The announcement made in parliament on Sunday comes five weeks after Timorese voted in their nation’s parliamentary election. 

The July 22 vote saw the Fretilin take a narrow majority win of 29.7

per cent of votes, falling short of winning the 33 seats needed in the 65-seat parliament for it to rule alone.

Since then the party has engaged in lengthy coalition talks with National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT), Timor-Leste’s second most powerful political force and minor parties the People‘s Liberation Party (PLP) and new youth party KHUNTO, in order to gain majority power.