The president of Macau’s Legislative Assembly said he wants to be the next chief executive of the booming Chinese casino enclave.
In announcing his intentions to run for the office, Ho Lat Seng didn’t formally declare his candidacy, saying he first needed mainland authorities to accept his resignation from the National People’s Congress Standing Committee in Beijing.
Macau electoral law does not allow NPC members to run for chief executive since they participate in the balloting to choose the territory’s leader.
Seng said he would start assembling a campaign team and developing his platform once his resignation was approved.
Seng, a local businessman, has been a member of the NPC for 19 years and has served as assembly president for 10𑁋experience he said uniquely qualifies him to lead Macau, which is a self-governing but closely supervised territory under Chinese authority.
“I could play an appropriate role in connecting the Macau and the Mainland legislative systems,” he told local media. “I hope I could bring my legislative experience to the better integration of Macau into the Greater Bay Area and the development of a diversified economic environment.”
