Abstract
Abstract Under the agreement signed with Portugal, which defined the terms of the handover to China, Macau became a Special Administrative Region on 20 December 1999. China undertook to maintain the way of life, the rights and freedoms of the residents and the essence of the laws previously in force, and guarantee the inapplicability of the socialist system. Events in Hong Kong since 2019 and the concerns of the Central Government have led to changes in the national security law and electoral laws which, among other things, have imposed political screening on candidates for the Legislative Assembly and Chief Executive, which can lead to their exclusion without appeal, while criminalising calls for blank votes, null votes, and abstentions. This article answers the question of whether these changes are compatible with the guarantees provided, the Luso-Chinese Joint Declaration and Macau’s Basic Law.
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