Because of this background, the PPT was also never a member of the Conselho Nacional de Resistência Timorense (CNRT), the umbrella organization of East Timorese groups and parties striving for independence.

He separated from both after the referendum on East Timor's independence in August 1999, which turned out in their favour, accepted the result and now worked together with UNTAET.

[2] The party chairman was originally Jacob Xavier, who described himself as a direct descendant of the Portuguese royal family and who regularly drew attention to himself with very eccentric statements.

[3] Pinto explained that the PPT stands for the introduction of a two-bank system (one bank for the Liurais, one for the ordinary people), the reinstatement of the Ten Commandments, and is anti-communist.

[3] In the first legislative elections, 30 August 2001, the party won 2.01% of the popular vote, winning two of the 88 seats in East Timor's Parliament, primarily in Ainaro, Oe-Cusse Ambeno and Dili.

In the 2007 presidential campaign, Xavier and the PPT supported KOTA 's Manuel Tilman, giving him the highest number of votes in seven sucos.

[6] Manuel Tilman of KOTA and Jacob Xavier then entered the National Parliament of East Timor with 65 deputies on behalf of the alliance.