Political rumors | Democratic internal polls reveal that more than 60 adults oppose running for the Legislative Council

As the largest pan-democratic party, whether the Democratic Party will participate in the December Legislative Council election has attracted much attention. The party's membership meeting held on the 26th of this month has decided.

In recent days, the establishment camp has frequently issued "warnings". The Vice Chairman of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, Lu Wenduan, recently stated that if the Democratic Party prevents party members from participating in the election, it may violate the "Hong Kong National Security Act".

According to a senior Democrat, there has been news recently that if the general assembly vetoed the election of party members, the Democratic Party or the Pedagogical Association and the stake will become the focus of the target.

It is understood that the Democratic Party commissioned a private company to conduct a public opinion survey last month to understand the public’s views on the democratic faction’s election to the Legislative Council. As a result, more than 60% of the interviewees did not support the election, and only slightly more than two adults supported the democratic dispatch. select.

Whether the Democratic Party will participate in the December Legislative Council election is of great concern.

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Polls are not for party members' reference

The Democratic Party has always conducted polls on different topics, but it has never made it public. In July last year, the Legislative Council election was finalized and postponed for one year. In August, Beijing decided to extend the term of the Legislative Council for at least one year. The Democratic Party also privately. Conduct polls to understand citizens' attitudes.

Last year, today, the Panminist was going to stay in the camp and there was a dispute. At that time, the Panminist adopted a "dragging trick", which instead caused the "main staying faction" and the "main resignation faction" to become popular. It was decided to commission a credible institution to conduct a poll. Political parties such as the Civic Party also decided to follow the car. In the end, they supported or opposed the threshold of less than half. After discussion, they decided to stay in office.

Time has changed. After the major electoral reforms in Hong Kong, the mainstream democrats’ willingness to participate in elections has been greatly reduced. As the “leading” pan-democratic party, the Democratic Party has not made a clear statement. ".

According to reports, the Democratic Party conducted a poll on the issue of running for the Legislative Council in August. It designed its own questionnaire and then hired an external company to be responsible. Whether the democrats are elected is only one of the issues to understand the people’s sentiments.

According to the usual practice, polls are only circulated during high-level party meetings, and will not be presented to the general meeting for party members' reference.

Yuan Haiwen's criticism of the election of individuals in his own name is untrue to the public

It is understood that the polls show that more than 60% of the interviewees do not support the democratic camp to run for the election, based on the respondents of all camps, and only slightly more than 20% support it. Nearly two adults also said that they "have no opinion." About 600 people were interviewed.

A member of the Democratic Party said that most of the supporters urged the party not to stand for elections in the past six months when it was left on the street, so as not to become a "political vase." The result is not unexpected.

Some people of the "main electoral faction" pointed out that they understand that supporters of the universal democrats are resistant to the election, but they believe that the Democratic Party should use the election to show that it is not "opposed" to the central government, otherwise the road ahead will be worrying.

Recently, there have been rumors in the party that the "third way" is brewing. After the general assembly vetoed the election of members, individual party members were allowed to stand for election in their own name, but disciplinary actions would not be taken. This is in line with Lu Wenduan's proposal to allow individuals to be elected in the name of the Democratic Party. The election coincided with each other.

Sham Shui Po District Councillor Yuen Hai-wen pointed out yesterday that this arrangement is "nothing but no water," and that "election or non-election" should be an account to the voters and be honest with the public.

Some senior party members pointed out that the Democratic Party must prepare plans for various situations. If it fails to be elected, is there a "Plan B", such as allowing party members to participate in the election in their own name or setting out conditions, describing the current political environment as "the world is unpredictable." Be mentally prepared to deal with unexpected situations.

Some party members also said that in order not to cause any political troubles, they simply absent from the membership meeting and gave up their votes.

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