Political situation
Written by: Chen Jialuo
2020-06-16 11:30
Last update date: 2020-06-16 11:30The nomination period of the Legislative Council elections will start next month. The "sports, performing arts, culture and publishing industry" of the Democratic Party has not yet finalized the candidates. The former captain of the Hong Kong football team, Chen Weihao, said earlier that he is actively considering the election. Recently, the Democratic Party Tsuen Wan District Councillor Lai Wenhui He also joined the war group, but it caused dissatisfaction with Wan Chai District Council Member Li Yongcai, criticizing the Democratic Party for refusing to give way to Chen Weihao and indicating his intention to vote.
According to the news, Chen Weihao will abandon the election on the grounds of "inadequate preparation". Lai Wenhui denied the forced retreat from the other party in response to the "Hong Kong 01" query, referring to the prejudice against the Democratic Party and saying that since more than one person intends to run, he hopes to hold the election Primaries.
Former Hong Kong team captain Chen Weihao had earlier considered running for the Legislative Council functional constituency "Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publishing". (Profile picture)
Approval of Li Yongcai's "play differentiation"
Chen Weihao, known as the "Captain of Hong Kong", admitted earlier his intention to participate in the sports and arts industry, hoping to promote sports development as an athlete, and was assisted by the former chairman of the Hong Kong Super Team Hong Kong Pegasus and talented woman Liang Zhishan to contact the industry. However, the latest news indicates that Chen Weihao has privately indicated to people that he will not stand for election.
Lai Wenhui, a former sports reporter and now vice president of the Hong Kong Football History Association, recently expressed his intention to compete, claiming support from the Democratic Party. When questioned, he denied that Chen Weihao was forced to retreat. "Bian Zhong's ability to retreat?" Regarding Li Yongcai's criticism that he refused to give way to Chen Weihao, Lai Wenhui pointed out that there are people who are biased against the Democratic Party from time to time. The primary election is still in registration, and you can consider joining the mechanism for the primary election.
As for Li Yongcai's criticism of the Democratic Party's unwillingness to use the veto power in "35+", Lai Wenhui pointed out that not signing a statement does not mean unwillingness to fight, depending on the performance of the parliament, emphasizing that the democratic parties should unite to fight for "35+" and criticize each other. Play differentiation".
Lai Wenhui admitted to actively consider participating in the sports industry.
Legislative Council election 〡 District Councillor Li Yongcai plans to fight sports and arts industry criticizes the Democratic Party refuses to give way Chen Weihao
Legislative Council election 〡Democratic Party Lai Wenhui is planning to coordinate with Chen Weihao and no primary election
Li Yongcai (middle) refers to Chen Weihao (left) as the best candidate in sports and art circles, dissatisfied with the Democratic Party's failure to "make way" for Chen Weihao. (Profile picture)
Voters increase by 30%
The sports, performing arts, culture and publishing circles are composed of four different sectors. The composition of voters is more complicated. The four groups have different qualifications for registering voters. For example, the performing arts and publishing circles allow individual voter registration, but the sports and cultural circles only have groups. ticket. In the last Legislative Council, there were 2,920 voters in this sector, of which 2,525 were group votes. Ma Fengguo defeated 809 votes of Zhou Boxian with 1,389 votes; in 2019, there were 3,164 voters in this sector until the latest number of voters this year. Increased to 4,163 people, a sudden increase of about 1,000 people.
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