Volunteers Re-Enact World War I Encampment in Verdun, France
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APPEAL AGAINST HO IAT REMARKS ON HOMOSEXUALS SENG’S DECISION WERE ‘MISUNDERSTOOD’ Lawmaker Sulu Sou has On Friday, the acting head of SEPARATED filed an appeal against the the Education and Youth Affairs FAMILIES USE decision of the AL president, Bureau tried to clarify her BACKCHANNELS ho iat Seng controversial remarks P2 P5 P12 KOREAS MON.27 Aug 2018 T. 25º/ 32º C H. 70/ 98% facebook.com/mdtimes + 11,000 MOP 8.00 3118 N.º HKD 10.00 FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho www.macaudailytimes.com.mo “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” WORLD BRIEFS PRivacy wAtChDOg REPORt PHILIPPINES President Rodrigo Duterte is opposing an offer by the U.S. defense chief and other top American officials to buy F-16 fighter jets, saying such an acquisition Penalties to 4 percent would be “utterly useless” because his country needs lighter combat aircraft to fight P3 insurgents. of concluded cases AP PHOTO AP PHOTO CAMBODIA A former opposition lawmaker who has been a strong critic of the government’s handling of demarcating the border with neighboring Vietnam has been pardoned by the country’s king. 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IRAN’s defense minister said yesterday his country will continue its support of the Syrian government to ensure improved security in the region, adding that the nature of the two countries cooperation Volunteers re-enact World War I won’t be decided by a “third party.” P15 More on backpage encampment in Verdun, France 27.08.2018 mon th Anniversary 2 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO LEgiSLAtiVE ASSEMbly Sou files appeal against Ho Iat Seng’s decision Renato Marques ting of the exercise of a funda- mental right.” AWMAKER Sulu Sou has In the appeal that has now been Lfiled an appeal against the filed, Sou is requesting that Ho decision of the president of the MARQUES RENATO amend his previous decision, “as Legislative Assembly (AL) Ho Iat it is not in accordance with the Seng to reject a proposal made by law,” remarking that the appeal Sou on July 30 during a plenary against decisions made by the meeting. president of the AL is a right gran- Sou had aimed to amend the bill ted to the lawmakers by the Rules under discussion, in which the AL of Procedure. ultimately voted to approve the Sou also notes, “it is my unders- transfer of the power to approve tanding, based on the Basic Law, or forbid street protests and pu- on the Rules of Procedure and blic demonstrations from the Ci- many precedent cases, that as a vic and Municipal Affairs Bureau Legislator I do not need permis- (IACM) to the Public Security Po- sion from the Chief Executive to lice Force (PSP). make an amendment proposal,” In the proposal made that day, recalling as an example, “the the lawmaker suggested the Law 2/93/M was [previously] transfer of such powers from amended back in 2008 throu- the IACM into the hands of gh a bill submitted by several the Chief Executive (CE) Chui ted at least five days before, it cou- government policy.” in due time and, should have been well-known legislators without Sai On, instead of the police. ld not be addressed by the plenary. Now, the lawmaker has presen- addressed. any need for an authorization At the time, the proposal genera- Ho further noted that, as far as he ted an appeal against this deci- The lawmaker also notes in se- from the Chief Executive,” not ted many doubts and questions understood, what could be done sion, and in a letter to which the veral points, “The right to file a seeing any reason or motive to from lawmakers, as well as from at this stage was to vote upon Times had access dated August complaint, such as the right to change such a procedure now. the president of the AL, who whether the proposal ought to be 14, Sou addresses the president appeal, is an inalienable right of As he concluded, “my goal is to questioned the possibility of Sou returned to the 1st Standing Com- of the AL, explaining the reasons the lawmakers who know no res- protect and enrich the rights and filing such a request to amend the mittee for detailed scrutiny. and fundaments of his appeal, no- triction of the law, provided it is interests of the Macau citizens,” bill at the time that it was being After the plenary, and analyzing ting that he has “filed the Amend- presented within the legal time-li- for the purpose of which he calls discussed and voted upon. the request that Sou directed to ment Proposed under articles 1 b), mit to produce effect.” for the fulfillment of law and re- The situation eventually crea- have submitted to the AL earlier 101 and 106, before the discussion As Sou noted in a statement, gulations provisions that grant ted an imbroglio for the presi- that day, Ho replied to the request and voting of the Law Proposal in “my proposal was to [attribute such rights to all legislators. dent of the AL, who admitted not by the lawmaker, rejecting it “in the specialty and, therefore, befo- the right over the] notice for an In a statement released on Friday, knowing exactly how to proceed accordance with articles 9 c) and re the ‘start of the final global vo- assembly or protest by citizens, Sou reiterated these concerns to with such a request. However, the 107 a), for alleged violation of the ting period,’ as allowed by article should be given to the Chief Exe- the public, stressing that his actions president noted that since the re- article 105,” that is, “because it 127/ 3,” claiming in this way that cutive and not to the police, since were only about “guaranteeing the quest of Sou had not been submit- was considered to be a matter of the proposal had been submitted this matter is regarding the gran- exercise of a fundamental right.” ASK THE VET by Dr Ruan Du Toit Bester type of dog food may be, not all dog food con- tains all of the vitamins and minerals your dog needs. Antioxidants, in particular, are TOTAL DOG HEALTH: THE important for optimal dog health for several reasons. 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