Plural Voices – Peoples of Macau

Plural Voices of Macau (Voz Plural Gentes de Macau) is one of the 16 lists running to the legislative election of September 2009 in the Macau Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China. The election occurs once every four years and is the more significant democratic exercise in Macau.

The list is made of 12 candidates, the maximum allowed by law. The candidates are from different ethnic backgrounds including Macanese, Portuguese and, for the first time ever, one Filipino.

This is the team's first attempt to enter the Legislative Assembly of the Macau SAR, although the list does follow a tradition of broadly Macanese composition that has existed in all prior elections.

Casimiro Pinto, a 38-year-old Chinese and Portuguese interpreter and translator in the public administration is the first candidate of "Voz Plural - Gentes de Macau". Jorge Godinho and Jenny Oliveros Lao, both university professors, are the second and third. The other members on the list are respectively Paula Carion, Mario Evora, Isabela Manhao, Rodantes Quejano, Pedro Lobo, Sharoz Pernencar, Guiomar Pedruco, Chiang Tai Chi and Herman Comandante.

The political program of the list has stressed namely the need for massive investments in education, health and the administration of justice, as well as the protection of the cultural heritage of Macau.

The list has announced that it will carry on civic work after the election, regardless of the results it obtains.

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