While there is stiff competition for directly elected seats, the Legislative Assembly’s dozen indirectly elected seats are unlikely to be contested.
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As preparations for Legislative Assembly elections take shape, commissioner urges voters to update their personal details.
The official campaign for 22 seats kicks off in August, but candidates must prove themselves before being allowed to stand.
The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Commission has budgeted MOP 50.8 million for the legislature’s direct and indirect elections this year, an 8.5 per cent decrease from the 2017 elections.
13 local residents plan to run in the chief executive election next month and have picked up nomination forms.
Leong’s remarks appeared to indicate that will not run in this year’s chief executive election as any principal official is required to resign from his or her post before being able to formalise his or her candidature for Macau’s top post.
Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee President Tong Hio Fong said on Wednesday that the IACM had made a “technical mistake” by not explaining clearly the reasons for rejecting the New Macau Progressives (ANPM) electoral group’s application to hold campaign rallies in various public places.
The number of groups who have submitted nomination signatures to the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) already exceeds the number of lists who ran in the last direct election, official data showed Wednesday.
Officials held a meeting with representatives of the city’s gaming operators and junket promoters briefing them on the Legislative Assembly Election Law which requires them to remain politically neutral in the upcoming legislative elections.
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