DILI (REUTERS) - The prime minister of Timor-Leste withdrew his resignation on Wednesday (April 8), saying he would stay in power to oversee the battle against the coronavirus pandemic as the government approved a US$250 million (S$356 million) fund to fight it.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
DILI - The prime minister of Timor-Leste withdrew his resignation on Wednesday , saying he would stay in power to oversee the battle against the coronavirus pandemic as the government approved a US$250 million fund to fight it.
"I withdraw the submission of my resignation ... because I think that in a situation like this the country needs all of us, especially me as a prime minister," Mr Taur Matan Ruak told reporters after meeting President Francisco Guterres. The cabinet has approved a US$250 million fund to combat the spread of the respiratory disease it causes, the government said in a statement on Wednesday.
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