Macanese legislative election, 2009

Macanese legislative election, 2009
Macau
20 September 2009

29 seats in the Legislative Assembly
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader António Ng Kwan Tsui Hang Chan Meng Kam
Party AMN UPD ACUM
Alliance Pan-democracy Pan-establishment Pan-establishment
Leader's seat Geographical constituency Geographical constituency Geographical constituency
Last election 2 seats, 18.80% 2 seats, 13.29% 2 seats, 16.58%
Seats won 3 2 2
Seat change Increase1 Steady0 Steady0
Popular vote 27,448 21,098 17,014
Percentage 19.35% 14.88% 12.00%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  MUDM
Leader Angela Leong Ho Ion Sang José Pereira Coutinho
Party NUDM UPP NE
Alliance Pan-establishment Pan-establishment Pan-democracy
Leader's seat Geographical constituency Geographical constituency Geographical constituency
Last election 1 seat, 9.33% 2 seats, 9.60% 1 seat, 7.99%
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Steady0 Decrease1 Steady0
Popular vote 14,099 14,044 12,908
Percentage 9.94% 9.90% 9.10%

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Mak Soi Kun Melinda Chan
Party UGM MUDAR
Alliance Pan-establishment Pan-establishment
Leader's seat Geographical constituency Geographical constituency
Last election new party new party
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Increase1 Increase1
Popular vote 10,348 7,857
Percentage 7.30% 5.54%

President before election

Susana Chou

Elected President

Lau Cheok Va

Legislative elections were held in Macau on 20 September 2009.[1] The official campaign began on 5 September, and several candidates received warnings from the Electoral Affairs Commission for having begun campaign activities beforehand.[2]

As in 2005, there are 29 seats, only 12 of which are elected by universal suffrage under the highest averages method. The rest are "elected" by the functional "constituencies" or appointed by the Chief Executive.

The pro-democracy lists

This year, there are four lists advocating universal suffrage and political reforms.

In both 2001 and 2005, the New Democratic Macau Association, also referred as the democrats by local media, received the highest number of votes. Due to the divisors (1,2,4,8,...) employed in the highest averages method, they only managed to win 2 seats on both occasions (they would have achieved 3 seats had the d'Hondt formula been used instead). Because of this, they split into two lists, namely Associação de Próspero Macau Democrático (APMD) and Associação Novo Macau Democrático (ANMD), contesting the election with the same manifesto.[3][4][5] Similar strategies have been used by the Democratic Party of Hong Kong in the Hong Kong legislative elections, with mixed successes. APMD is led by Antonio Ng while Au Kam San leads ANMD, which means both lists have outgoing deputies (deputados) as their leading candidates.

The democrats campaign for one man one vote for the CE in 2014 (with nominations from the 300-member election committee) and direct election with public nominations in 2019. For the AL, they suggest abolishing all indirectly elected seats in 2013 and the end of appointed seats by the CE in 2017.[6][7]

Agnes Lam, a local writer and an assistant professor of the University of Macau, leads the newly formed Observatório Cívico campaigning for direct election for the chief executive (CE) in 2019 and a directly elected legislative assembly (AL) by 2023.[8] In addition to universal suffrage, Observatório Cívico also campaigns for reforming the electoral system by introducing multiple votes.[9] She has also spoken against self-censorship in the local media and emphasised the importance of freedom of press.[10] Some have questioned her pro-democracy views, with her being vice president of the pro-Beijing Macao Youth Foundation.[11]

Associação de Activismo para a Democracia, the most radical list of the four, concentrates on campaigning for universal suffrage for both CE and AL by 2019, but is less concerned about other issues.[12] Their leading candidates were removed by the security during a CCAC (Comissariado Contra a Corrupção) rally for "clean election", which was represented by all 16 lists, after shouting slogans on stage.[13] They only received 654 votes (0.52%) in 2005.

Ng Seng Fong's pullout

The 4th candidate of Au Kam San's list (Associação Novo Macau Democrático or ANDM), Ng Seng Fong has resigned and pulled out from the election on 16 September.[14][15][16] A local Chinese language newspaper revealed that Ng was given a 3-year sentence in July for frauds dating back to 2005. Ng claimed that she herself did not know about the said court case and only found out about it on the internet. It is unclear how the court case carried out without her knowledge given that she commutes from Zhuhai to Macau frequently using her BIR (Macau ID card) to go through the custom. She has now filed an appeal against the decision. The police has launched an investigation into the leaks of these reports.[17] It is claimed that only a handful of officers have access to the said records.

The pro-Beijing lists

The pro-Beijing lists can be divided into two categories, the ones with links to the business sector (especially the gaming industry) and those with traditionalist backgrounds.

This year, they turn their attention to the economic crisis which has hit the gambling industry of Macau particularly badly. União para o Desenvolvimento emphasises on the need to diversify the local economy as well as reforming labour laws.[18] União Macau-Guangdong on the other hand campaigns for greater cooperation between Macau and mainland China.[19] Family reunification for immigrants from mainland China is also a campaign issues for various lists.[20][21]

Some of the pro-Beijing lists include political reform in their manifestos. However, they do not appear to support universal suffrage in the near future. UPP for example suggests the enlargement of election committee which would continue to elect the chief executive indirectly. AACPP and Aliança P’ra Mudança go further by claiming that Macau is "not ready" for universal suffrage.[22][23]

Gaming industry

The gaming industry has a strong presence in the election. Casinos in Macau currently employ 50,000 people, it is therefore expected that at least four seats would go to candidates with links to the industry according to a study carried out by Hong Kong Baptist University.[24] Angela Leong, the director of STDM is expected to be re-elected under the list Nova União para Desenvolvimento de Macau. Melinda Chan, the leading candidate for Aliança Pr'a Mudança, has also worked in the gaming and hotel industry. She campaigns against raising tax rates for the casinos and insists that casinos should bare no social responsibilities.[25] Chan Meng Kam, the owner of Golden Dragon casino, together with Ung Choi Kun are running for re-election under the list Associação dos Cidadãos Unidos de Macau. They came second in 2005, but it was later revealed that their list was linked to a vote buying case for which 7 people were sent to prison.[26]

The election commission ruled that it is illegal to display campaign materials in casinos. However, the list of Angela Leong has ignored this ruling and continued to display political posters in Grand Lisboa, a casino owned by STDM.[27]

Macanese candidates

A unified list consisting of mainly candidates with Portuguese descent (Macanese), some born in Macau and others in Portugal, contests in this legislative election, under the name Voz Plural - Gentes de Macau. The list also has Chinese members. The platform calls for the protection of the heritage of Macau in a modern context of multiculturalism.[28][29][30] One of the main issue they campaign for is to protect rights of foreign workers in RAEM, in bid to win votes from the sizeable Philippines and Indonesian communities. Voz Plural is the only list which campaigns in roughly equal proportions in Chinese, Portuguese and English[31] (see below).

The top two candidates of Nova Esperança, José Pereira Coutinho and Rita Santos, are both Macanese.[32] However, unlike Voz Plural, Nova Esperança concentrates on issues of labour rights and social issues. The outgoing deputy José Pereira Coutinho has proposed, but without success, the trade union bill twice during his time in the assembly so far.[33]

Both lists support gradual political reforms and increasing the number of directly elected deputies in AL. However, their programs are less ambitious than the pro-democracy lists. In particular, Voz Plural does not campaign for universal suffrage according to their manifesto, due to a perception that such claim is not realistic for the next 4 years, proposing instead the increase of directly elected members from 12 to 18.[34]

Languages

There is no restriction on the choice of language used in the campaigns. Traditionally, candidates concentrate on winning votes from the Chinese majority.[31] With the participation of Voz Plural, more efforts are being made to translate manifestos into minority languages this year. For the first time, ANMD (and APMD) will make use of its campaign air time on the Portuguese channel of TDM.[35] União Promotora para o Progresso (UPP) also campaigns in both Chinese and Portuguese. Associação de Apoio à Comunidade e Proximidade do Povo (AACPP), Observatório Cívico and Voz Plural all campaigns in three languages (Chinese, Portuguese and English). AACPP even sends out leaflets in Braille.[36]

The use of Portuguese became an important election issue this year. During a debate between the two leading Macanese candidates, Casimiro Pinto and José Pereira Coutinho, organised by Ponto Final, discrimination against monoglot Portuguese was discussed.[37] Apart from Voz Plural, Aliança Pr’a Mudança also supports multilingualism. Their education policies include promoting bilingual (Chinese and Portuguese) teaching in Macau.[38] UPP also supports bilingualism favouring stronger ties with other lusophone trading partners.[39]

Controversies

UPP's false start

União Promotora Para o Progresso (UPP), a list associated to the Kaifong association, has breached election regulations by distributing campaign materials outside the legal campaign period (5 to 18 September).[40] On 20 August, Au Kam San of the ANMD made an official complaint to the electoral commission after UPP distributed leaflets on the street and published campaign advertisements with pictures of the UUP candidates in a local magazine, União Geral das Associações de Moradores de Macau.[41] The said magazine was published with subsidies from Fundação Macau. The democrats accused Fundação Macau of financing "illegal" campaigns using public funds. However, the president of the electoral commission, Vasco Fong, ruled that the actions of UUP were due to ignorance and refused to punish the list.

Internet war

There have been reports that some candidates received malicious emails containing a virus that would delete all the data of victims' computers. Observatórico Cívico claimed that they received tens of such messages.[42] Many rumours have been spread on various internet forums. Many accusations were made against the democrats on the CTM forums, including claims of Au Kam San's link to Falun Gong.[43]

Smears against Kwan Tsui Hang

Anonymous posters were displayed throughout the city making false accusations against the outgoing deputy and the leader of União Para o Desenvolvimento, Kwan Tsui Hang. The posters claimed that Kwan was against government's recent cash relief scheme and would rather allocate the funds for corruption purposes. Kwan has denied all such claims. Despite having complained to the election commission, the posters continued to appear on the streets asserting peopole were making the wrong choice (for electing Kwan).[44][45]

Ballot and Results

  Pan-democracy camp (33.83%)
  Pan-establishment camp (66.16%)

There are in total 16 lists, down 2 from 2005. In one form or another, 9 lists have contested in the 2005 election. The ballot order[46] was announced on 29 July.

The election commissioner delayed the announcement of the final results after recording a large number of spoilt votes. On the first count, there were 6,539 spoilt votes, but 5,467 of them have been validated on the recount.[47][48] Melinda Chan, the leading candidate of Aliança Pr'a Mudança, immediately filed a complaint against the decision arguing that according to electoral law, a tick should be put inside the designated box for the vote to be valid. On 28 September, the court of last repeal (o Tribunal de Última Instância) ruled in favour of Melinda Chan and concluded that only 41 of the original spoilt votes should be valid. The ruling does not change the overall outcome of the election with the 12 original elected deputies remaining elected, but there is a slight change in the "ranking" of the lists.[49][50]

 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[nb 1]
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[nb 1]
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 Pan-democracy camp 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 (改革創新聯盟)
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
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 Pan-establishment 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

The strategies of the democrats paid off, they managed to increase 1 seat which means there will be 4 pro-democracy deputies (including José Pereira Coutinho) in the new assembly. The traditionalists lost one seat despite both UPP and UPD increased their number of votes. In fact, UPD received the largest number of votes as a single list and saw the largest increase in votes. For the pro-business camp, there remain 5 deputies, 4 of which from the gaming industry. Analysts pointed out that there has not been a huge change in the make up of the AL which continues to be dominated by the pro-Beijing camp.[51]

Candidates lists and results

Geographical constituencies (12 seats)

Voting System: Closed party-list proportional representation with the Highest averages method.

Results of Macanese legislative election, 2009
Macau Geographical Constituency (澳門)
List № Party/Allegiance Candidate(s) Votes Votes % Seat(s) won
1 Macau-Guangdong Union
União Macau-Guangdong
(UMG)
Mak Soi Kun (elected)
Sakhan Men
Ho Son Fat
Cheong Tat Wa
Anting Zheng
Ha Chon Ieng
10,348 7.30
 
1
2 New Hope
Nova Esperança
(NE)
José Maria Pereira Coutinho (elected)
Rita Botelho dos Santos
Leong Veng Chai
Melina Tam Leng I
Leong Chi Pio
Cheong Io Fan
Jose Miguel De Sales da Silva
Ricardo Da Luz
Cartar Singh Mann
12,908 9.10
 
1
3 Union for the Progress and Development
União Para o Progresso e Desenvolvimento
(UPPD)
Lai Cho Wai
Kuan Vai Lam
Choi Kam San
Wong Chi Kuong
Cheang Wai Tak
Ao Sut In
Ana Maria Mahão Sou
Lei Chong Sam
5,389 3.80
 
4 Prosperous Democratic Macau Association
Associação de Próspero Macau Democrático
(APMD)
António Ng Kuok Cheong (elected)
Paul Chan Wai Chi (elected)
Chu Kuok Kun
Leong Pok Man
Chang Fu Tak
Kong Shun Mei
16,424 11.58
 
2
5 Alliance for Change
Aliança Pr'a Mudança
(MUDAR)
Melinda Chan Mei Yi (elected) 7,857 5.54
 
1
6 Civil Watch
Observatório Cívico
(Cívico)
Lam Iok Fong
Wai Tong Kuan
Chu Cheok Son
Ng Man Yun
Leong Fong Hio
5,329 3.76
 
7 United Citizens Association of Macau
Associação dos Cidadãos Unidos de Macau
(ACUM)
Chan Meng Kam (elected)
Ung Choi Kun (elected)
Ung Choi Kun
Iau Teng Pio
Chio Tak Wo
Ieong Tat Fu
Ng Ka Yui
Chong Tak Chi
Choi Meng Tat
Song Pek Kei
17,014 12.00
 
2
8 "Social Justice" Team
Equipa de "Justiça Social"
(EJS)
In Kam Seng
Wong Sok Fan
Estanislau Carlos do Rosario
Lam Kam Iam
Angelina Maria De Carvalho Lei
Che Su Peng
Pedro Tam Wai Keong
Chao Oi Leng
Mak Sio Ieng
Filomena Maria Wan Nogueira
1,627 1.15
 
9 Activism for Democracy Association
Associação de Activismo para a Democracia
(AAPD)
Ng Sek Io
Lee Kin Yun
Ho Heng Kuok
Ho Iat Sang
Lai Chi Meng
1,141 0.80
 
10 New Union for Macau's Development
Nova União para Desenvolvimento de Macau
(NUDM)
Angela Leong On Kei (elected)
Wong Seng Hong
Fok Chi Chiu
Siu Yu Hong
Antonio Lei In Pun
Ho Chak San
14,099 9.94
 
1
11 Democratic Society Alliance
Aliança da Democracia de Sociedade
(ADS)
Lei Man Chao
Tang Kuok Keong
Leong Cheok Long
Chong Seak Long
Leong In Pok
Kouk Kam Ian
256 0.18
 
12 Union for Development
União Para O Desenvolvimento
(UPD)
Kwan Tsui Hang (elected)
Lee Chong Cheng (elected)
Uk Iok Sio
Lau Gar Bo
Lam Lon Wai
Kong Hio U
Un Oi Mou
Leong Pou U
Tam Pou Iong
Cheong Man Fun
22,098 14.88
 
2
13 Union for Promoting Progress
União Promotora Para o Progresso
(UPP)
Ho Ion Sang (elected)
Chan Hong
Lao Nag Fong
Leong Hong Sai
Iong Sio Hong
Sou Heng Fai
Lam Un Mui
Kou Weng Kim
Ng Wan Sin
Wan Wing Kee
Iun Ioc Va
Lo Iok Kuan
14,044 9.90
 
1
14 Plural Voices – Peoples of Macau
Voz Plural - Gentes de Macau
(VPGM)
Casimiro de Jesus Pinto
Jorge Alexandre Fernandes Godinho
Jenny Oliveros Lao
Cristna Pereira Carion
Mário Alberto De Brito Lima Évora
Isabela Bento Manhão
Rodantes Valdoria Quejano
Pedro Manuel Barata de Oliveira Lobo
Sharoz Datarama Pernencar
Guiomar Madeira da Silva Pedruco
Chiang Tat Chi
Herman Do Lago Comandante
905 0.64
 
15 New Democratic Macau Association
Associação de Novo Macau Democrático
(ANMD)
Au Kam San (elected)
Chao Teng Hei
Chan Wa Keong
Ng Seng Fong
Ching Meng Hin
Cheang Mio San
11,024 7.77
 
1
16 Association for Helping the Community and Engagement with the People
Associação de Apoio à Comunidade e Proximidade do Povo
(AACPP)
Pun Chi Meng
Leong Kam Chun
Chan Yuek Bong
Tong Noi Tong
Tereza Lai
2,334 1.65
 
TOTAL 149,006 100.0
 
12

Functional constituencies (10 seats)

Business (4 seats)
Party/Allegiance List № Candidate(s) Elected
Macau Business Interest Union
União dos Interesses Empresariais de Macau
1 Ho Iat Seng unopposed
2 Kou Hoi In unopposed
3 Cheang Chi Keong walkover
4 Fong Chi Keong unopposed
Labor (2 seats)
Employees Association Joint Candidature Commission
Comissão Conjunta da Candidatura das Associações de Empregados
1 Lau Cheok Va walkover
2 Lam Heong Sang unopposed
Professionals (2 seats)
Macau professional Interest Union
União dos Interesses Profissionais de Macau
1 Chui Sai Cheong walkover
2 Leonel Alberto Alves walkover
Welfare, Culture, Education and Sport (2 seats)
Excellent Culture and Sports Union Association
Associação União Cultural e Desportiva Excelente
1 Victor Cheung Lup Kwan walkover
2 Chan Chak Mo walkover

Nominated Members (7 seats)

Members appointed by the Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On

Turnout

28 polling stations were open from 9am to 9pm. A total of 149,006 (59.91% of registered voters) people voted, a record high. The regional breakdowns are as follows.[52]

RegionVotersTurnout
Macau Peninsula 138,963 60.03
Taipa 9,03457.63
Coloane 1,009 65.43

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  51. http://www.hojemacau.com/news.phtml?id=36518&today=22-09-2009&type=politics
  52. http://www.eal.gov.mo/2009/media/Afluencia/slide2.jpg
  1. 1.0 1.1 These are the two electoral lists of New Macau Association

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