(Morning News) The youngest country in Asia's youngest country East Tori held the fifth presidential election voting since the independence on Saturday (March 19), which will be announced in several days.
Xinhua News Agency reported that the presidential election voted at 7 am local time on Saturday (Singapore time at 6 am) and will end at 3 pm.Nearly 860,000 voters in Dong Timor will go to 1,491 voting stations across the country to vote for the new president.Elected by the president will take an oath on May 20.
In order to prevent the potential risks brought by the crown disease epidemic, the voter of this presidential election requires voters to comply with epidemic prevention regulations such as wearing masks, hand disinfection on hand, and maintaining social distances of more than 1 meter.
It is reported that the presidential election is the most candidate in the history of East Timor and the history of East Timor, with a total of 16 candidates for the election, including four women.The current President Francisco "Lu Olo" Guterres and former President Joséramos-Horta are popular candidates for this presidential election.
According to the East Timor election method, if no candidates get more than 50%of the votes in the first round of voting, the second round of voting will be held.
East Timor Democratic Republic announced its independence on May 20, 2002.The country implements the parliamentary system, and the prime minister is the head of the government with a term of five years.The president is the commander of the head of state and the national armed forces, and has the right to dissolve the parliament and launch a general election.
