Political situation
Written by Peng Zhuowei
2020-05-18 08:00
Last update date: 2020-05-18 08:00The Legislative Council elections will be held in September. The established pan-Political parties are actively coordinating candidates for direct regional elections. However, the 35-seat functional constituency election battles cannot be ignored.
"Hong Kong 01" was informed recently that the Federation of Trade Unions has finalized two candidates for the labor sector, one of whom is Liang Ziying, a former district councillor of Kwai Tsing Anyin District. The news indicates that the other is a member of the Federation of Trade Unions who is also a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Chang Huang Guo. As the FTU has an overwhelming advantage in the functional constituency of the labour sector, in other words, the two are almost certain to sit firmly in the Legislative Council.
In the past, when the Federation of Trade Unions "chosen soldiers", they tended to choose newcomers with regional experience, such as Lu Songxiong and He Qiming, who were elected as members of the Legislative Council in 2016. They will break the tradition and choose unions this time. Huang Guo, who has a systematic background, said that some members of the committee admitted that this move mainly hopes to strengthen the voice of legislators on labor issues.
Huang Guo has frequently appeared in recent days for exposure, and is also responsible for hosting the network program "Industry Federation Hot Talk", which officially went from behind the scenes to the camera. (Profile picture / Peng Yishi)
In the 2018 general election of the Federation of Trade Unions, Huang Guo replaced Wu Qiubei, who was promoted to chairman, as the chairman, mainly responsible for trade union affairs. In the past, he rarely appeared in front of the camera, but at a press conference held by the association in recent months, Huang Guo frequently appeared to fight for exposure, and was also responsible for hosting the network program "Industry Federation Hot Talk", which officially went from behind the scenes to the camera.
Some people in the conference said that the official list of seats in the labor sector has yet to be finalized by the council, and it will not be officially "finished" until the June meeting. However, the man laughed and said that the chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions personally took part in the election for a long time. In the 2008 election of the Legislative Council, the then chairman Huang Guojian replaced Chen Wanxian in the election of Kowloon East. He retired as the chairman of the association the following year.
The person also analyzed that under the influence of the epidemic, Hong Kong's economy suffered a "cliff-like decline". I believe that there will be more disputes in the labor market in the future, so the next representative of the Legislative Council of the labor industry needs to focus more on labor rights and be familiar with the current labor face. Case.
Wu Qiubei, chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions, replied to the inquiry that the association is still in the selection process. The most important thing is to find a suitable candidate to fight. There is no consideration of whether the candidate has regional experience. Huang Guo said that he is mainly responsible for trade union affairs and he would not disclose whether he intends to be elected to the Legislative Council.
Wu Qiu, chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions, pointed out that the association is still in the selection process. The most important thing is to find a suitable candidate to fight. There is no consideration of whether the candidates have regional experience. (Profile picture / photo by Luo Junhao)
According to the "House Rules" of the Federation of Trade Unions, two members of the labour sector can only serve for one term. It is reported that the Federation of Trade Unions once discussed changes to the "household rules", and only one seat was opened for newcomers to participate in the election, while the other seat was reserved for members who had signed up for the Legislative Council. However, some members of the association pointed out that in order to avoid unfairness to past candidates, the relevant proposal was eventually rejected, that is, to maintain the tradition that both seats in the labour sector must be registered by new recruits.
The Federation of Trade Unions currently has five members of the Legislative Council, Guo Weiqiang on Hong Kong Island, and Mai Maijuan in the New Territories. The original district will fight for re-election. He Qiming, the current Labour MP, is expected to move to Kowloon East to replace Huang Guojian, who is about to retire. However, Lu Songxiong, who is also a member of the labor sector, has lost his district election or "had nowhere to settle".
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