Timor-Leste prime minister offers resignation after political coalition collapses
Taur Matan Ruak offers to step down as southeast Asian nation faces new political instability
The prime minister of Timor-Leste has sent a letter of resignation to the president, after the collapse of a coalition supporting him in parliament, plunging the tiny southeast Asian nation into new political uncertainty.
“I have sent a [resignation] letter to the president,” Taur Matan Ruak told reporters after meeting President Francisco Guterres, on Tuesday.