Disqualification (independence; localist)
ago20 So Leung was taken aback when Hong Kong authorities last month barred him and 11 others from running in elections. Though he had never supported U.S. sanctions on Hong Kong, which have since come to pass , his purported misdeed was failing to speak out against Washington’s measures with sufficient vigor. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/hong-kong-national-security-law-beijing-sanctions-opposition-democracy/2020/08/18/7dc32872-dc60-11ea-b4f1-25b762cdbbf4_story.html 3/8 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...