Political situation
Written by: Wu Zhuoan
2021-06-20 18:27
Last update date: 2021-06-20 19:38
The government plans to arrange for district councillors to swear oaths in July. It is reported that three types of people will fall into the scope of "DQ", including those who participated in the primary elections of the pro-democracy party, have lent the office of members as a primary ballot station, and signed the "Mo Lao No Regrets" The district councillors of the protesters’ position statement predict that more than a hundred district councillors will be DQ due to this.
The Civic Party, which signed the "Declaration of Resistance" in the name of a political party, experienced a collective quitting wave on the eve of the oath. At least 8 district councillors announced their withdrawal from the party, including Yau Tsim Mong District Council Vice Chairman Yu Tak Po, Kwun Tong District Councillor Wang Ka Ying, and Sham Shui Po District Members Liu Jiaheng and Li Chunxi, Kwai Tsing District Councillor Cheung Kwan Kiu, etc.
Liu Jiaheng: Thanks to the Citizens
"Hong Kong 01" reported this afternoon that many district councillors will announce their withdrawal from the Civic Party.
At 6 pm, many people announced their withdrawal from the party on social platforms. Among them, Liu Jiaheng, a member of the Sham Shui Po District, said that he was grateful to the Citizens’ Party for his cultivation, and he was grateful to recognize that many like-minded party members helped each other through difficult times. "I will never I am busy remembering my original intentions and continue to be upright, facing the people of Hong Kong with my conscience amidst the difficult historical torrent! I also hope that the hands and feet in prison will return safely."
Yu Tak Po, the vice chairman of the Yau Tsim Mong District Council, also announced his withdrawal from the party without explaining the reason. I just said that I will continue to serve the neighbourhood as a district councillor in the future.
Kwai Tsing District Councillor Cheung Kwan-kyu said that he made a mistake and joined the Citizen Party in his freshman year. He has been in a hurry for seven years and is grateful for the people and things he has encountered. "Including Professor Kwan Shin-ki and Hon Meng-ching Mao, etc., let I learned the principles of politics from everyone."
List of District Councillors who withdrew from the Civic Party
Yu Tak Po, Vice Chairman of Yau Tsim Mong District Council
Kwun Tong District Councillor Wong Ka Ying
Sham Shui Po District Councillor Lau Ka Hang
Sham Shui Po District Councillor Lee Chun Hei
Kwai Tsing District Councillor Cheung Kwan Kiu
Sha Tin District Councillor Lu Tszhao
Sha Tin District Councillor Mak Tsz Kin
Islands District Councillor Li Jiahao
▼The latest district councilor who announced his withdrawal from the Civic Party▼
Sham Shui Po District Councillor Li Chunxi said that after careful consideration, he decided to withdraw from the Civic Party. "Thank you for your tolerance, understanding, support, and trust, and I wish you all peace." Li Jiahao, a member of the Islands District, and Mak Tsz Kin, a member of Shatin District, respectively said that they had withdrawn from the Civic Party.
In addition, Tsuen Wan District Council Chairman Chen Wanchen and Tsuen Wan District Councillor Lu Lingzhong deleted the political link on the District Council website. It is unknown whether they have withdrawn from the Civic Party.
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News of quitting the party came out today. District councillors who had quit the party revealed to "01" earlier that the party had discussed issues such as oaths and quitting the party earlier, and that district councillors who wish to quit the party will "patch a time." "In the evening, they announced the news of their withdrawal from the party on their respective personal social platforms, emphasizing that it has nothing to do with the issue of whether the Civic Party will be dissolved.
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