Paulina Quintao – CNRT, PD and FRETILIN party benches at the national parliament agree with the Prime Minister's decision to reshuffle the fifth Constitution Government as it has become ineffective.
Member of Parliament MP Arao Noel de Jesus Amaral from the National Reconstruction Council of Timor (CNRT) party said the reshuffle should have been done last year but that there were other significant issues that needed to be addressed first.
He added the reshuffle is scheduled to be implemented on February 18, 2015 and that this will ensure services are delivered to the people more effectively.
"There is too much poor communication among members of the government which has rendered their work ineffective. It is best to have a smaller structure that is more effective so that all members of government know their work and can provide better services to the people," said MP Amaral, at the National Parliament, Dili.
He said also the reshuffle may resolve bureaucratic problem that are causing bottle necks across state institutions and that it won't affect the 2015 state budget's execution because directors and technical staff will execute the budget not the ministers.
Democratic Party Bench MP Adriano do Nascimento added is party trusts PM Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao to reshuffle the government and that the new structure may improve people's lives.
"Political parties will not intervene; this will be the full competence of the head of government to choose which members of government will stay and go out because he knows who is capable and who isn't," said MP Nascimento.
He added government needs to attend of the needs of the people, "not just distribute briefs to one another."
Meanwhile the Secretary General of FRETILIN MP Josefa Alvares Pereira Soares agrees the reshuffle of the government needs to the done because it is too large at the moment to be effective.
"We have a population of just over 1 million people with more than 50 members of government. I think this is excessive. It is too big," said MP MP Soares.
She added that in more developed nations when a member of government does not perform adequately he or she will be dismissed so there is not issue in Timor-Leste taking this course of action so that development can reach the people.