Political situation
Author: Zhai Ruimin
2020-06-10 15:59
Date of last update: 2020-06-10 15:59There are still three months left before the Legislative Council elections, and today (10th) the finalization of the nomination period will begin on the 18th of next month. However, the Electoral Affairs Commission has not yet announced the "Legislative Council Election Activities Guidelines".
A number of formed organizations went to the EAC office to petition in the afternoon, asking for guidelines to respond to the violence and unfairness of the district board elections last year, including the establishment of “care channels” for elders to help divert, use electronic ballots to prevent counterfeiting and authorizing integrity Officials at the office enter the ticket station to monitor and so on.
Yan Wenyu, deputy secretary general of the Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong and member of the Kwun Tong District Council, also took the petition with the members of the young DAB. (Photo by Zhai Ruimin)
Deng Jiabiao, convener of the Zhengsheng Concern Group, petitioned several district board members who were elected, criticized the district board members who won the district election last year for politically kidnapping people's livelihood, and was surprised that the EAC did not address election violence and injustice. Deng Jiabiao pointed out that last year’s report of the EAC listed the world’s most grievously. There were as many as 50 complaints of counterfeiting others. In addition, the personal safety of many formed candidates was threatened, and the office was repeatedly damaged by demonstrators. I hope the EAC will face it. problem.
Yan Wenyu, deputy secretary general of the Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong and member of the Kwun Tong District Council, also took the petition with the members of the young DAB. Yan Wenyu said that last year's District Council elections were also subject to various degrees of interference. He hoped that the EAC could announce new election guidelines as soon as possible, to be compassionate and take care of the needs of elderly voters.
The Joint Resident of the New Territories criticized that after the announcement of the nomination period, they did not address the issue of unfair elections, and hoped that the president of the EAC, Feng Hua, would respond as soon as possible.
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