Member of Parliament Ancelmo da Conceicao, from the National Congress for the Reconstruction of Timor (CNRT) bench, said when a member of the government doesn't do their job well, they should be changed.
"The Prime Minister is the one who watches his members' works as he leads the government and if he feels they can't, personally I support this," MP da Conceicao supported in National Parliament.
At the same place, Democratic Party MP Virgilo da Costa Hornaii said the Prime Minister has the right to reshuffle members of the government.
"As an MP I will not interfere with the decisions the Prime Minister makes because he should guarantee roles in the government and evaluate who is suitable and unsuitable," MP Hornai said.
Meanwhile Fretilin MP Francisco Branco said he supported him, as it's the Prime Minister's role to decide whether to remodel the government or not.
"We at Fretlin think that it's not other people's responsibility, it's the Prime Minister's responsibility," said MP Branco.
He said based on the observations of the opposition, the work of the government isn't running well and there have been no improvements. "The current government is much worse than the last one," MP Branco said.
Prime Mminister Gusmao made the declaration after a meeting with Chinese and Timorese entrepreneurs at the Dili Convention Centre, saying the reshuffle would happen from a high level down to the lower levels.
"I shout at the ministers and the directors all the time about problems in public administration. I will reshuffle them all," said the Prime Minister.
"I'm also watching, I've known the directors since 2007, whoever does a good job, who is a 'yes man', but then works slowly and want to cheat me, I already know them," he said.
Prime Minister Gusmao also raised concerns as some government members and directors mixed party politics in public administration, and some even recruited their own people, not following the Public Service Law.
"I've told you that as part of the public administration, whoever recruits parties or recruits their own people, you'd better get out of private business as it's not allowed," he said.
He said over the next year he would focus on improving the government from the inside, and would continue to observe government members and directors to be ready to reshuffle them.
He said recently there was a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and he closed the gates and shouted at some ministers who were late.
"I shouted at them and said, could you imagine if we were in the jungle as guerrillas, barefoot, hungry and wounded. I ordered them forward to their deaths, they don't earn money, walking until they were tired, and even so I shouted at them. Now you have cars, phones, earn a salary and everything, so why can't I shout at you? You don't care about this," the Prime Minister said.