Political situation
Written by: Zhou Lixi
2021-03-15 07:00
Last update date: 2021-03-15 07:00
The National People’s Congress passed a plenary session to revise the election system of the Hong Kong Chief Executive, the Election Committee and the Legislative Council, which stipulated that the number of the election committee should be increased from 1,200 to 1,500. The chief executive must be nominated by 15 votes from each of the five sectors. , The barriers to entry have been substantially raised.
A number of professional committee election committees dominated by pan-democrats in the past said that the democrats have shown little interest in the election committee, because they believe that under the system, they can no longer influence the election of the chief executive, and they also expect pan-democratic groups to be targeted at every turn.
He Junren from the legal profession has made it clear that he has no intention of running for the next election committee.
Shan Zhongkai, the election committee of the information technology sector and the Democratic Party, even pointed out that although it is now mid-March, the democrats in all sectors have not yet failed to urge the cessation of voter registration for changes in information in April, which objectively reflects The pan-democratic campaign atmosphere is not enthusiastic.
The Social Welfare Election Committee Zhang Zhiwei also estimated that the Social Workers Association to which he belongs may not be able to form teams to participate in the election. It is expected that there will be a greater chance of participating in the election in an individual way, because there is concern that the group will be targeted, and the industry is also difficult to find new blood to participate in the election. Election committee.
In the last election of the Election Committee, the Hong Kong Federation of Social Workers sent 20 people to compete for the social welfare sector with a total of 60 seats, and all were elected as election committees, securing one-third of the seats in this group.
He was elected last year. The Vice-President of Foreign Affairs, Cheung Chi-wai, who ran for the legislative council’s seat in the social welfare sector last year, said frankly that Chief Executive Carrie Lam earlier threatened that the social sector might be classified as a professional sector. .
He also pointed out that the President of the Society has not yet discussed whether to send people to the election committee, but his personal assessment of the possibility is very small.
Zhang Zhiwei explained that although the new election method of the Election Committee is unclear, the composition of the Nomination Committee and the nomination mechanism have not been disclosed, but it is expected that the agency will not be able to participate in the election by "grouping" because of the possibility of being "targeted". Quite high, it may not be able to "get in".
As for participating in the election in his own name, he believes that other people in the industry have a chance to enter the gate, but his chance is not great.
He also predicts that under the current government atmosphere, newcomers in the industry may not be willing to participate in the election. The middle and high-level people in the industry believe that there are representatives and will not fall, so there may not be new blood to participate in politics.
However, he believes that the industry can exert influence in different ways, and at the substantive work level, there may not be no way out in the future.
He also said that it is still unclear whether the conditions of participation in the social welfare sector will be changed, because in the past, as long as there are social workers nominated to prove the connection between the candidates and the social welfare sector, once this system is changed, there may be only some social workers in the future. Fujie groups are expected to participate in the election.
He Junren stated that he had no intention of running for the election committee.
In an earlier interview, he said that in the election of the chief executive after the restructuring, the democrats cannot actually get enough nominations. "Each sector is enough to DQ you."
(Data Picture/Photo by Yu Junliang)
He Junren stated that he has no intention to re-elect for a review system such as the "appointment system"
Ho Chun-jen, the last election committee member of the legal profession and the Democratic Party, also predicted that the democrats would no longer want to stand for election after the electoral system was revised.
He explained that the current rumored restructuring content, including the qualification examination committee, group nomination and other restrictions, is like re-introducing the "appointment system."
He even heard some pan-democrats say indignantly, "You can (the center) play with the canal."
Personally, He Junren revealed that he had no intention of running for re-election because he was 70 years old.
The higher education sector is another pan-citizen. Feng Weihua, the president of the Education Association, who was elected as the electoral committee of this sector, said that they still have to wait for the election plan to be issued before they can discuss whether to consider sending members to participate in the election.
However, in his analysis, the consideration at that time will mainly focus on two points: first, whether the way to participate in the election is fair; second, whether the election can exert influence to influence the election of the chief executive, "if it is not (useful), it may not be interested in running for the election."
Speaking of the need for nomination by the Election Committee for future pan-democratic elections to the Legislative Council, whether it will be a factor to consider. Feng Weihua said that if the election method sets multiple barriers for election by then, it will be useless even if the number of nominations is sufficient.
The Democratic Party's Shan Zhongkai pointed out that the voter registration information has been changed by the end of next month, but the pan-democrats are still weak, showing that elections in all sectors are not hot.
(Data Picture / Photo by Zhuang Gongnan)
Shan Zhongkai: In mid-March, we still haven't seen all walks of life mobilize voters to register.
Shan Zhongkai, the Democratic Party who participated in the last election in the IT sector, believes that Panmin will not be completely unattended, but there are many conditions for those who are interested in running for the election. I believe that Panmin's enthusiasm for participating in the election is not high.
According to his analysis, the democrats used to mobilize the election committee in order to allow the Panminist Chief Executive candidates to have enough votes to enter the gate, but in the face of the new Chief Executive's nomination qualifications, they simply couldn't bring the Panminist into the election committee. Arena.
Furthermore, important political affairs in Hong Kong are now under the direct control of the central government. The chief executive is "not as good as the mayor, but only a younger sister", so they have no intention of running for the election.
Shan Zhongkai also predicts that the negative list of amendments to oaths that will be reviewed in the Legislative Council will be applied to the election committee elections, which will restrict the words and deeds of candidates in the future, and that the pan-democrats will not "put a knife without reason." On my neck."
Voter registration this year will end in May for new registrations, and April will end for changes in information.
Shan Zhongkai said that up to mid-March, Panmin has not mobilized all election committees to register for registration. It can be seen that Panmin election committees from all walks of life are not keen to participate in this election committee election.
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