The nomination period for the General Election of the Legislative Council will begin at the end of this month. The Democratic Party has earlier formulated a selection mechanism for internal elections. Party members who intend to stand for election must obtain 20 member nominations from their regional branches and 5 members from each of the remaining 4 regional branches. Nomination, registration is closed at 6 pm today (11th).
According to various sources, only Han Dong, a member of the New Territories West Branch of the Democratic Party and the leader of the June Fourth Labor Movement, has expressed his intention to participate in the election to his party members. However, he is expected to have a low chance of obtaining a sufficient nomination. Whether to send personnel to stand for election.
When Han Dongfang accepted the inquiry of "Hong Kong 01", he said that as of 5 o'clock yesterday (10th), the number of nomination votes held by the hand was less than one-fourth of the threshold (that is, less than 10 votes), and said: "However, what I want to do It's doing everything. Since the company came out that day, we must try our best to fight for it."
Said that there are less than 10 Han Dongfang nominations: the result of long-term non-participation in Democratic Party activities
The Democratic Party finalized the selection mechanism within the party at the end of last month. If a valid nomination is received before the deadline, the Central Committee will convene a meeting to determine the arrangements for the special membership meeting and hand it over to the membership assembly to make a decision on the nomination for election.
Han Dongfang, who is a member of the Western New Territories Branch, intends to fight for the election of the Democratic Party in the Southwest New Territories constituency. He sent an email to his party members earlier, listing two reasons for supporting the Democratic Party’s election of the Legislative Council, seeking party nomination and support.
When Han Dongfang accepted the inquiry yesterday, he said that the nomination votes he held were less than a quarter of the required threshold (40 nomination votes). "What I have to do is to do my best. Since the enterprise came out that day, I must try my best to fight for it."
Han Dongfang said frankly that if he cannot get enough nominations in the end, it is also the result of his long-term non-participation in Democratic Party activities. "No wonder, so if you can get a quarter (nomination), I would be very grateful."
More than one Democrat who opposes the election frankly stated that Han Dongfang could not obtain enough nominations, which was the "best result." One of the sources stated that if Han Dongfang obtained enough nominations, the Democratic Party would hold a special The meeting will decide whether to support South Korea’s election. Once vetoed, the party may run the legal risk of being criticized for "blocking party members from participating in the election." ""Serve"!"
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Party members say that Han Dongfang’s insufficient votes are "the best result"
The party member also pointed out that if the Democratic Party sends Han Dongfang to represent the party in the election, it will be based on Han’s status as the leader of the June Fourth Labor Movement, and the National Security Office has identified June Fourth as "a Chinese government intended to overthrow the leadership of the Communist Party of China and subvert socialism." The counter-revolutionary riots in the People’s Republic of China believes that Han’s chances of passing the qualification examination are very low.
However, some party members disagreed with the statement. They believed that after the district councillors took the oath, "some people (district councillors) stayed low and some wanted to leave." They believed that "it's so difficult to expose (the whole party) again."
A party member who did not resist the election of Democratic Party members frankly stated that Han Dongfang "has no connections and completely unknown people" and "no phone number for the candidates", describing the method of nomination and the object of lobbying by the other party. It is also wrong.
A party member who supported the democratic camp was asked whether he would nominate Han Dongfang. He frankly said: "If Qu (Han) asks me, I will (Nominate), but Qu (Han) does not ask again."
Some candidates said that Han Dongfang had not contacted him
Han Dongfang sent an e-mail to some party members last Friday (5th), citing the two major reasons for supporting the Democratic Party’s election of the Legislative Council election, including the belief that in limited political space, the Democratic Party still has to advance the situation of political rights in Hong Kong, and that " Although the rules of the "game" have changed, it is by no means an end game, emphasizing that the Democratic Party should participate to the last minute.
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