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The chief executive has turned into a sprint? 10 weeks before the election, the nomination period has not been gazetted, and it is said that Beijing controls the rhythm and fights against evil

2022-01-18T08:42:48.131Z


The chief executive election held on March 27 is only 68 days away, but the outpost battle has not yet started. The government has not announced the polling day since it was gazetted on October 22 last year. According to what the current Chief Executive Carrie Lam said recently,


The chief executive election held on March 27 is only 68 days away, but the outpost battle has not yet started.

The government has not announced the polling day since it was gazetted on October 22 last year.

According to the current Chief Executive Carrie Lam, the nomination period will start on the 15th of next month. The Registration and Electoral Office sent a document to the Legislative Council in October last year, which also revealed the relevant timetable and stated that it would be announced by the Gazette.


The date has already been set, and the nomination period is less than a month away, yet the government has not gazetted this crucial date, which is rare.

The guidelines for the election of the new chief executive have not been officially announced. The guidelines will set out a series of election norms and procedures, including the maximum expenditure limit; it will also increase according to the number of electoral committees, specifying that candidates must obtain no less than 188 electoral committees. Nomination, and must obtain more than 750 votes to be validly elected, usually by the chairman of the election management committee to hold a briefing.


Some media quoted information today (18th) that the slowdown of the Chief Executive’s battle was due to Beijing’s halt. The Registration and Electoral Office had planned to issue a gazette earlier this month to implement the nomination period and guidelines for election activities, but “Beijing suddenly told us to suspend everything.” (Beijing abruptly asked us to hold everything).

"Hong Kong 01" is responding to enquiries from the Registration and Electoral Office.


Three days ago, he said that the central government did not encourage grabbing the reins. Ye Liu Jin refused to comment.

The South China Morning Post's information came from the Electoral Affairs Office, and another anonymous person was quoted as saying that the relevant parties intend to shorten the process of the election of the chief executive, so as to ensure that there will be no fierce fighting within the establishment camp, and "de-politics" under the new electoral system change".

Ye Liu Shuyi, a member of the Executive Council and chairman of the New Democracy Party, said on a TV show on Saturday that the political ecology has changed a lot and everything has returned to the right track. It is estimated that "the central government does not want to see Hong Kong and then be torn apart by the chief executive election, so see you. No one has come out to wave the flag for a long time, so that's the answer, and the central government does not encourage it." "Hong Kong 01" asked Ye Liu again today, she only responded that she had seen the above report, but she did not know the basis or other details. Further comments.

The nomination period for the fierce fighting in the past two sessions was gazetted 53 days earlier

According to the "Practical Arrangements for the 2022 Chief Executive Election" submitted by the Registration and Electoral Office to the Legislative Council in October last year, it was mentioned that the nomination period for the chief executive election was planned to be from February 15 to March 2, a total of 16 days.

When asked about her re-election aspirations at the end of last month, Carrie Lam also said, "As far as I know... the nomination period starts on February 15."

However, the government has so far not made any announcements related to the nomination period for the 2022 chief executive election.

Now, there are 28 days left until the nomination is accepted on the 15th of next month.

Looking through the information, the nomination period for the past two chief executive elections was gazetted 53 days earlier, and both elections saw competition within the establishment camp, namely Leung Chun-ying against Tang Yingnian in 2012, and Lin Zhengyue against Tsang Junhua in 2017.

As for Tung Chee-hwa's re-election without competition in 2002, and Donald Tsang's confrontation with Leung Ka-kit in 2007, the nomination period was gazetted 21 days earlier and 26 days earlier, which is similar to the timetable for this election.

If the nomination period is postponed this time, according to the "Chief Executive Election Ordinance", the nomination deadline must be earlier than 21 days before the election day, and the nomination period must not be less than 14 days, that is, the nomination period must be no later than February 21 At the beginning, it can be postponed by a week compared with the original plan, but at the same time, the originally planned 16-day nomination period will be shortened and the election period will be more compact.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said at a press conference on December 30, 2021 that the nomination period for this year's chief executive election will start on February 15.

(File photo/Information Service)

Liu Zhaojia: The competition for the trust of the central government has nothing to do with the length of the election period

The chief executive’s battle turned into a sprint race. Liu Zhaojia, vice president of the National Hong Kong and Macau Research Association, said that he did not know the authenticity of the relevant reports, but believed that under the current political environment, Hong Kong’s future governance priorities have a big framework, including the promotion of the “14th Five-Year Plan” and the Greater Bay Area. Construction, cooperation between Qianhai and Hong Kong, internal resolution of deep-seated conflicts in Hong Kong, good ideological education and national security legislation, and containment of hostile forces at home and abroad will not change much.

Against the above background, Liu believes that the nature of this year's chief executive election is very different from the previous one.

In the past, even if the chief executive election was not universal suffrage, it absorbed some of the features of Western elections to a considerable extent, such as candidates’ image projects and media publicity, etc. The focus was not necessarily on the political platform. , the actual election project will take a long time; but this time, under the theme of "patriots ruling Hong Kong", the election favors the side of "elite politics".

Liu Zhaojia pointed out that under this circumstance, those who are qualified to be the chief executive should really compete not on the political platform, but on personal conditions, including the ability to implement policies, social prestige, personal courage and political responsibility, whether they can unite the patriotic camp, whether they can Reassure the center.

These people themselves must have been quite well-known among the elites. "Everyone knows your personal details." Therefore, the focus of the campaign work is to win the support of the elites and win the trust of the central government: "These jobs do not need one at all. Everyone (the elite and the central government) sees a long nomination period and campaign project on weekdays.” Therefore, the previous elections that were open to long-term competition, which may lead to division among the elites, are a product of history.

Liu Zhaojia.

(file picture)

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Source: hk1

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