Chief Executive appoints Electoral Affairs Committee members

The Chief Executive, Mr Edmund Ho Hau Wah, has appointed five members to the Electoral Affairs Committee for the election of the Chief Executive (EACCE), it was gazetted today. The appointments were recommended by the Independent Committee for the Nomination of Judges. Mr Chu Kin, a judge of the Court of Final Appeal, is appointed Chairman of the EACCE. The other four members are Ms Ma Lek, the Assistant Public Prosecutors-General of the Public Prosecutions Office, Mr Fong Man Chong, the President of the Collegial Panel of the Lower Court, Mr José Chu, the Director of the Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau, and Mr Chan Chi Ping, the Director of the Government Information Bureau. The member will be sworn in tomorrow at a ceremony that the Chief Executive, will officiate at Government Headquarters. According to the Chief Executive Election Law, principal officials, members of the Executive Council and the Legislative Assembly may not be the members of the EACCE. The responsibilities of the EACCE include: 1. Manage and promote the electoral process for members of the Election Committee and for the Chief Executive, specifically acting as the entity with the functions of directing and presiding over the polls at the election of the Chief Executive to be conducted by the Election Committee; 2. Decide on the venue and the hours for the electoral process for the members of the Election Committee and for the Chief Executive; 3. Issue guidelines and give clarifications on subjects related to the election of members of the Election Committee and of the Chief Executive; 4. Supervise and ensure that the electoral process is conducted according to the law; 5. Assess the capacity of the candidates proposed for the election of the Chief Executive, as well as the regularity and legality of the nomination process and, moreover, finally admit the candidates to the office of the Chief Executive; 6. Assess the regularity of electoral contributions received and expenditure made by the candidates to the office of the Chief Executive; 7. Assess the regularity of the acts of the entities involved in the electoral process and report to the competent authorities any act amounting to an electoral offence of which it takes cognizance.