As during previous election campaigns since its founding over 13 years ago, The Macau Post Daily has stuck to its editorial guideline to stay neutral also during the current campaign which ends at midnight tonight. We have tried our best to give all the 24 direct-election groups equal coverage.
The outcome of Sunday’s direct election seems to be unpredictable. It remains to be seen how the Typhoon Hato disaster response will impact the result. Public anger over the disaster will possibly result in what one may describe as Macau’s first-ever “typhoon ballot”. Well, there now appears to be little doubt that Hato was the first “political” typhoon in Macau’s history, considering its direct impact on the election campaign. The crux of the issue is that anger tends to muddle decision making, such as whom to vote for …
