The nomination period for the Legislative Council election is not over, and there is still more than a month before the polling day. However, with the extinction of the traditional pan-population, voters' desire to vote has attracted much attention.
Zhang Zhigang, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and president of the One Country, Two Systems Research Center, calculated in a newspaper that the voter turnout rate for direct elections in this election will only be 20%.
Compared with 71.23% of the district elections in the previous year, Zhang Zhigang pointed out that the high turnout rate in the past was caused by the opposition's hype and anger. He believed that the fall of the new system was "an inevitable policy consequence."
Zhang also warned people who claim to be "democrats" that if they label themselves as "not an establishment" after the election, they will have serious problems: "They refuse to support the established system of "one country, two systems", "Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong", and "a high degree of autonomy." , Unable to pass the qualification examination at any time, and duplicity, it is very likely to get into trouble in the future."
In the past, the voter turnout was created by opposition parties
In his article, Zhang Zhigang pointed out that, in addition to the record-breaking voter turnout in the district election the year before, the 2015 district election was 47%, which was generally only 30-40% before.
He said that the opposition knows the political ecology in Hong Kong. The higher the voter turnout, the more beneficial it is. Therefore, it has been "relying on a planned political project to promote it", creating opposition and anger by expanding political contradictions and hype news. High turnout rate.
Zhang Zhigang pointed out that the "Minato District National Security Law" and measures to improve the electoral system have eliminated these opposition groups. The low turnout rate is completely predictable. Through different methods of extrapolation, we can get a figure of more than 20%. He believes that even in the next month After the "hot stir", it is only a few percent.
He pointed out that if the final turnout rate reaches 35%, compared to 45% in 2008, "it is 10 percentage points lower. Low is low, but it's not too low."
Under the new system, members must protect the voting rate of the institutional system, which is gossip
Zhang pointed out that many new faces in elections are also the reason for the lower turnout rate. He believes that as these people step onto the political arena, the direct election turnout rate will pick up in the future. ceiling".
He pointed out that the high and low turnout rate under the new system no longer affects the election results of the "patriotic and loves Hong Kong camp." It will only become pure academic discussions or gossip after dinner.
He also pointed out that the new system requires lawmakers to have absolute loyalty to "one country, two systems."
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