I define myself, above all, as the President of the poor and the weak.

This website is a portal to engage the public and provide information on the vision, thoughts and actions of the President in his mission to improve the lives and rights of all Timorese. The President has the duty to speak out, to advocate and to propose ideas based on solid evidence.

As President, it is my mission to help those who, for centuries, had very little or nothing at all. It is my mission to eradicate needless poverty and suffering, to lend an ear to the oppressed and to be their voice. I passionately believe that a President cannot stay silent on issues of poverty.

If we all agree that the fight against poverty is a national cause, then the President must lead this fight. He must summon all the people of this country to wage this war, the only war that is moral and ethical. The time for regrets has now passed, and it is time to move forward to seize new challenges together.