Lawmaker-cum-unionist Jose Pereira Coutinho yesterday called for the Legislative Assembly’s (AL) committee meetings to be held in public so that residents can monitor how bills are being discussed and what views lawmakers express during the meetings.
Coutinho and fellow lawmaker Leong Veng Chai, both board members of the Macau Civil Servants Association (ATFPM), held a joint press conference about their 2013-2017 legislative work at the association’s headquarters in Zape.
Both Coutinho and Leong are seeking re-election in the direct legislative election next month.
Addressing the press conference, Coutinho said that many residents still did not have a clear idea about what lawmakers are doing in the Legislative Assembly due to what he described as the insufficient level of transparency of the legislature’s work.
Lawmaker Jose Pereira Coutinho (right) speaks during yesterday’s press conference about his and fellow lawmaker Leong Veng Chai’s 2013-2017 legislative work, as Leong looks on, at the headquarters of the Macau Civil Servants Association (ATFPM) in Zape. Photo: Tony Wong
