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Um dos parlamentares pró-“establishment” que se reuniu ontem com um alto funcionário do Continente manifestou-se contra a ideia de permitir que os quatro deputados pró-democracia desqualificados para concorrerem às eleições, recentemente adiadas, permaneçam por mais um ano. Zhang Xiaoming, vice-director do Departamento de Assuntos de Hong Kong e Macau e ex-chefe do Gabinete de Ligação em Hong Kong, está de visita a Hong Kong para ouvir opiniões sobre se Alvin Yeung, Kwok Ka-ki, Dennis Kwok e Kenneth Leung devem permanecer na legislatura. Paul Tse disse que não será lógico deixá-los ficar, uma vez que foram desqualificados. Isto vai contra a Chefe do Executivo, Carrie Lam, que disse acreditar que os legisladores, apesar da sua desqualificação da votação agora adiada, devem permanecer no LegCo até 2021. Segundo a RTHK, Zhang Xiaoming adoptou uma posição neutra sobre o assunto durante uma reunião com o campo pró-“establishment” que para além de Paul Tse também incluiu Ma Fung-kwok, Paul Tse e Junius Ho. A visita ocorre antes de uma reunião do Comité Permanente da Assembleia Nacional Popular, que apresentará uma decisão sobre o caminho a seguir. JA NO TEXTO
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Alvin Yeung - expetativas ”“No one in the opposition can guarantee that they would be able to get into the race,” said Yeung, whose Civic Party currently holds five of the Legislative Council’s 70 seats. “The only thing we can do is to stick to our own principles.” Tam Yiu-chung, Hong Kong’s only representative to the NPC Standing Committee, wrote in a pro-establishment magazine this month that candidates who oppose the effort “should be disqualified.” That would rule out just about all opposition candidates, with a Hong Kong Public Opinion Program survey released May 29 showing 96% of democracy supporters are against the legislation. “The entire democratic camp, including sitting democratic legislators, can be wiped out because all of us must have or will openly oppose the law as part of our political platform,” opposition lawmaker
Fernando Cheung said. T
he mere threat of mass disqualifications complicates the opposition’s “35+” plan to capture more than half of the Legislative Council’s seats. A
majority would give the coalition control over the chamber’s agenda and the power to block Lam’s bills. One provision of the city’s Basic Law would require Lam to step down if her budget is voted down twice.
To overcome fractures between the moderates and more radical localists, Tai is attempting to organize an unofficial primary on July 11 and July 12 to select favored candidates in each district. Supporters argue such a system is the opposition’s best chance to repeat its historic landslide in District Council elections in November, in which pro-democracy activists won 85% of the seats Tai, who’s appealing a 16-month prison sentence for helping to organize the Occupy protests in 2014, said many in Hong Kong view the election as their “last chance” to register their dissatisfaction with Beijing and appeal for support from abroad. “Even if we are all disqualified, I believe our voice would have been heard,” Tai said. The opposition has launched a
crowd-funding campaign to raise HK$3.5 million ($452,000) to cover the expenses of the primary. The opposition believes it could win at least 21 geographic seats in September, meaning it would also need to gain four functional constituency seats to secure a majority. Pro-democracy activists have tried to set up their own unions to register more voters in sectors traditionally won by Beijing loyalists.
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China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) will hold the general election for the seventh-term Legislative Council (LegCo) on Sept. 6, a spokesperson of the HKSAR government said on Wednesday. The spokesperson said the decision was made after the chief executive had taken into consideration the relevant statutory provisions concerning the determination of a general election date, the nomination period preceding an election, and the practice adopted in the past public elections. In light of the polling date, the nomination period for the 2020 LegCo General Election is scheduled for July 18 to 31 this year. To ensure that all candidates will compete on a level playing field, the HKSAR chief executive appointed July 18 as the date from which the sixth-term LegCo shall stand prorogued and its operation shall then be terminated, the spokesperson said. The dates of polling of the LegCo general election and prorogation of the LegCo will be published in the Gazette on June 12, the spokesperson said. According to a document on the arrangements for the 2020 LegCo general election submitted to the LegCo by the HKSAR government, the 2020 Final Register is planned to be published before July 25. The Registration and Electoral Office will set up more than 610 ordinary polling stations for the election. About 31,000 electoral staff will be recruited and trained for carrying out polling and counting duties on the polling day. http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-06/10/c_139129254.htm
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71 people who went to the polls on April 7 got COVID-19; tie to election uncertain https://www.reddit.com/r/madisonwi/comments/gke4ds/71_people_who_went_to_the_polls_on_april_7_got/12/5
The election for the seventh term of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Legislative Council (LegCo) is tentatively slated for Sept. 6, 2020, the HKSAR government said on Tuesday. (...) The 2020 Final Register is planned to be published before July 25. The REO will set up more than 610 ordinary polling stations for the election. About 31,000 electoral staff will be recruited and trained for carrying out polling and counting duties on the polling day.
Though the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has significantly dropped recently, it is not certain whether the outbreak in Hong Kong will end when the 2020 LegCo election is held, the document said, adding that safety measures have been planned in the polling stations and counting stations to ensure electors' safety and prevent the spread of COVID-19. It also noted that under the existing statutory provisions, the polling may be postponed or adjourned if it appears to the relevant authority that the election, the poll or the count is likely to be obstructed, disrupted, undermined or seriously affected by climatic condition of a serious nature, riot, open violence or any danger to public health or safety, or an occurrence which appears to be a material irregularity relating to the election, the poll or the count. http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-05/12/c_139051188.htm
18/7
Hong Kong’s so-called “young democrats” are racing to sign up as candidates for a key legislative election despite concerns they could be disqualified because of their anti-China stance, Reuters reported Saturday. Also termed “localists,” the young politicians appeal to Hong Kongers upset about the tough new security laws imposed by China last month and who don’t believe veteran lawmakers have done enough to protect them. The young democrats favor a more confrontational position against China. Many of them won big in an unofficial “primary” election earlier this month.“For every candidate in the pro-democracy camp, we must unify at this time, to avoid attacking ourselves and to consolidate our strength to challenge the tyranny,” Sam Cheung, one young democratic hopeful, said on Facebook. https://nypost.com/2020/07/18/hong-kongs-young-democrats-hope-to-blitz-upcoming-elections/
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(uma outra forma de desqualificaçãço)
A key organiser of primary elections for Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp said on Wednesday he was stepping down after Beijing said the vote may violate the new national security law and could amount to subversion. Former democracy lawmaker Au Nok-hin helped organise the weekend poll that saw more than 610,000 people vote in what was widely seen as a symbolic protest against the sweeping legislation imposed on the city by Beijing. "Withdrawal is the only choice (I have, to) ... protect myself and others," Au said in a Facebook post. https://kfgo.com/2020/07/14/organiser-of-hong-kong-pro-democracy-primaries-steps-down-amid-beijing-pressure/
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After the last Legislative Council election in 2016, a total of six elected legislators from the pan-democrat and localist camps ended up being deprived of their seats because of controversial remarks they made during their swearing-in ceremonies. There were also radical politicians who got disqualified from running in local district council elections due to their opposition to the Basic Law. Thus, since 2016, all candidates should first affirm their support for the Basic Law before becoming a candidate. https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-07-13/analysis-hong-kongs-legislative-council-election-will-be-a-landmark-one-101579328.html
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In the 2016 LegCo election, the Hong Kong government requested candidates sign a form pledging to uphold the Basic Law. Localist leader Edward Leung signed it but was nonetheless disqualified as the returning officer did not believe him. Candidates from the moderate pro-democracy parties, such as the Democratic Party and the Civic Party – who did not sign the confirmation form – were still allowed to run in the election. If candidates representing different views on strategies towards China are disqualified from the September election, the primaries this weekend will be the only space for the public to determine which approach to take to achieve true democracy in Hong Kong. https://hongkongfp.com/2020/07/10/democrats-primaries-getting-ready-for-hong-kongs-last-free-election/
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Analysts warned that even if mainland authorities choose not to wield their sweeping power against candidates who fail to demonstrate loyalty to the regime, t
he law’s ambiguity could create a chilling effect on their campaigns all the same."I cannot simply say what acts or speeches will disqualify a person. The most important thing is to act according to the lawHong" Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam
Localists, an emerging force in Hong Kong politics in recent years, suffered the first blow, as activist group Demosisto and seven other groups that had advocated for self-determination or independence disbanded local operations or shifted overseas before the law even took effect.
In 2016, six opposition lawmakers were disqualified from taking their seats after the High Court ruled they had taken their oaths improperly. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3091433/national-security-law-facing-disqualification-or-worse-hong?utm_medium=email&utm_source=mailchimp&utm_campaign=enlz-scmp_today&utm_content=20200702&MCUID=3d06933c40&MCCampaignID=bbcad9ee2c&MCAccountID=3775521f5f542047246d9c827&tc=9
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Four young leaders of a Hong Kong pro-democracy political party announced their resignations on Monday, hours after Beijing passed a sweeping national security law for the city. Joshua Wong, Nathan Law, Jeffrey Ngo and Agnes Chow said they were ending their involvement in Demosisto, a party that has infuriated Beijing by campaigning for universal suffrage and for foreign countries to sanction China for rights abuses.
All four said they would continue to campaign in a personal capacity, a move that suggests they might be hoping to shield Demosisto from being prosecuted or disqualified once the new security law comes in. "I will continue to defend my home -- Hong Kong -- until they mute me and eliminate me from this land," Wong wrote on Facebook. Both Wong and Law -- prominent figures from 2014's student-led democracy protests -- are running for Hong Kong's Legislative Council election in September.
https://www.nst.com.my/world/world/2020/06/604692/four-hong-kong-democracy-figures-resign-after-security-law-passed A youthful Hong Kong pro-democracy party founded by former student activists announced it was disbanding on Tuesday after Beijing passed a secretive national security law for the business hub."After much internal deliberation, we have decided to disband and cease all operation as a group given the circumstances," Demosisto said on Twitter. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/06/30/asia-pacific/hong-kong-activist-joshua-wong-quits-demosisto/#.XvtH3SjD_IU
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Hong Kong residents who participate in elections and who become public officials “must sign documents to confirm and swear allegiance to their support of the Basic Law and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).” The Hong Kong government should also “strengthen supervision and management, if necessary, of the measures concerning national security in schools and social organizations.” Fourth, the draft law concretizes the crimes and penalties, including the crime of “splitting the country,” “subverting the country and its regime,” “the crime of terrorist activities,” and “the crime of collaborating with foreign countries or external forces” that endanger national security. sonny Lo
Officials in Beijing nowadays speak of Hong Kong in terms normally reserved for Xinjiang and Tibet, describing it as a restive city whose traitorous foreign-backed residents seek independence, language parroted by Lam herself. (Lam has said that she has no evidence of these hidden hands from abroad, while polling shows that only a small but boisterous minority of people in Hong Kong favor independence.) https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/06/carrie-lam-hong-kong-china-protest/612955/
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