Lawmaker-cum-unionist Jose Pereira Coutinho announced yesterday afternoon that a slow-drive against the government’s “brutal” hike in vehicle-related fees would be staged on Saturday – but a few hours later said in a statement that the protest had been “rescheduled”.

Saturday’s slow-drive was axed due to the organisers’ disagreement with the Public Security Police (PSP) about the protest route, according to the statement, which said that the slow-drive would be rescheduled sine die.

Coutinho, who heads the Macau Civil Servants Association (ATFPM), announced the group’s protest plan during a press conference at the ATFPM office in Zape.

Lawmaker-cum-unionist Jose Pereira Coutinho (centre) announces Saturday’s slow-drive plan during a press conference yesterday at the office of the Macau Civil Servants Association (ATFPM) in Zape, while fellow lawmaker-cum-unionst Leong Veng Chai (left) and Workers’ Self-Help Union Chairman Lei Kit Meng look on. The Chinese banner reads “Rosario should resign for trampling on the general public’s wishes”. Photo: Annie Cheung

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