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Written by: Commentary Editor
2019-11-25 17:55
Last updated date: 2019-11-25 17:56The results of the district board elections were settled, and the elections of the founding party were affected by the anti-reforms as expected, and they recorded an unprecedented defeat. Some of the establishments were too popular, criticizing the opponents for interfering with the elections in a side-by-side manner, and considered that it was unfair to their campaign. However, instead of shirking its responsibilities, the establishments should reflect on their own and find out why so many voters came out to say "no" to them by ballot.
Looking at the election results, the founding faction can be described as defeated. A total of 452 directly elected seats, the pan-democratic overwhelmingly achieved 385, accounting for nearly 85% of the total, more than double the previous 120, and more than half of the 17 District Council seats. The establishment of the 292 seats in the last session, "losing the net" 59 this year, the traditional big party such as the DAB is particularly hard hit, from the last session won a total of 117 seats, fell to 21 so far, the rest of the party such as Xinmin The Party and the West Kowloon New Power are still in the doldrums, and they are almost "rooted up." In addition, many establishments have "heavyweight" people, such as Tian Beichen of the real round table, Mai Meijuan of the Federation of Trade Unions and Zhou Haoding of the DAB.
In the 2019 Hong Kong District Council election, the establishment system was defeated. (HK01)
The election is defeated and the people are not
Since the outbreak of self-study, the public has been seriously dissatisfied with the entire formation of the government and political parties. From this year, the number of newly registered voters has exceeded 400,000, and more political candidates have been elected. More than one 452 seats have been elected. There is no such thing as a "white area". It is expected that the district election will become a platform for the political expression of the public. The election of the establishment will also be seriously frustrated. As a result, as expected, some members of the public have called for the district election to be regarded as a disguised referendum. They have clearly declared their dissatisfaction with the Government by "one-vote without a referendum system". This shows that the political atmosphere has completely dominated the election.
The district election was defeated, and some of the establishments shouted "unfairness". They believed that losing the election was actually a crime of non-war, but an external factor. For example, Mai Meijuan of the Federation of Trade Unions criticized that the society has gradually become "first in the line" rather than on practical work. It is unfair to a group of silently organized candidates. The establishment system is miserable with the government's poor administration. At the same time, she believes that the candidates for the establishment of the system were unfairly treated in the election. His party friend Lu Yuxiong criticized people for deliberately queuing and making people at the polling station to reduce the voting intention of some people.
It is true that Mai Meijuan’s criticism is correct. The district election theory should select the ideal regional representative. The candidate’s political platform and concept should be prior to his political philosophy. However, when voters are determined to take this opportunity to "cut the seats" with the establishments, they must know that this is not related to the attitude of the establishments to abandon their independence and only know the attitude of the government. The "01 Viewpoint" has repeatedly pointed out that the establishment of the system is an important member of the governance alliance. It does not make good use of the political resources to actively discuss politics, and contributes to the government's administration. The vested interests enjoyed by the eternal life are blindly escorted by the government. The public has long been unable to endure such a representative of a puppet. Now that public opinion is gradually abandoning the establishment of politicians, it just tells them why they are willing to be a vassal.
The Federation of Trade Unions, Mai Meijuan, was defeated. (photo by Luo Guohui)
The Liaison Office sent the establishment system to "scraping"
On the other hand, the establishments are disregarding public opinion and blindly "protecting the emperor". They are also related to their relationship with the Government and the Liaison Office. In order to consolidate influence, the establishment system must deal with the Liaison Office and escort the government for everything. However, due to the long-term misjudgment of the Liaison Office on local people's feelings and social problems, even if there is a serious mistake in the administration of the Hong Kong Government, it still requires the political parties to fully cooperate and support. The establishment system must be helpless. In the past six months, many street demonstrations have not received positive response from the government. Now the public's dissatisfaction has broken through the critical point. However, under the established political environment, the establishments still support the work of the Hong Kong Government. Naturally, they must bear the anger of the public together with one. "Rushing." The Liaison Office’s defeat of the founding faction and the misjudgment of the people’s sentiments are hard to blame, but the establishments do not have enough political wisdom to properly find their own independent positioning, and how to overpower people?
Judging from the number of votes, although the number of votes won by many candidates has not fallen, the growth rate is far lower than that of the non-established camp. Considering that most of the new votes come from the younger generation or the middle voters, the formation camp obviously fails. To attract the support of this group of citizens. The reason is not only related to the political situation, but also difficult to fully relate to the quality of the district administration. Many of the district-based members of the "rooted" community have been highly qualified, but they are quite sloppy in district administration. Take the example of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, Mr Lui Hung-hung, who has been a district board member in the Tianheng Constituency in Tin Shui Wai since 2003. However, his development work in the district has not been well received and he has been more rudimentary in the work of the District Council. In the past three years, the District Council meetings have often been late and early, and the rate of early retirement has almost reached 100%. Such "political achievements" are naturally criticized by their opponents during the election period. In fact, how many district councillors are dedicated to serving the community. The general residents are definitely aware of it, let alone the young generation who is full of blood. As a result, under the active vote of young people, Lu Yongxiong was finally unable to re-elect, proving that voters voted for their performance in the session. It can be seen that some members of the district-building districts are mediocre and incompetent, and this is also the reason for the collapse of the formed political parties.
Reflexive self-examination is the correct way
As for the founding faction, the defeat will be attributed to the "unfair treatment" encountered on the election day. It is true that deliberately obstructing others to vote as an offence against election fraud. If the formed political party has evidence to support its allegations, the government is responsible for the thorough investigation and protection. The election is fair and just. However, the polling station is not without staff to maintain order, and how much does the individual obstruction affect the election? The so-called "long queue" behavior is not only affecting the electors of the formed faction. Many electors will have to wait for more than an hour to vote on the election day. There are also many supporters in the popular supporters. The argument has an intention to target the establishment. The founding faction has often been reduced to "snakes and cakes" to attract old voters. The image and actual political achievements have long been dissatisfied. The establishment system and its responsibility to pass on others, it is better to reflect on why they have lost their trust.
Although the results of the district board elections have won the seats of the non-constructionists, they can be seen from the election candidates and the prime ministers. In fact, they are not the best candidates for non-establishment candidates. The more important reason is that many voters tend to "one." The vote is not cast, which fully reflects the deep dissatisfaction with the government and the establishment. It is better to learn from the "causes" of spending the effort to find the defeat. It is better to think hard, to reflect on self-examination, to think deeply about the positioning of the future political discussion, and to get rid of the image of "protecting the emperor". Only by getting a good waist will it disappoint the society.
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