Country in southeast Asia, on the island of Timor in the Malay Archipelago. Government The 2002 constitution was modelled on that of Portugal and provides for a democratic parliamentary political system with a non-executive presidency. The president is elected by popular vote for a five-year term, renewable once. The president has some veto powers, but has a largely symbolic role. The legislature, the National Parliament, has 65 members elected by popular vote, using party list proportional representation, for five-year terms. Parties are required to have women candidates in at least every third position on their list. The first parliament, however, had (exceptionally) 88 members: 13 members represented the country's 13 districts; the remaining 75 were allocated to political parties based on a nationwide proportional representation system. The leader of the majority party or coalition in parliament is appointed prime minister by the president and presides over a cabinet of ministers. …