Macao Civic Power Explained

Macao Civic Power
Native Name Lang:zh-hk
Lang1:Portuguese
Name Lang1:Portuguese: Energia Cívica de Macau
Chairwoman:Agnes Lam
Regional:Centrist camp
Seats1 Title:Legislative Assembly
Seats1:
State:Macau

Macao Civic Power (Chinese: 澳門公民力量; Portuguese: Energia Cívica de Macau), or in short Civic Power (Chinese: 公民力量; Portuguese: Energia Cívica), is a centrist political party in Macau.

History

Macao Civic Power was founded on 28 September 2008,[1] [2] although official documents showed the organisation was registered early on 3 July 2006.[3] They first ran in the 2009 Legislative Assembly election under the name of "Civic Watch" (Chinese: 公民監察; Portuguese: Observatório Cívico) but did not win any seats, and the same for 2013 election.[4]

In 2017 election, chairwoman Agnes Lam was elected to the legislature.[5] However, her 2021 re-election bid failed, ending the party representation in the Legislative Assembly.[6]

Elections performance

Legislative Assembly elections

ElectionNumber of
popular votes
% of
popular votes
GC
seats
FC
seats
CE
seats
Total seats+/−Position
20095,3293.76011th
20135,5243.57010th
20179,5905.561110th
20213,7292.82018th

Elected members

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2008-09-26. 澳門公民力量成立典禮暨"澳門.公民社會的視野"論壇. Inmediahk.
  2. Web site: Wong. Albert. 2008-09-26. 澳門公民力量星期日成立. Inmediahk.
  3. Web site: 印務局 - 公證署公告及其他公告. 2021-09-17. bo.io.gov.mo.
  4. Web site: 2021-08-30. 「公民監察」由「爭氣」到「持平專業」 17年爭取普選特首變完善民主制度. 2022-01-01. AllAboutMacau Media.
  5. Web site: 2021-08-30. 「公民監察」由「爭氣」到「持平專業」 17年爭取普選特首變完善民主制度. 2022-01-01. AllAboutMacau Media.
  6. Web site: 沒有民主派的澳門立法會選舉(文:余永逸) (09:00) - 20210916 - 文摘. 2022-01-01. Ming Pao. zh-hant.