Thus, a preposterous phenomenon has been particularly apparent in the Legislative Assembly of Macau over the past decade. The controversial “bill of greed and privilege” drafted by the Macau Secretary for Administration and Justice in 2014, for instance, in which high-ranking officials would be compensated after leaving office and the Chief Executive would be granted immunity from criminal prosecution while in office, was absolutely implausible and sparked protests.

The recent travesty wrought by seven appointed members and two indirectly elected members in a Legislative Assembly meeting was indeed a big joke, in which the nine lawmakers berated a directly elected member for being “too playful” and “arrogant”, saying he did not deserve to be a member of a democratic party and it was impossible to put democracy into practice just with slogans in defiance of juridical facts.

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How ridiculous that a directly elected legislator was being taught about democracy by lawmakers who had not themselves gone through a direct election. Their denouncement definitely gained no traction because of their miscomprehension of democracy.