Government publishes reports on electoral activities

The final versions of two reports on, respectively, the fifth-term Legislative Assembly Election and the fourth-term Chief Executive Election, are available from today on the websites especially set up for those elections. The reports, together with advice from the Commission against Corruption and the Public Prosecutions Office, are to be the basis for a proposed revision – by the Government – of the Legislative Assembly Election Law. A public consultation – regarding how to enhance the competitiveness of the electoral process for those Legislative Assembly seats assigned to the indirect election system; and how to increase the overall fairness of the electoral process – is to be held in the first quarter of 2016. The two reports issued today mainly cover analysis of election activities and of voting arrangements. They also provide suggestions on: the work of election affairs committees; the location of voting stations; the improvement of the voting process; the duration of the campaign period for elections; issues relating to invalid ballots; and supervision of the candidates’ campaign funding. The Chinese and Portuguese versions of the report on the Fifth Legislative Assembly Election are available at: www.eal.gov.mo. The Chinese and Portuguese versions of the report on the Fourth-term Chief Executive Election are at: www.ece.gov.mo. The Electoral Affairs Commission for the Legislative Assembly Election and the Electoral Affairs Commission for the Chief Executive Election, respectively, composed the reports. They were prepared with reference to the Legislative Assembly Election Law and the Chief Executive Election Law. The fifth-term Legislative Assembly Election was held in 2013 and the fourth-term Chief Executive Election was held in 2014.