Legislative Council Election Postponement｜Dai Qisi: I am disappointed that the Chief Executive gave up and stopped the election

Political situation

Written by: Huang Fengyi

2020-08-01 18:28

Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor made a final decision yesterday, announcing that the Legislative Council election will be postponed for one year due to the epidemic and will be held on September 5, 20021. Dai Qisi, the chairman of the Bar Association, who was elected in his own name for the legal functional constituency of the Legislative Council, today (August 1) was reprimanded by the "Hong Kong 01" when questioning, "I am disappointed that the Chief Executive gave up and stopped the election." I am disappointed that the CE threw in the towel so easily and called off the election.)

Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor cited relevant data successively in the press conference yesterday to support the decision to postpone the election. (Data Picture/Photo by Luo Junhao)

Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor cited relevant data successively in the press conference yesterday to support the decision to postpone the election. For example, the number of confirmed cases worldwide has doubled in the past six weeks to more than 17 million, including 660,000 deaths. In Hong Kong, from July 8 to July 30, new confirmed cases There were 1,852 cases, which is 42% more than the 1,300 cases accumulated in six months in the past six months. A single-day high was recorded on July 30, with 149 confirmed cases, 90% of which were local infections.

Dai Qisi said that personally, the data cited by Carrie Lam is nothing remarkable. He believes that if the epidemic is so severe in the first week of September that elections need to be suspended to prevent the epidemic from spreading, I hope she can further strengthen epidemic prevention measures by then, such as suspension of schools in Hong Kong and tightening of dine-in measures in restaurants.

Dai Qisi was disappointed by the Chief Executive's lightly giving up and calling the election to stop. (Profile picture)

Although many countries decided to postpone their elections during the epidemic, Dai Qisi pointed out that many countries also held the elections as scheduled during the epidemic. "From what I understand the measures taken elsewhere, even if the election campaign needs to continue for two days, it is still possible to continue."

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