Legislative Assembly of Macau

Legislative Assembly of Macau Assembleia Legislativa de Macau 澳門立法會 Oumùhn Laahpfaat Wúih
9th Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
President	Lau Cheok Va Since 16 October 2009
Vice President	Ho Iat Seng Since 16 October 2009
First Secretary	Chui Sai Cheong Since 16 October 2009
Second Secretary	Kou Hoi In Since 20 December 1999
Structure
Seats	29
Political groups	Pro-business and Traditionalists (25)      ACUM (2)      NUDM (1)      UMG (1)      Mudar (1)      UPD (2)      UPP (1)      MBIU (4)      EAJCC (2)      MPIU (2)      ECSUA (2)      CE Appointments (7) Pan-democrats (4)      ANMD+APMD (3)      NE (1)
Elections
Last election	20 September 2009
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 Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Lìfǎ Huì Cantonese (Yue) - Jyutping laap6 faat3 wui5 - Yale Romanization Laahpfaat Wúih

The Legislative Assembly or 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 29-member body comprising 12 directly elected members, 10 indirectly elected members representing functional constituencies and 7 members appointed by the chief executive.

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

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

 Summary of the 20 September 2009 Legislative Assembly of Macau election results

№		Political affiliation	Popular votes	% of Votes	Change in % of vote	Seats	Net change in seats
4		Prosperous Democratic Macau Association Associação de Próspero Macau Democrático (民主昌澳門)	16,424	11.58	N/A	2	+2
2		New Hope Nova Esperança (新希望)	12,908	9.10	+1.11	1	±0
15		New Democratic Macau Association Associação de Próspero Macau Democrático (民主昌澳門)	11,024	7.77	-11.03	1	-1
6		Civil Watch Observatório Cívico (公民監察)	5,329	3.76	N/A	0	±0
9		Activism for Democracy Association Associação de Activismo para a Democracia (民主起動)	1,141	0.80	N/A	0	±0
14		Plural Voices – Peoples of Macau Voz Plural - Gentes de Macau (齊聲建澳門)	905	0.64	N/A	0	±0
11		Democratic Society Alliance Aliança da Democracia de Sociedade (社會民主陣線)	256	0.18	N/A	0	±0
		Total for Pro-democrats	47,987	33.83	+5.08	4	+1
7		United Citizens Association of Macau Associação dos Cidadãos Unidos de Macau (澳門民聯協進會)	17,014	12.00	-4.58	2	±0
10		New Union for Macau’s Development Nova União para Desenvolvimento de Macau (澳門發展新連盟)	14,099	9.94	+0.61	1	±0
1		Macau-Guangdong Union União Macau-Guangdong (澳粵同盟)	10,348	7.30	N/A	1	+1
5		Alliance for Change Aliança Pr'a Mudança (改革創新同盟)	7,857	5.54	N/A	1	+1
3		Union for the Progress and Development União Para o Progresso e Desenvolvimento (同力建設聯盟)	5,389	3.80	N/A	0	±0
		Total for Pro-business	54,707	38.58	-1.34	5	±0
12		Union for Development União Para O Desenvolvimento (同心協進會)	22,098	14.88	+1.59	2	±0
13		Union for Promoting Progress União Promotora Para o Progresso (群力促進會)	14,044	9.90	+0.30	1	-1
16		Association for Helping the Community and Engagement with the People Associação de Apoio à Comunidade e Proximidade do Povo (親民愛群協會)	2,334	1.65	-0.71	0	±0
8		"Social Justice" Team Equipa de "Justiça Social" (社會公義)	1,627	1.15	N/A	0	±0
		Total for Traditionalists	39,103	27.58	-3.76	3	-1
		Total for Pro-Beijing camp	93,810	66.16	-5.10	8	-1
Total and Turnout			149,006	59.91	+1.52	12	±0
Valid votes			141,797	95.16
Invalid votes			6,498	4.36
Blank votes			711	0.48
Eligible voters			248,708
Functional constituencies and appointed members
—		Macau Business Interest Union União dos Interesses Empresariais de Macau (澳門僱主利益聯會) for business				4	±0
—		Employees Association Joint Candidature Commission Comissão Conjunta da Candidatura das Associações de Empregados (僱員團體聯合) for labor				2	±0
—		Macau professional Interest Union União dos Interesses Profissionais de Macau (澳門專業利益聯會) for professionals				2	±0
—		Excellent Culture and Sports Union Association Associação União Cultural e Desportiva Excelente (優裕文康聯合會) for welfare, culture, education and sport				2	±0
—		Members appointed by the Chief Executive				7	±0

Directly Elected Members

APMD and ANMD

• António Ng Kuok Cheong
• Paulo Chan Wai Chi
• Au Kam San

UPD

• Kwan Tsui Hang
• Lee Chong Cheng

ACUM

• Chan Meng Kam
• Ung Choi Kung

NUDM

• Angela Leong On Kei

UPP

• Ho Ion Sang

NE

• José Pereira Coutinho

UMG

• Mak Soi Kun

Mudar

• Melinda Chan Mei Yi

Indirectly Elected Members

Employers

• Ho Iat Seng
• Kou Hoi In
• Cheang Chi Keong
• Fong Chi Keong

Labour

• Lau Cheok Va
• Lam Heong Sang

Professionals

• Chui Sai Cheong
• Leonel Alberto Alves

Care, culture, education and sport

• Vitor Cheung Lup Kwan
• Chan Chak Mo

CE Nominated Members

• José Chui Sai Peng
• Ho Sio Kam
• Lau Veng Seng
• Sio Chi Wai
• Tong Io Cheng
• Tsui Wai Kwan
• Vong Hin Fai

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 to 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.

See also

• Chief Executive of Macau
• Executive Council of Macau
• Municipal Council of Macau

External links

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