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Indirect election breaks ‘tradition’ of unopposed candidates

2017-09-15 08:04     Comment:1

A total of six electoral groups are running in Sunday’s indirect legislative election, which will break the long-standing “tradition” of all the candidates running unopposed.

A total of 12 of the legislature’s 33 seats will be indirectly elected by association representatives.

The five indirect election sectors comprise social services and education (1 seat); labour (2 seats); professionals (3 seats); commerce and finance (4 seats); and culture and sports (2 seats).

This time the six electoral groups comprise a total of 15 candidates, three more than the number of indirectly-elected seats. There are six groups for the indirect election’s five sectors. The professional sector is the only indirect-election segment which has more candidates than seats up for grabs: six candidates for three seats. The other sectors’ candidates are running unopposed and, consequently, their election is a virtual fait accompli.

The Macau Professionals’ Interests Union (OMCY), headed by current indirectly elected lawmaker Chui Sai Cheong, Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On’s elder brother, is competing for the three indirectly elected seats in the professional sector with present lawmaker Chan Iek Lap’s Candidature Committee of the Macau Medical Interests Union (UIMM) group.

UIMM is No.1 on the ballot while OMCY is No.2.

Lawmaker Vong Hin Fai, a lawyer by profession, is the secondranked member of Chui’s group, while newcomer Leong Chong In,
an architect by profession, is the third-ranked candidate.

The second- and third- ranked candidates of Chan’s group are Kuok Cheong Nang and Wong Chon Kit respectively. All three candidates are medical professionals.

In the social services and education sector, lawmaker Chan Hong, vice-principal of Hou Kong Middle School and vice-president of the Women’s General Association of Macau (commonly known as Fu Luen), is the sole candidate of the Social Service and Education Promotion Association (APSSE).

Meanwhile, the Union of Macau Business Interests (OMKC) is fielding sitting lawmakers Ho Iat Seng, Kou Hoi In, Jose Chui Sai Peng and Ip Sio Kai as its candidates in the commerce and finance sector.

Ho, a businessman, is the only local member of the National People Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC).

Kou is the president of the Macau Chamber of Commerce (ACM) while Jose Chui, a civil engineer by profession, is Fernando Chui’s cousin. Ip is the deputy general manager of the local branch of Bank of China (BOC). 

Workers’ Children High School Vice Principal Lam Long Wai and Lei Chan U, who heads the Macau Federation of Trade Unions’ Policy Research and Information Division, are the first- and second- ranked candidates of the Joint Candidacy Committee of Employees Associations (CCCAE) group in the labour sector.

Businessmen Vitor Cheung Lup Kwan and Andrew Chan Chak Mo are running in the culture and sports sector under the banner of the Excellent Cultural and Sports Union Association group.

The direct and indirect elections will be held on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Provisional election results are expected early on Monday.



This file photo taken on July 5 shows lawmaker Chan Iek Lap (second from left), Kuok Cheong Nang (first from right), Wong Chon Kit (first from left) and Lo Chio Kam, the official representative of the Candidature Committee of the Macau Medical Interests Union, posing at the Public Administration Building in Rua do Campo after submitting the group’s final lists of candidates and political platform. Photos: MPDG


This file photo taken on July 4 shows lawmakers Chui Sai Cheong (second from left) and Wong Hin Fai (first from right), newcomer Leong Chong In (first from left) and lawmaker Lau Veng Seng, the representative of the Macau Professionals’ Interests Union, posing at the Public Administration Building in Rua do Campo, after submitting the group’s final list of candidates and political platform.

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