District councillors who had been brewing for a long time swore an oath to finally have the "first blood." The government yesterday (15th) highlighted the seven DQ councillors, including Wan Chai District Council Chairman Yang Xueying and Democratic Party Eastern District Council Member Su Yiheng.
The common point of the 7 people who were DQ was related to the democratic primary elections. Each of them had participated in the primary elections or lent their office as a voting station.
On the other hand, the seven "passed" pan-democratic district councillors did not participate in the primary elections or lent their offices to vote.
The result of this time draws the DQ red line for the district councilors who will take the oath next, and also establishes a chance for the democrats to "enter the gate" in future elections.
Whether the Democratic Party can run for the Legislative Council has attracted much attention. Some establishments have even claimed that the Democratic Party’s non-election is a dead end. Some "give the green light" for the Democratic Party to run for elections, even if they want to run for elections, it is not easy.
Cai Ziqiang, a senior lecturer in the Department of Politics and Administration at CUHK, believes that the "candidates" will be in an even more embarrassing situation in the future, coupled with the recent low social atmosphere, more and more organizations have been disbanded, and civil society is waning. I believe it is not conducive to the approval of the Democratic Party General Assembly. Run for election to the Legislative Council.
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The government has not explained the reasons why the 7 district councillors swear the oath to be invalid, but 7 people have participated in the democratic primary elections in different roles. For example, Yang Xueying and Peng Zhuoqi participated in the primary elections and were one of the 47 defendants; Su Yiheng ranked on the Democratic Party Xu Zhifeng’s list Second place; Chen Rongtai, Wei Shaoli, and Li Zixin once lent the office of a member of the council as the voting station, while Leung Baijian used the private road outside the office as the voting station.
It was deemed that Liang Yiting had lent the office as a voting station
Calculated by this standard, among the Kowloon and New Territories district councillors who have not yet taken the oath, at least more than 20 district councillors have also participated in the primary election or loaned out places, facing great DQ risk. What is worrying is that they are regarded as "candidates for elections." Members of the Democratic Party of the "Faction" were also not spared. For example, Liang Yiting lent the office as a voting station in the primary election of the Democratic Party, and she has a high chance of being DQ.
Former Democratic Party members of the Legislative Council Kwong Junyu and Tu Jinshen are also expected to be on the DQ list because they have participated in the primary election.
Cai Ziqiang.
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Cai Ziqiang: DQ is unfavorable for the Democratic Party to pass the election
The Democratic Party convened a general meeting on the 26th of this month to decide whether or not to run for the Legislative Council election.
In the past, there have been arguments among the Democratic Party’s "candidates" whether it is the most important to wait and see whether the explanations of Kwong Junyu, Tu Jinshen, and Liang Yiting can evade DQ. If not, the DQ can be regarded as the government’s interpretation of the Democratic Party’s election to the Legislative Council. A "positive signal" is issued.
However, after being DQ, according to the law, they are not allowed to participate in the election for five years. If the "participants" are DQ this time, it means that their wishful thinking to participate in the election will not start.
Cai Ziqiang believes that this time the DQ district councilors have made the situation of the "participants" even more embarrassing, which proves that the argument of "saving the brothers in prison and the brothers of the district councillors" is not valid.
He said that according to the current standard, even if the "participants" decide to enter the Legislative Council, they will have a high chance of not being able to "enter the gate". More and more organizations have been disbanded, which makes people feel that the political space has been greatly narrowed and their enthusiasm is diminished. I believe that it is not good for the Democratic Party to pass the election.
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