Legislative Assembly of Macau

Legislative Assembly of Macau Assembleia Legislativa de Macau 澳門立法會 Oumùhn Laahpfaat Wúih
6th Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
President	Ho Iat Seng Since 16 October 2013
Vice President	Chui Sai Cheong Since 16 October 2017
First Secretary	Kou Hoi In Since 16 October 2017
Second Secretary	Chan Hong Since 16 October 2017
Structure
Seats	33
Political groups	Pro-Beijing (29)      ACUM (3)      UMG (2)      UPP (2)      MUDM (1)      UPD (1)      Mudar (1)      OMKC (4)      OMCY (3)      CCCAE (2)      União Excelente (2)      APSSE (1)      CE Appointments (7) Pro-democracy (4)      AMN (2)      NE (2)
Elections
Last election	17 September 2017
Meeting place
Macau Legislative Assembly Building
Website
al.gov.mo

Legislative Assembly
The Macau Legislative Assembly Building
Traditional Chinese	立法會
Simplified Chinese	立法会
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lìfǎ Huì Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Laahpfaat Wúih Jyutping laap6 faat3 wui5

The Legislative Assembly (AL; Portuguese: Assembleia Legislativa; Traditional Chinese: 立法會; Simplified Chinese: 立法会) is the organ of the legislative branch of Macau. It is a 33-member body comprising 14 directly elected members, 12 indirectly elected members representing functional constituencies and 7 members appointed by the chief executive. It is located at Sé.

It is also known in English as the Legislative Council of Macao, according to the official translation of the territory's basic law.^[1]

Charter

The Assembly has the following charter:

1. To enact, amend, suspend or repeal laws;
2. To examine and approve budgets; and examine the report on audit;
3. To decide on taxation and approve debts to be undertaken by the government
4. To debate the policy addresses by the Chief Executive;
5. To debate any issue concerning public interests;
6. To receive and handle complaints from Macau residents

Election results

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 Summary of the 17 September 2017 Legislative Assembly of Macau election results^[2]

№		Political affiliation	Popular votes	% of Votes	Change in % of vote	Seats	Net change in seats
Pro-Beijing parties
20		Macau-Guangdong Union (UMG)	17,214	9.97	1.12	2
16		Union for Development (UPD)	16,696	9.67	1.50	2	1
9		Macau United Citizens' Association (ACUM) - List 1	14,879	8.62	9.40	1	2
2		Progress Promotion Union (UPP) - List 1	12,340	7.15	3.65	1	1
14		New Macau Development Union (NUDM)	10,452	6.05	2.89	1
8		Macau Citizens’ Development Association (ACDM) - ACUM List 2	10,103	5.85	N/A	1	1
11		Alliance for a Happy Home (ABL) - UPP List 2	9,496	5.50	N/A	1	1
New pro-Beijing
4		Civic Watch (Cívico)	9,590	5.56	1.99	1	1
Pro-Democracy parties
6		New Hope (NE)	14,386	8.33	0.63	1	1
13		New Democratic Macau Association (ANMD)	11,381	6.59	0.56	1
3		Democratic Prosperous Macau Association (APMD) - ANM List 1	10,080	5.84	1.66	1
7		New Macau Progressives (ANPM) - ANM List 2	9,213	5.34	N/A	1	1
No legislative representation
18		Alliance for Change (Mudar)	8,186	4.74	1.24	0	1
15		Synergy Power (PS)	7,162	4.15	N/A	0
25		Front Line of Casino Workers (LFTC)	3,126	1.81	N/A	0
24		Pearl Horizon Buyers’ Rights Defence Union (UPHDD)	2,399	1.39	N/A	0
22		Mutual Help Grassroots (Grassroots)	1,350	0.78	N/A	0
12		Citizens’ Power (PC)	1,305	0.76	N/A	0
19		United Citizens for Building Macau Association (ACUCM)	904	0.52	N/A	0
21		The Aurora of Grassroots (Aurora)	823	0.48	N/A	0
10		Powers of Political Thought (PPP)	672	0.39	N/A	0
17		Ou Mun Kong I (OMKI)	393	0.23	N/A	0
23		Association of Macau Activism for Democracy (ID)	279	0.16	0.47	0
1		New Ideals of Macau (NIM)	199	0.12	N/A	0
Withdrew
5		Pink Love Citizens (Rosa)
Total and Turnout			174,872	100		14
Valid votes			172,628	98.72
Invalid votes			1,300	0.74
Blank votes			944	0.54
Eligible voters			305,615
Functional constituencies and appointed members
—		Macau Union of Employers Interests (OMKC)	781			4
—		Federation of Employees Associations (CCCAE)	1,012			2
1		Macau Union of Medical Professional Interests (UIMM)	205	37.55	N/A	1	1
2		Macau Union of Professional Interests (OMCY)	341	62.45	37.55	2	1
—		Association for Promotion of Social Services and Education (APSSE)	1,559			1
—		Excellent Culture and Sport Union (União Excelente)	1,499			2
—		Members appointed by the Chief Executive				7

Legislative Assembly Buildings

The Assembly sits at a special Legislative Assembly building, a modern three storey structure located in the Nam Van area. The press has reported that the Assembly shall be moving to a new building within the next few years.

From 1784 to 1999, the Assembly met at the Leal Senado Building.

Selection Methods

According to the Basic Law of Macau, the number of directly elected legislators has increased from 10 to 12 in 2005, bringing the number of legislators to 29. After 2009, the selection of the Chief Executive may be changed by ⅔ endorsement of the Legislative Assembly and approval by the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee.

To change the method for forming the Legislative Assembly require a ⅔ endorsement of the assembly, agreement by the Chief Executive, and notification to the NPC Standing Committee. Civic organisations in Macau are not well-developed. The ability of Macau residents to change their government is significantly restricted.

List of Composition sessions

  supermajority   majority   plurality   minority

See also

• Chief Executive of Macau
• Executive Council of Macau
• Municipal Council of Macau
• List of members of the Legislative Assembly of Macau
• Legislative Council of Hong Kong

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Macau Legislative Assembly Building.

• Members of the Assembly of Macau (Portuguese)
• Legislative Assembly of Macau
• The Basic Law of Macau: The Legislature (Government website) University of Macau

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