The election for the Election Committee was held on Sunday (19th). Of the 36 sectors that must be elected, 13 of the sectors required to vote, and 412 people competed for 364 seats.
Together with the Legislative Council elections to be held on December 19 and the Chief Executive election on March 27 next year, Hong Kong will hold three political elections in the next six months. This is the first time that the electoral system has been completely revised. It is of great significance.
In terms of time, the Election Committee election held on September 19 is the first of the three elections; by nature, the Election Committee is responsible for nominating and electing candidates for the Chief Executive, nominating candidates for the Legislative Council and electing 40 candidates Member of the Legislative Council.
From these two perspectives, the election of the Election Committee is the forerunner and foundation of the new electoral system, and it is critical to the implementation of the role of patriots in ruling Hong Kong.
The fundamental nature of elections
Needless to say, the number of voters in this election committee has dropped significantly. As the convener of the Executive Council, Chen Zhisi, said bluntly, the general public mostly has no votes.
However, many candidates have "dropped off the district" to participate in activities such as the street station, including some heavyweight establishments and even business leaders. Of course, the election commissioner Tang Yingnian also visited grassroots families. This clearly illustrates some of the nature of the election committee election.
Or the election committee and the candidates are only "forced" or "required" to do this kind of thing. It may be that the Liaison Office of the Central Committee has put forward higher or different requirements from the past.
But in any case, the outdated style of the reformist faction that attaches great importance to communication with society and the needs of people's livelihood is also a kind of progress.
Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, pointed out in July that those who govern Hong Kong must be good at doing practical things for the people. mean.
Election period that links the past and the future
After the election committee kicked off and Hong Kong entered the election period, it heralded the beginning of the reshaping process of Hong Kong's political structure, and it also reminded Hong Kong to enter the historical process of reform.
The three elections are related to the national security law cycle. The national security law that calms social unrest is broken, and the election of talents for reforming society is an established one.
Therefore, no matter how the mechanism of the three elections is changed from the past, or the number of voters and candidates, it should not cause the society to lose focus, ignoring the biggest—or even the only—purpose of the three elections. , Is to make Hong Kong carry out reforms.
Combining the speeches by Xia Baolong and Luo Huining, Director of the Liaison Office of the Central Government, with the central government’s policies concerning Hong Kong’s development, such as co-organizing the National Games, Qianhai Cooperation Zone, and financial interoperability, it is not difficult to see that the central government has raised the issue of those who govern Hong Kong. The requirements have also pointed out the direction of development for Hong Kong.
Recently, it has even been rumored that the central government has put forward a request to solve the housing problem for real estate developers. No matter whether it is true or not, no one can deny that the housing problem must be resolved immediately and completely.
Only by looking at the beginning of the election period from a holistic and complete perspective, can we see what the way forward for Hong Kong is.
Ten major reforms.
Five | Reform is the ten-year theme of Hong Kong society and ten major reforms.
Six | The reform of the government is the starting point of all reforms in Hong Kong. Ten major reforms.
One | Stop violence and chaos is the starting point, reform cannot stop