Future candidates for the role of Chief Executive will be more thoroughly vetted while national secrets have become more defined.
Chief Executive Election Law
The bill aims for more thorough vetting of chief executive candidates on national security grounds, and to criminalise the act of inciting election committee members not to vote.
Macau’s fifth chief executive election results hav already been verified last month.
Ho Iat Seng said that locals have been enjoying much more freedom after Macau’s return to China in 1999.
The Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau and Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On issued separate statements to congratulate Ho Iat Seng.
13 local residents plan to run in the chief executive election next month and have picked up nomination forms.
