Turnout of 42% was the lowest since the establishment of the MSAR, while 2,000 votes were invalid.
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With just over a month to go before the autumn election for the Legislative Assembly, the 128 candidates are lined up.
Many candidates disqualified for ‘disloyalty’ vow to appeal, although their application is unlikely to be approved.
Officials set out seven criteria to support their decision, but fail to supply any precise reasons.
As candidates’ names are promulgated, Lo Chun Seng of Macao Victory claims ‘malicious’ forces are at work to shut his List out of the election.
Candidates have all now set out their stalls for the 12 September elections to the Legislative Assembly.
Both familiar names and new ones join the race for the elections to the Legislative Assembly this autumn.
Sulu Sou Ka Hou and Ron Lam U Tou, both prominent in the public life of Macao, set out their stalls as polling day draws near.
Candidates highlight the need for better housing, education for young people and workers’ rights and benefits.
