The first Legislative Council election under the new system has a final result. The direct election voter turnout rate is only 30.2%, which is a record low. The non-organizational faction has been exhausted, and the result is "uniform".
Before the election, Lu Wenduan, the vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, pointed out that if all the seats were taken by the establishment, the "win or lose" would allow the anti-China forces in the West to discredit and deny the new election system.
In an interview with the media today (20th), he said that this result was not the fault of the central government because some people instigated not to vote, but frankly he was "a little disappointed" that non-establishment voters did not vote for themselves.
▼Look at the results of various sectors of the Legislative Council and the distribution of parliamentary power▼
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Di Zhiyuan: 70% of voters express their position with silent power
The Democratic Party, the Chinese People's Association and other traditional democratic parties did not participate in this election, and some democrats living overseas called for "boycott" elections. In the end, the direct election rate was only about 30.2%, a record low in previous elections.
After the non-organizational candidates were wiped out, they were far from the threshold for election. Many of them even got only 4 digits of votes, and even the threshold of 3% of the votes was not reached.
Pan Zhuohong, a China Science Supervisor who was defeated in the East of Hong Kong Island, mentioned when meeting reporters after the results were announced that the voter turnout in this election was low and the results were "uniform" instead of the "splendid colors" originally expected, reflecting that the current electoral system is "completely imperfect and needs to be reformed." "It also described that voters who did not vote "have a louder voice" about the imperfect electoral system.
Di Zhiyuan, the only non-establishment sect who was elected in the functional constituency of the social welfare sector, also admitted that "70% of Hong Kong people chose to use #silent power to express their position in this election."
Zhong Jianhua, the deputy chief executive of the Hong Kong Civil Affairs Research Institute, said on a radio program this morning that the government promotes no housing and the public does not have election information such as the list of candidates. In addition, the government has "cleared everything out" in this election and the public is not going to sell it.
Lu: The new system reserves space for non-organizational factions
In an interview with "Cable News", Lu Wenduan was asked whether the "win or lose" of direct regional elections has been fulfilled. He frankly said that "it can be said that" in direct regional elections.
He pointed out that when the central government designed the new electoral system, it did not "make it all", and there was room for non-establishment groups to enter the gates. "But it is not the central government's fault. Some people incited not to vote. Of course, I was a little disappointed that non-organizational groups did not vote for themselves. ."
Liu Zhaojia: More than 30% of the turnout rate is considered good
Liu Zhaojia, vice-chairman of the National Hong Kong and Macau Research Association, said that the drop in voter turnout was within expectations, but he believed that more than 30% was "not bad."
He pointed out that because of the reduction of directly elected seats in the districts this year, the number of competitors has also decreased, and the power to push citizens to vote has also decreased. The number of voters will inevitably decrease. However, he believes that the goal of the election is not to increase the turnout rate. The more important goal is to ensure that the "one country, two systems" is comprehensive and accurate. Implement, maintain national security, promote administrative leadership, smooth administrative and legislative relations, and resolve deep-seated social contradictions.
He believes that what Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, refers to as "various colors" refers to the general premise of "patriots ruling Hong Kong." The participants are all patriots, representing the interests of different social, economic and people's livelihoods, different sectors, and different classes. The camp of patriots represented by this election result can be said to be stronger than before.
Regarding the exhaustion of the non-establishment army this time, Liu Zhaojia believes that this shows that they "neither the opposition nor the establishment support it", and that it has become "two-sided unpleasant."
He pointed out that the title of "non-establishment faction" will gradually disappear in Hong Kong's political ecology. Even if politicians have opposition and pan-democratic backgrounds in the past, they need to gradually transition to patriot status before they have a political future to participate in Hong Kong's future elections and governance. .
The result of the Legislative Council election has been settled. Among the 90 seats, the DAB won 19 seats.
(Photo by Liao Yanxiong)
There are only two options for non-organizational future
Regarding candidates who reported that voters were unwilling to vote against the new system, Liu Zhaojia pointed out that these candidates really wanted to open up votes from the people who originally supported the opposition, but they did not dare to compete with the previous "anti-China chaos". The "Hong Kong" elements got too close, so in the end they appeared "nondescript."
He believes that Hong Kong society has entered a stage of rapid radicalization in the past few years. After the central government has taken action, a "de-radicalization" process will be carried out. The situation has changed too fast, and the original opposition has lost room for survival. The rift in China is still very wide, and it is not easy for voters to "turn around".
He believes that these people have only two choices in the future: one is to adjust their past political stances and win the approval of voters in the patriotic camp; the other is to wait for the social settlement for a period of time, accept the new political situation and compromise with reality, and then fight for it. Their support.
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