Macau’s court rules against appeals lodged by trustees of Legislative Assembly election candidate lists

The court of final appeal of the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) on Saturday ruled against the appeals lodged by the trustees of three candidate lists for the upcoming Legislative Assembly election.

The trustees complained after the Electoral Affairs Commission for the election disqualified certain candidates for failing to uphold the Basic Law of the Macau SAR or not pledging allegiance to the Macau SAR. They appealed after the commission rejected their complaints on July 20.

The court said it found the first two candidates of each of the candidate lists had attended activities that, according to the election law of the Legislative Assembly, disqualify them from running in the election. That leaves each of the candidate lists with less than the minimum four qualified candidates required by the law, added the court.


According to the election law of the Legislative Assembly, candidates who are found to have conducted acts that do not uphold the Basic Law of the Macau SAR or do not pledge allegiance to the Macau SAR are not qualified to run in the election.