Legislative Assembly of Macau

The Legislative Assembly[2](AL; traditional Chinese: 立法會; simplified Chinese: 立法会; Portuguese: Assembleia Legislativa) 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.

Legislative Assembly of Macau 澳門立法會 Assembleia Legislativa de Macau
6th Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
President	Kou Hoi In since 17 July 2019
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

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 17 September 2017 Legislative Assembly of Macau election results[3]

№		Political affiliation	Popular votes	% of Votes	Change in % of vote	Seats	Net change in seats
Pro-Beijing camp
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
18		Alliance for Change (Mudar)	8,186	4.74	1.24	0	1
Pro-democracy camp
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
19		United Citizens for Building Macau Association (ACUCM)	904	0.52	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
Centrists
4		Civic Watch (Cívico)	9,590	5.56	1.99	1	1
No legislative representation
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
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
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.

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 only   largest minority

Term (Election)		Composition (at commencement)	Speaker	Pro-Beijing civic associations	Pro-democracy civic associations	Centrists civic associations
1st (1999)		1:22	Susana Chou Vaz da Luz	22	1	-
2nd (2001)		2:25	Susana Chou Vaz da Luz	25	2	-
3rd (2005)		3:26	Susana Chou Vaz da Luz	26	3	-
4th (2009)		4:25	Lau Cheok Vá	25	4	-
5th (2013)		4:29	Ho Iat Seng	29	4	-
6th (2017)		4:1:28	Ho Iat Seng (2017-19) Chui Sai Cheong (2019) Kou Hoi In (2019-)	28	4	1

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

1. FNunes. "Translation of the Basic Law of Macao on Macao's government website". Bo.io.gov.mo. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
2. Sometimes translated in English as the Legislative Council, as in a translation provided by the Printing Bureau of the territory's basic law.[1]
3. "Resultado da Eleição dos Deputados à Assembleia Legislativa da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau por Sufrágio Directo e Indirecto" [Results of the legislative election of the Macau special administrative region by direct and indirect suffrage] (in Portuguese). Printing Bureau of Macau SAR government. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.

External links

• Official website
• Members of the Assembly of Macau (in Portuguese)
• The Basic Law of Macau: The Legislature (Government website) University of Macau
• Regulations of the Legislative Assembly (Approved by Legislative Assembly Resolution No. 1/1999, as amended): in Chinese, in Portuguese
• Legislative Session of the Legislative Assembly and the Member Statute (Law No. 3/2000, as amended) in Chinese, in Portuguese
• Organic Law of the Legislative Assembly (Law No. 11/2000, as amended): in Chinese, in Portuguese
• Electoral Law (Law No. 3/2001): in Chinese, in Portuguese