Legislative Council Election ︱ 40-seat electoral committee Jie has become an organizational "squid game". Direct elections are unseen and embarrassing

In December, the general election of the Legislative Council entered the second half of the nomination period. In recent days, the non-establishment faction encountered varying degrees of obstacles in the process of seeking nomination. Many people have not yet received enough nominations for the election committee. "Regional direct elections seem to be difficult for more than three people in each district to compete, and the operation means a lot.

Some politicians have pointed out that the electoral committee sector, where the general public has no part of voting, has become a battleground within the establishment, which is like a "squid game," but it is more eye-catching.

Democratic thinking Huang Weihao successfully signed up after transferring to the district

Under the new electoral system, candidates for the Legislative Council must be nominated by at least two from each of the five electoral committees. Among them, the "national team" of the fifth sector is the most difficult. The outside world has long expected that it will be difficult for non-establishment parties.

After the nomination period began, district councilors Tan Xiangwen, Fang Longfei, and New Thinking Di Zhiyuan signed up earlier, but Tang Jiahua, the convener of democratic thinking, visited Zhongda in the newspaper to seek nomination. Pan Zhuohong, managing director of Zhongke Xingye pointed out directly , Friends from the first to fourth sectors have expressed their willingness to nominate, but the fifth sector has not heard back for a long time. It was not until the day before (November 7) that there was a "zero breakthrough".

As for the new thinking, Huang Junlang and Cui Dingbang, who are planning to participate in direct elections in the region, still have no "voicing."

The democratic thinking member Huang Weihao successfully signed up yesterday (8th) morning, but he originally planned to play in the direct elections in the North New Territories, but admitted that someone "suggested" a transfer to the district, and eventually changed to register for the Northeast New Territories.

Other applicants in the northeastern New Territories include Chen Keqin from the Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong and Li Zijing from the New Democratic Party.

Among the three, Huang Weihao admitted that his popularity is a little bit lower, and the next election will not be easy to deal with.

Li Huaming, a former Legislative Council member who supported the Democratic Party’s election earlier, responded to reporters at the event recently that some once "extreme" democrats have been nominated, while many intermediate and non-mainstream democrats are difficult to nominate. I feel unclear, and I am also disappointed that candidates for democratic thinking have not been nominated enough, describing the current situation as "more and more uniform."

"It seems that even the results are predictable."

The vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, Lu Wenduan, wrote in a newspaper that the problem of non-establishment nomination is believed to be resolved eventually, and there will be non-organizational people participating in the competition in regional directly elected districts.

However, some people in the non-organizational system believe that candidates must "bow their heads to reality" before they can register. This reflects that direct elections in this region may be subject to a certain degree of "coordination" and the actual degree of competition is limited, which may further reduce public voting. I intend, "Regional direct elections should be the most open, right? Now the threshold is so high, it seems that even the results are predictable."

The Election Committee allows "free fighting" to increase the stimulus

In contrast, the election of the Election Committee, which has 40 seats, is more "watchful."

Based on political news, the election committee is expected to eventually sign up for more than 50 people, and allow a certain degree of "free fighting." At present, there are many well-known incumbents among those who have signed up, including the DAB Ge Peifan and Zhang Guojun, and the Federation of Trade Unions Mai Meijuan, Meifen Leung of the Economic and People’s Federation, Ma Fengguo, a performer out of bounds, and others who are well-known in society, such as Sheng Zhiwen, Feng Weiguang, etc., as well as powerful people in various industries and fields.

Some politicians pointed out to the author that there are many changes in regional direct elections for all voters in Hong Kong. The number of candidates is maintained at 3 or 4, and the degree of control is relatively high. However, all those in the election committee sector are institutionalized and only open to 1,500 electors. , The safety factor is high, which may result in more room for open competition. With a smile, this is like a "squid game", requiring the contestants to "fight against each other" to get the final winner, but it is extremely exciting.

Some young democrats have privately stated that under the new electoral system, the traditional pan-democrats are absent, and the newly emerging non-establishment factions may not meet the "tastes" of the original democratic supporters. Therefore, the attention of the camp to the election will definitely decline. But if you see some well-known establishments "accidentally fall from the horse", they are also happy to "eat peanuts."

Liu Zhaojia believes that the difficulty of the non-establishment faction in obtaining the nomination is largely related to the fact that the candidates "are not daring to accept the title of Patriot."

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Liu Zhaojia: Dare to label the "Patriot" status affect the election committee's nomination

Liu Zhaojia, the vice president of the National Hong Kong and Macau Research Association, said that the degree of competition may not be the focus of the Beijing authorities. The difficulty of nomination for individual candidates is not necessarily related to the "election operation", but their own attitude.

He pointed out that he noticed that many candidates who advertised themselves as "non-establishment" were not enthusiastic about the title of "patriot," and even showed a certain "avoidance" attitude.

"The new electoral system is to ensure that the "patriots govern Hong Kong", but there may be people who are not confident in obtaining votes from the establishment, and do not want to offend or even want to please voters who originally supported the opposition. Therefore, they still have certain reservations and want to maintain the patriotic camp. Distance. This does not mean that they must not be patriots and will not be able to enter the gate, but in the eyes of the Election Committee, it is difficult not to have doubts, which affects the intention of nomination."

Liu Zhaojia believes that no matter what political forces want to develop under the new system and have a political future, they must at least show their determination to "transition to patriots" and put forward various political opinions based on the existing constitutional order: The matter is that there is no opposition. You can only identify yourself as an enlightened or reformist in the patriotic camp."

For the list of candidates from all sectors in the Legislative Council election, please click here to refer to the "Hong Kong 01" election website.

Legislative Council Election︱Lu Wenduan: Non-organizational nomination difficulties can solve the pan-pop siege of candidates or illegal Legislative Council elections｜Democratic thinking Huang Weihao signed up to run for elections in the Northeast New Territories revealed someone lobbying to transfer to the Legislative Council election｜The breakthrough of the fifth sector zero Pan Zhuohong expects to be nominated next week: Despair becomes hope

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