal for a budget preparation calendar (which the Council amended on 2 October): until 7 Sep: Define annual and multi-annual activities 8 Sep: Budget Days seminar 13 Sep: Council of Ministers approves budget ceiling (done on 2 Oct.) 29 Sep: Line Ministries finalize budget proposals (changed to 18 Oct.) 20 Oct: Budget Review Committee makes adjustments (changed to 9 Nov.) 31 Oct: Council of Ministers approves draft OJE Law (changed to 14 Nov., done on 21 Nov.) 15 Nov: Proposed budget submitted to National Parliament (changed to 24 Nov.) According to pages 18-19 of the Ministry of Finance's Budget Circular, Parliamentary hearings and enactment will take place during the Christmas holiday, so that the 2024 Budget Law can be promulgated on Sunday, 31 December 2023.
 The Ministry of Finance hosted the annual Budget Days seminar on 12 September. It opened with a speech by Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão (who said more than the prepared text), followed by these presentations.
On 2 October, the Council of Ministers set a $1.6 billion budget ceiling for 2024, although such ceilings usually increase during the budget process. On 6 October, the Ministry of Finance published a revised budget calendar and circular (Port/Tet) for ministries to help them design their budget lines and assign markers. To implement this, new classifications were created. On 25 October, the Council of Ministers established the budget review committee. On 21 November, the Council of Ministers approved a $1.95 billion proposed 2024 budget, $350 million higher and one week later than they had decided the previous month. Transfers from the Petroleum Fund in 2024 will total $1.38 billion. The withdrawal beyond the Estimated Sustainable Income (ESI) will be $70 million more than in the highest scenario presented on Budget Days (see above table). The Government presented the proposed budget law (also original Port.) to Parliament on 23 November, with cover letters. The Ministry of Finance prepared supporting documents, available below. On 27 November, Parliament approved the Prime Minister's request for an expedited (urgent) process of enactment. Hearings are from 30 November to 5 December, with plenary general debate on 12-13 December and debate on specifics on 14-20 December. Parliament plans to send the enacted budget to the President of the Republic on 22 December so that he can promulgate it before the new year starts. Parliament Committee C asked La'o Hamutuk to provide written testimony (Tetum), which we submitted on 6 December and summarized on our blog (Tetum). | Prosesu Orsamentál ba OJE 2024 hahú Ihs loron 29 Agostu, Konsellu Ministrus aprova kalendáriu preparasaun Orsamentu Jerál Estadu, ne’ebé aprezenta husi Ministra Finansa Santina Viegas Cardoso (ne'ebe KM altera iha loron 2 Outubru): to'o 7 Set: Identifika no define atividade anuál no plurianuál 8 Set: Semináriu Jornada Orsamentál 13 Set: Konsellu Ministrus aprova tetu orsamentál (halo iha 2 Out.) 29 Set: Liña ministeriál sira tenke finaliza sira-nia proposta orsamentál (adia ba 18 Out.) 20 Out: Komité Revizaun Orsamentál halo ajustamentu (adia ba 9 Nov.) 31 Out: Konsellu Ministru aprova Proposta Lei OJE (adia ba 14 Nov., halo iha 21 Nov.) 15 Nov: Proposta OJE 2024 entrega ba Parlamentu Nasionál (adia ba 24 Nov.) Bazeia ba pajina 18-19 iha Sirkulár Orsamentál husi Ministériu Finansa, audiénsia Parlamentár no aprovasaun sei hala'o durante tempu feriadu Natal, nune'e Lei Orsamentál ba 2024 sei bele promulga iha loron Domingo, 31 Dezembru 2023.
Iha loron 12 Setembru, Ministeriu Finansa halo Semináriu Jornada Orsamentál. Primeiru Ministru Xanana Gusmão loke Semináriu ne'e, no nia ko'alia barak liu kompara ho textu. Tuir mai, órgaun balu fó aprezentasaun sira ne'e.  Iha loron 2 Outubru, Konsellu Ministrus estabelese envelope fiskál biliaun $1.6 ba OJE 2024, maske tetu ida ne'e normálmente aumenta durante prosesu orsamentál.
Iha loron 6 Outubru, Ministériu Finansa publika kalendáriu foun no sirkulár (Port/Tet) ba ministériu sira atu ajuda dezeña ho markadór sira ba iha liña orsamentál. Atu implementa ida ne'e, sira kria klasifikasaun foun sira. Iha loron 25 Outubru, Konsellu Ministrus estabelese Komité Revizaun Orsamentál. Iha loron 21 Novembru, Konsellu Ministrus aprova proposta OJE ba 2024 ho montante biliaun $1.95, tokon $350 boot liu no semana ida tarde liu duke sira deside ona iha fulan Outubru. Transferénsia husi Fundu Petrolíferu iha 2024 total biliaun $1.38. Levantamentu liu Rendimentu Sustentavel Estimadu (RSE) sei tokon $70 boot liu kompara ho senáriu másimu aprezentadu iha Semináriu Jornada Orsamentál (hare tabela iha sorin karuk). Governu aprezenta proposta lei OJE ba Parlamentu iha loron 23 Novembru, ho karta balun. Ministériu Finansas prepara dokumentu atu apoiu, no ita boot bele download sira husi kraik. Iha loron 27 Novembru, Parlamentu aprova pedidu husi Primeiru Ministru atu debate lalais, tanba urjénsia. Audiénsia sira la'o husi loron 30 Novembru to'o 5 Dezembru, no debate jerál iha plenária sei iha loron 12-13 Dezembru no debate espesialidade iha loron 14-20 Dezembru. PN iha planu atu haruka OJE aprovadu ba Prezidente Repúblika iha loron 22 Dezembru, no hein nia bele promulga molok tinan foun hahu. Komisaun C iha Parlamentu husu La'o Hamutuk atu fó submisaun ida, ne’ebé ami haruka iha loron 6 Dezembru no sumariza iha blog. |
| Documents (newest first) 2024 State Budget 2024 Major Planning Options (withdrawn) 2023 Budget Rectification Report (Port.) on proposed OJE rectification from Parliament Comm. C, 21 Aug 2023 Report (Port.) on proposed OJE rectification from Parliament Comm. D, 18 Aug 2023 Rectification budget for 2023 proposed to Parliament (Port.), 11 Aug 2023: Explanatory Memorandum provided to Parliament with budget rectification proposal, 11 Aug 2023
2023 State Budget ANAPMA quarterly implementation reports (Port.): Q1, Final 2023 Budget Books (in Portuguese except where noted), 11 April 2023 Presentation on budget execution for January and February, 7 Mar 2023 Decree-Law 1/2023 (Port.) on execution of the 2023 budget, 25 Jan 2023 Law no. 15/2022 (Promulgated OJE 2023, Port.), 21 Dec 2022 Rulings by Court of Appeal on constitutionality of Veterans Fund (Port). 13 Dec 2023
Summary from the President's office, 19 Dec 2022 Budget Law as approved by Parliament (Port.), 18 Nov 2022 Proposed amendments to OJE, 11 Nov 2022 Report (Port.original) on proposed OJE from Parliament Comm. C, 7 Nov 2022 Report (Port.) on proposed OJE from Parliament Comm. D, 7 Nov 2022 Budget for 2023 proposed to Parliament (Portuguese), 3 Oct 2022: Explanatory Memorandum sent to Parliament with budget proposal, 3 Oct 2022 Pre-Budget Statement 2023 (Including the 2022 Mid-Year Report), 1 Sep 2022 Budget Circular (Portuguese original, with appendices) for preparation of the 2023 State Budget, 22 July 2022 Gov. decrees 18-19/2022 (Port.) defining budget programs and classifications, 11 May 2022
2023 Major Planning Options | Dokumentu (atuál liu mak uluk) Orsamentu Jeral Estadu ba tinan 2024 2024 Grandes Opções do Plano (retira) 2023 Orsamentu Retifikativu Pareser (Port.) husi Kom. C iha PN kona-ba proposta retifikasaun OJE, 21 Ago 2023 Pareser (Port.) husi Kom. D iha PN kona-ba proposta retifikasaun OJE, 18 Ago 2023 Proposta Orsamentu Retifikativu (Port.), 11 Ago 2023: Exposição de Motivos (Port.), 11 Ago 2023
Orsamentu Jeral Estadu ba tinan 2023 Relatoriu implementasaun trimestral husi ANAPMA (Port.): Q1, Livru OJE 2023 final (Portuges), 11 Abril 2023 Aprezentasaun kona-ba ezekusaun OJE durante Janeiru no Fevereiru, 7 Mar 2023 Dekretu-Lei 1/2023 (Port.) regra implementasaun OJE 2023, 25 Jan 2023 Lei nu. 15/2022 (Lei OJE 2023 promulgadu ona, Port.), 21 Dez 2022 Desizaun sira husi Tribunal Rekursu kona-ba konstitusionalidade FCLN (Port). 13 Dez 2023
Sumariu husi Prezidensia Republika, 19 Dez 2022 Lei OJE ne'ebe aprova husi PN (Port.), 18 Nov 2022 Proposta alterasaun sira ba OJE, 11 Nov 2022 Pareser (Port.) husi Kom. C iha PN kona-ba proposta OJE, 7 Nov 2022 Pareser (Port.) husi Kom. D iha PN kona-ba proposta OJE, 7 Nov 2022 OJE ba tinan 2023 proposta ba Parlamentu (Portuges), 3 Out 2022: Exposição de Motivos (Port.) haruka ba PN ho proposta OJE, 3 Out 2022 Pre-Budget Statement 2023 (Including the 2022 Mid-Year Report (Eng.)), 1 Set 2022 Circular de Preparação do Orçamento Geral do Estado para 2023 (Port.), 22 Julhu 2022 Dekretu Governu 18-19/2022 (Port.) define programas no klasifikasaun orsamental, 11 Maiu 2022
2023 Grandes Opções do Plano |
