Political situation
Author: Peng Zhuowei Zhai Ruimin
2020-07-11 20:23
Last update date: 2020-07-11 20:23The Democratic 35+ primary election led by Associate Professor Dai Yaoting of the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong is held today and tomorrow (11-12). More than 250 districts in Hong Kong have been served by district councillors’ offices and yellow shops. Stand for citizens to vote.
Dai Yaoting expressed this morning that he is confident that the number of voters in each district will reach the target of 170,000, which is about 10% of the democratic voters in the last Legislative Council. Democracy Power later said on social networking sites that from 12 noon today to 6:01 pm, a total of 137,806 citizens participated in the electronic voting at all service stations in Hong Kong. Dai Yaoting said that with the current trend, he expected 500,000 people to vote before the end of tomorrow.
There are long queues at multi-zone ticketing stations today. Among them, outside the ticketing station at Tai Po Centre in East New Territories, the human dragon once reached 300 meters in the afternoon, and about 500 people queued at the peak. In the "Kelong Tea Restaurant" of the crown prince, the business was suspended today. The entire restaurant was lent out as a service station. People once lined up outside 4 shops. Some citizens waited for about an hour under the hot sun to vote.
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The Tai Po Centre is full of people all day long
Tai Po District Councillor District Zhenhua, who is responsible for assisting the public to vote outside the Tai Po Centre, said that there were long queues before the ticketing station this morning, and he was also playing snake cakes. Afterwards, due to the restriction of the order, the staff must be separated. Open the public queue. Ou Zhenhua said that he was very optimistic about the voter turnout in the primary election and that the crowd has not dissipated throughout the day. He mentioned that some members of the public have reported that it is too hot today and they are not familiar with the voting procedures and decided to vote again tomorrow morning.
Ou Zhenhua also said that in the morning a police officer came to the scene to understand that he hoped that the ticketing station would not violate the restriction order. He said that he was worried about whether the public would be afraid to come out to vote because of the enactment of the National Security Law, but he later understood that he was overly worried because the polling stations had long queues throughout the day, and he believed that the police searched Hong Kong for public opinion research last night. The actions of the office will only inspire more citizens to vote.
Liu Yingkuang: The election situation is cautiously optimistic and calls on citizens to vote
New Territories East candidate Liu Yingkuang canvassed at Taihe Street Station in the evening. He expressed the hope that hundreds of thousands of voters would stand up to vote and tell the international community that Hong Kong citizens will not be afraid under the National Security Law. He also criticized that the police’s action last night was just an excuse. The real purpose was to create panic to the people of Hong Kong and make everyone think that the primary election was illegal.
When asked about his own advantages, Liu Yingkuang said, "It's better to speak by words than to do it by yourself." He proved his philosophy by action. If the citizens have participated in the rally held by them in the past year, they will witness how they Practice ideas with action. As for the selection assessment, Liu Yingkuang described it as cautiously optimistic and once again called on the public to vote.
Citizen: I hope that Members of Parliament can fight Hong Kong people should not give up
Ms. Ye, about 30 years old, said that she lined up outside the Tai Po Centre ticket station for about 45 minutes and thought the arrangement was generally smooth. She said that to stand up today is to let the international know that Hong Kong people have not given up, and hope that the members of their choice can carry out parliamentary resistance in the parliament and achieve simultaneous cooperation within and outside the parliament. Ms. Ye believes that the current democrats are slightly conservative in the Legislative Council and "can be more aggressive." Asked if she would worry about the legal risks of voting in the primary election, Ms. Ye stressed that although she was a little scared, she thought Hong Kong people should not give up.
Mr. He, an 18-year-old "first voter", said that he had queued for more than 10 minutes. In this vote, he felt that he had to do his duty to support, hoping that the Democrats could achieve 35+, and said that he would choose a younger candidate. Think that there should be more new blood in the parliament.
District Councillor: The voting result was better than expected
Yau Tsim Mong District Councillor Li Guoquan assisted the public in using the voting system outside Keelung Restaurant today. He said that the operation of the ticketing station was generally smooth. It is estimated that a total of 300,400 votes were processed today. The human dragon has not affected the neighborhood, and no police officers have patrolled or been harassed.
When asked if the police’s actions were a warning yesterday, Li Guoquan admitted that there must be an impact, and society’s bottom line on the national security law is still being explored. But he also said that the people of Hong Kong are very firm. At first, they were not too enthusiastic about the primary election. They were also worried. The result today was better than expected. They agreed that the police action turned out to be an assist. The public expressed their freedom to participate in politics by voting.
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