Politics
Written by: Wu Yan'an
2019-11-29 22:25
Last updated: 2019-11-29 22:25The district council elections ended on Sunday (24th). Although the establishment faction obtained 40% of the vote, it still collapsed. After the election, supporters of the establishment faction criticized the election for being unfair. Member of the Legislative Council of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), Jiang Liyun, today (29) held a complaint meeting on voting issues in the Legislative Council to collect complaints about unfair elections. As seen at the scene, about 60 middle-aged and elderly people attended, and Wu Zhengjun, political assistant to the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, represented the authorities.
Jiang Liyun said after the appeal meeting that most of the attendees reported that the voting staff did not remove the voter's name during the voting. At the same time, young people repeatedly queued up and successfully entered and exited the voting station multiple times, hindering the voting. Jiang said that the case information will be submitted to the DAB Research Department to study whether to make an election petition, complain to the Registration and Electoral Office or report to the Independent Commission Against Corruption.
Member of the Legislative Council of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), Jiang Liyun, today (29th) held a complaint meeting on voting issues in the Legislative Council. Wu Zhengjun, political assistant to the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, represented the authorities (right). (Photo by Wu Yan'an)
Jiang Liyun said that today, through the appeals committee to listen to the problems encountered by voters in the district board elections, most of the attendees said that the staff of the polling station were not named at the time of voting, and that young people repeatedly lined up, and repeatedly entered and exited the polling station. vote. Jiang also pointed out that some candidates and staff members of the polling station were surrounded by the masses when they recounted the votes, felt great pressure, and were abusive. They were escorted by riot police officers before they could leave the venue.
Jiang Liyun urged the Election Management Committee to improve its voting arrangements as soon as possible, including the establishment of an elderly green channel, allowing elderly people and people with reduced mobility to line up to vote in order to reduce their waiting time. At the same time, Jiang believes that the authorities should consider using electronic voting or fingerprint authentication to replace manual dispatch of votes to avoid sending wrong votes.
The appeal meeting will be held in the Legislative Council at 3 pm today. Seen at the scene, about 60 middle-aged and elderly people attended the appeal meeting. Political Assistant to the Political Affairs Bureau of the Mainland Affairs Bureau Wu Junjun represented the authorities.
During the reporter ’s observation and interview on the 5th floor of the Legislative Council, an assistant to Jiang Liyun ’s MP tried to stop the interview, saying that the reporter had taken his picture and was worried about being “bottomed”.
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