Tag: AL Elections 2017
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AL election – Analysis | Society divisions responsible for surprise election results
Macau elections tend to have few surprises, but Sunday’s produced many. A somewhat dramatic redistribution of power among the 14 directly elected lawmakers, underpinned by the ... -
The aftermath | Return of the pan-democrats
The consolidation of the democrat faction in the Legislative Assembly (AL) is the single most important electoral shift to come out of Sunday’s election. With the ... -
AL election | Conservatives and democrats both winners
Mak Soi Kun was the most voted candidate in yesterday’s Legislative Assembly (AL) elections. According to the official data released early morning today, Mak got 17,207 ... -
Editorial | Pan-democrats, Hato and hate
He was bluffing. By 10pm yesterday, Jason Chao shared via several online platforms a link to a page where New Macau would announce the universal suffrage ... -
CE and high-ranked officials called on voters to participate
The Chief Executive (CE) Chui Sai On, called on all voters to exercise their voting rights and select their preferred representatives to earn a seat in ... -
CCAC says breakfasts were not electoral corruption
The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) considered that light meals provided to some elderly residents are not to be considered as cases of electoral corruption, the commissioner ... -
Voter turnout rises two percentage points
Voter turnout in yesterday’s election was in line with expectations and similar to that of previous Legislative Assembly elections, rising two percentage points from the previous ... -
Sulu Sou bags election victory for New Macau’s young ‘radicals’
The mood was jubilant this morning at the headquarters of the New Macau Association, as the city’s youngest lawmaker was confirmed. According to the official election ... -
Int’l media expected establishment forces to hold strong
International media coverage of Macau’s election has been generally scarce, though a few outlets chipped in with their analysis and predictions. The South China Morning Post ... -
Insight | Authoritarianism and paranoia
1. As I pen this down, it would be too early to comment on the legislative election results, but it is possible to comment on the ... -
New candidates bring new iconography
This year’s campaign for a seat at the Legislative Assembly (AL) brought with it new lists and new iconography. Notable newcomers include strong graphic representations, such ... -
Editorial | I vote CAEAL
“Prognostics? Only after the game.” (João Pinto, Portuguese footballer) The Electoral Affairs Commission (CAEAL) added another dumb rule on Wednesday to the cascade of nonsensical others. ... -
Briefs | CCAC may investigate candidates
A representative of the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) said that an investigation may be launched into a campaign action by the list headed by Mak Soi ... -
Campaign imagery | Experienced candidates keep traditional image
While the new lists try their own visual identities, traditional and incumbent candidates stand by their well-known public symbols. Agnes Lam still bears the Civic Watch ... -
Heated debate between Portuguese-speaking candidates
The third candidate of Melinda Chan’s List 18 – “Aliança Pr’a Mudança” [Alliance for Change], Jorge Neto Valente, has publicly accused the head of List 6 ... -
AL election | Cloee Chao focuses on gaming employees’ welfare
Cloee Chao, founder of the Macau Gaming Industry Frontline Workers’ Union and first candidate of list 25, “Linha de Frente dos Trabalhadores de Casinos,” said that ... -
AL election | Housing, universal suffrage, and govt’s transparency among top demands
Au Kam San, a historical member of the pan-democrat movement in Macau, is defending his seat in the Legislative Assembly (AL). The political platform of Au’s ... -
Kapok | Unfair it is
In a two-round election, you follow your heart in the first round and trust your brain in the second. In Macao, we only have one round, ... -
Every vote counts when the system is controversial
Every vote counts. This oft-repeated mantra is perhaps nowhere truer than in the case of Macau’s unusual voting method for the 14 directly elected seats of ... -
Our Desk | On AL elections, who is who?
Political groups have been taking it up a gear in their current election campaigns, as it is just four days shy of the city’s Legislative Assembly ... -
Rear Window | Smear tactics
Why we are not surprised a jot that the hyper-regulated campaign for the September 17th Legislative Elections could not limit itself to the realm of low ... -
Angela Leong calls for AL election postponement
Lawmaker Angela Leong has suggested that the Legislative Assembly (AL) election be postponed by two weeks. Leong’s proposal is motivated by the two recent typhoons, which ... -
AL elections | CCAC finds associations promoting before campaign period
The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) has found several associations conducting publicity campaigns that promote specific candidates above others for the Legislative Assembly (AL) election, as reported ... -
Commission records 36 election complaints
The Electoral Affairs Commission (CAEAL) has reported it received a total of 36 complaints concerning unfair election activities during the pre-campaign blackout period, which began on ... -
Draw today for election teams’ airtime on TV
The Electoral Affairs Commission for the Legislative Assembly Election is conducting a draw today to determine the order in which candidate teams will be able to ... -
CAEAL to send out polling venue notices for election day
The Electoral Affairs Commission for the Legislative Assembly Election (CAEAL) is to start sending out this week notices to inform voters about the polling station where ... -
Electoral rules may breach Basic Law, experts and candidates say
Candidates and political analysts are criticizing the Electoral Affairs Commission for the Legislative Assembly Election (CAEAL), for creating confusion between the definitions of “propaganda activities” and ... -
Editorial | Declaration of bullshit
Pardon my French, but the latest draft of the so-called electoral law, already enforced, is bullshit. First, it won’t prevent me, or any media, from stating ... -
Candidate list of the AL election published
The Electoral Affairs Commission for the Legislative Assembly Election (CAEAL) published the definitive version of the list of accepted candidate teams to the September 17 direct ... -
AL Election | Agnes Lam with ‘professional’ list focused on health, environment
Members of Agnes Lam’s Civil Watch list yesterday went to the Legislative Assembly Election (CAEAL) to deliver the candidate list as well as the political program ... -
AL Election | ‘Alliance for Change’ aims to ‘fight for the next generation’
Yesterday, the “Alliance for Change” (Aliança para a Mudança) list, led by lawmaker Melinda Chan, presented its political platform for the Legislative Assembly (AL) Elections. Under ... -
25 teams confirmed in AL direct election
The Electoral Affairs Commission for the Legislative Assembly Election (CAEAL) yesterday confirmed the legal status of four additional nomination committees in relation to the direct election ... -
27 election lists approved by CAEAL
The Electoral Affairs Commission for the Legislative Assembly Election (CAEAL) has confirmed that as of June 21 it has approved 27 applications from respective nomination committees, ... -
Legislative Assembly election 2017 | Bloc voting scorned despite risk of forfeiting political weight
In cosmopolitan Macau, a city where around 60 percent of the total population was born abroad and where many others can trace their roots in the ... -
AL Elections | Who are the Macau voters?
With the approach of the vote day for the 2017 Legislative Assembly (AL) elections on September 17, the number of presented lists is growing steadily along ...
