Political situation
Written by: Wu Zhuoan
2020-12-24 07:00
Last update date: 2020-12-24 07:00
The Democratic Party Central Committee re-elected its leadership at the beginning of the month. At the age of 36, the chairman of the Southern District Council, Lo Kin-hee, was elected chairman of the Democratic Party. Kwun Tong District Councillor Liang Yiting was also elected as the vice chairman with high votes. The Democratic leadership ushered in a youthful storm.
However, there is still a well-known "old pigeon" Shan Zhongkai in the leadership of the party. He chose to be re-elected as treasurer because of the "Minato National Security Act", he hopes to "check the count" for the Democratic Party to prevent democracy. The party is in a financial crisis. "I have been a treasurer for two years. I have been very careful in the past two years. I can only say that I will be more careful in the future."
Shan Zhongkai said frankly that he also plans to "retire naked" from the leadership.
(Photo by Liang Pengwei)
Originally planned to "retire naked" from the leadership
The new generation took over as the leadership of the Democratic Party at the beginning of the month. Hu Zhiwei abandoned his re-election as chairman and took over to Luo Jianxi. The veteran Li Yongda, former secretary-general Zhang Xiandeng, and former legislator Huang Biyun, among others, gave up their re-election as the Central Committee.
Shan Zhongkai said frankly that he also intends to "retire naked" from the leadership, but with the implementation of the "Hong Kong National Security Law" in Hong Kong, he believes that the Democratic Party needs to make financial preparations, so he decided to re-elect as treasurer.
Former Democratic Party Legislative Council Member Xu Zhifeng and North District Good Neighbor Church were accused by the police of embezzling crowdfunding funds and their bank accounts were frozen. How does the Democratic Party prevent similar incidents from happening to the Democratic Party?
Shan Zhongkai said that the specific measures will not be disclosed, but the goal is to give the regime no excuse to use the National Security Act to "play the Democratic Party". "Being a treasurer requires a high degree of political sensitivity, but there is no need for political exposure. What a mistake. It’s better to talk than to talk. So I chose to return to be the treasurer, hoping to protect the Democratic Party, so as not to fall into a financial crisis, and to guard as much as possible."
He smiled and pointed out that his wife described the role of treasurer as the biggest risk Shan Zhongkai faced.
Shan emphasized that he would "watch the real numbers" more carefully, "Nowadays, the old ghosts (veterans) are out of the air and have to return to me. I will not have a leading role in politics. I will only look at the real numbers. I have been the treasurer for two years. I have been very careful in the past two years. I can only say that I will be more careful in the future."
Shan Zhongkai expressed his opinions in his personal capacity. He supports the general resignation of members of the democratic party legislative council. At the same time, he supports the Democratic Party's continued participation in the Legislative Council elections where there is only political space.
(Photo by Liang Pengwei)
Advocate the Democratic Party to continue the Legislative Council election
The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress made a decision last month on the membership of the Legislative Council. Four members including the Citizen Party Yang Yueqiao were immediately DQ by the government. The remaining 15 members of the democratic party always resigned to show their dissatisfaction. The outside world is concerned about whether the Democratic Party will fight for legislation after the resignation. Will elect.
Shan Zhongkai expressed his opinions in his personal capacity. He supports the resignation of members of the democratic legislature. At the same time, he supports the Democratic Party's continued participation in the Legislative Council elections when there is only political space. "When there is a return to the election, no matter how bad the election is. Well, we should try and participate. The central government and the SAR government have narrowed our political space. We have been narrowed. We have no choice but to face it even if we don’t accept it, but we don’t want to narrow ourselves. , We should expand our space as much as possible within the only available space."
Disagree that the Democratic Party has become radical
Since the anti-revision movement broke out, the Democratic Party, which is regarded as a traditional moderate pan-democracy, has been accused of becoming radical. There are even arguments that the political line of the Democratic Party will become more radical after the new generation such as Luo Jianxi takes the stage.
Shan Zhongkai does not agree with this statement. The Democratic Party has experienced the great era of Hong Kong. The younger generation in the party has a vision for generations. They need to stretch out. It is also very reasonable. "I represent the politicians of the previous generation. It is supportive, but to the end, my understanding of them is that they all support one country, two systems, and truly one country, two systems. I don’t want to become one country, one system, even though Hong Kong has fully moved towards one country, one system."
He doesn't think Luo Jianxi is radical. The other party only uses social media and new methods to participate in politics. "How radical has the Democratic Party ever been? The objective social environment has changed, and the degree of acceptance of radicalism is different, but the Hong Kong political spectrum is used. Look, Luo Jianxi and Liang Yiting believe that they are both gentler."
Shan Chung-kai chose to be re-elected as treasurer because under the "Hong Kong National Security Law", he hopes to "see the actual numbers" for the Democratic Party to prevent the Democratic Party from falling into a financial crisis.
(Photo by Liang Pengwei)
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