The Legislative Council election was originally scheduled to be held last year. The government later postponed the election for more than a year on the grounds of the epidemic. The nomination period began today (30th).
From the year before last to last year, supporters of the pan-democracy mobilization were registered as voters in the sector, and they were rushing to capture seats in sectors that were dominated by individual votes or less affected by company votes. We hope to cooperate with direct elections in the region to win 35+ seats, that is, to win more than half of the seats. Parliament has control, but after a year, the atmosphere has turned upside down.
In the 2016 Legislative Council election, there were 29 functional constituencies with a total of 35 seats, 11 of which were won by non-establishment parties.
In the outpost last year, Panmin pointed out five more sectors that have the potential to win, including engineering, sports, art and literature, catering, wholesale and retail, and import and export sectors.
Nowadays, the rules of the game have changed drastically, the functional constituency has shrunk to 30 seats, and the five directly elected "super district council" seats have been cancelled.
The functional constituencies with individual votes have also been greatly reduced from 18 to 9, of which 7 are still based on professional individual votes. If the pan-people are willing to participate in elections and be nominated, the establishment is actually difficult to overcome, but many professionals The pan-democrats in different sectors all unanimously stated that the pan-democrats in the industry have no intention of running for the election.
Although the functional constituencies with more than 200,000 registered voters have been criticized by the pan citizens for violating the principle of universal suffrage and demanding a complete abolition, many of them are pan citizens and have been dominated by pan citizens for many years.
Under the old election system, in education, law, accounting, health services, medicine, social welfare, information technology, and construction, surveying and planning, because voters were based on the individual votes of professionals, the 2016 elections were all won by the Panmin.
The 7 new functional groups are voted by professional individuals
Under the new election system, functional constituencies have been further tightened, responding to the pan-pop tide of beach rush last year, and increasing the safety factor.
The major changes include the merger of the medical and health services sectors from two seats to one. The current representatives are Chen Peiran and Li Guolin; the six district council seats are also abolished; seven sectors have mixed votes for groups and individuals. Changed to the whole group ticket, including food and technology innovation (formerly information technology), etc.
There are 9 sectors based on individual votes. Excluding the sectors of Heung Yee Kuk and the People’s Congress and the CPPCC, there are still 7 sectors that are actually voted by individual professionals. They are education, law, accounting, medical and health care. Nearly 210,000 voters can vote in the engineering, construction, survey, and planning, and social welfare sectors.
Panmin: If you are selected, you should find candidates in professional organizations
Based on the opinions of senior pan-democrats, many of these traditional sectors based on professionals are pan-democratic votes. (Winning the election).” Taking into account that under the new system, the election of the Legislative Council must be nominated by at least two election committees from each of the five sectors of the Election Committee, and must be confirmed by the Candidate Qualification Review Committee to meet the support of the Basic Law. And the requirement of loyalty to the SAR, he believes that such candidates can meet the requirements.
However, there are difficulties in finding people to be elected.
More than one senior educator said for example that if the sector is looking for these candidates, it must focus on organizations such as the Association of Secondary School Heads and the Tianjin-China Council. Retired principals are also a suitable choice and have a greater chance of being recognized by the authorities. It is more recognized by voters in different sectors, "But the count is all negative factors. First of all, it is not attractive to join the parliament, and it is second to nominations. The problem is that under this situation, are there anyone who is interested in participating? They all say that there are many people who are interested and ambitious, but if they want to practice their ideas, they would rather choose to stay in a professional position, saying bluntly that "it is completely unheard of that some people are willing to come forward."
The seats in the education sector have always been obtained by the Association of Education, with Situ Hua, Zhang Wenguang and Ye Jianyuan all being representatives of the Association.
Following the dissolution of the Education Association last month, there is an analysis by the pan-democrats that politicians from the professional sector gathered together because of their political ideas, and then they were elected. , Law and Political Consultation, Xinglin Awakening, and Trade Unions, the numbers are not clear, they are scattered, and candidates are selected?" He lamented that since those in power often criticize the politicization of society, how can these political fields tolerate free will, and A professional person?
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The education sector's track record, if the pandemic is absent, the voter turnout may be bleak
No one from the Panminist expressed the election. Regarding the establishment, Huang Junyu, the chairman of the Federation of Education, accepted an inquiry from "Hong Kong 01" earlier, and explicitly stated that he actively coordinated the selection of candidates. , But "not neutral, ruling Hong Kong according to family patriots!" It is rumored that the chairman of the association Huang Jinliang or the vice chairman Deng Fei have the opportunity to go into battle in armor.
There are more than 85,000 registered voters in the education sector. Taking the 2016 Legislative Council election as an example, Tsai Ruolian of the Federation of Education received only less than 30% of the votes, losing to the vice president of the Education Association, Ye Jianyuan, who received more than 70% of the votes.
A senior Panminist person said frankly that if Panmin was absent from this election, one can imagine how bleak the turnout rate would be.
Senior social worker is gratified: do a good job in the profession
The pandemic has little interest in participating in professional elections, which can be seen in the election of the Election Committee last month.
As an outpost, there is no traditional pan-democracy, and only three of the well-known non-establishment factions have signed up for the election. Except for the democratic thinking of Tang Jiahua who was elected in the legal profession, only the Saigon District Council Chairman Zhou Xianming and the new thinking Di Zhiyuan were elected by the social welfare sector. .
There are currently nearly 14,000 voters in the social welfare sector, mainly registered social workers. The former MPs Luo Zhiguang, Zhang Chaoxiong, Zhang Guozhu and Shao Jiazhen are all pan-democrats.
Last year’s election was not postponed. The Hong Kong Federation of Social Workers elected Zhang Zhiwei, the vice chairman of foreign affairs, to go into battle.
Some senior social welfare professionals said frankly that "many people have died of their hearts." It would be better to do their jobs in their professions. They also said that even commenting on social politics is not very eager.
Regarding Di Zhiyuan, a new thinking who claims to be a non-organizational faction, and Zhu Liling, the Central Committee of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong, who announced her election to the social welfare sector, he said with a smile, "If someone chooses, there will always be competition. How many people voted!"
Zhang Zhiwei, the vice president of foreign affairs of the Social Workers' Federation, has stated earlier that if there is no accident, the association will not send people to the Legislative Council elections at the end of the year.
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