b) The limits of the territorial waters, of the exclusive economic area and of the
rights of East Timor to the adjacent area and the continental shelf;
c) National symbols, in accordance with item 2 of Section 14;
d) Citizenship;
e) Rights, freedoms and guarantees;
f) The status and capacity of the person, family law and inheritance law;
g) Territorial division;
h) The electoral law and the referendum system;
i) Political parties and associations;
j) The status of Members of the National Parliament;
k) The status of office holders in the organs of State;
l) The bases for the education system;
m) The bases for the health and social security system;
n) The suspension of constitutional guarantees and the declaration of the state of
siege and the state of emergency;
o) The Defence and Security policy;
p) The tax policy;
q) The budget system.
3. It is also incumbent upon the National Parliament:
a) To ratify the appointment of the President of the Supreme Court of Justice and
of the High Administrative, Tax and Audit Court;
b) To deliberate on progress reports submitted by the Government;
c) To elect one member for the Superior Council for the Judiciary and the
Superior Council for the Public Prosecution;
d) To deliberate on the State Plan and Budget and the execution report thereof;