The nomination period for the election of the chief executive begins today (3rd), and there is still no significant person to stand for the election. Chief Executive Carrie Lam said at a press conference yesterday that the government is carrying out the election as planned, and the vote will be held on May 8. adjourn.
Carrie Lam, who recently went to Shenzhen to meet with central officials, still refused to comment on whether she would run for re-election, but believed that "should become clearer" with the start of the nomination period.
Many politicians were concerned about whether there would be any major news announced yesterday, but Carrie Lam responded very secretly and refused to confirm whether he had met with Beijing officials.
The government announced last night that it will allow candidates for the chief executive to be exempted from gathering with the electoral committee and conducting canvassing activities from today until May 8, which means that the chief executive election has officially started. ?
Carrie Lam's response is remarkable
The nomination period for the chief executive election starts from today to the 16th. Since the last two days are holidays, the actual registration deadline is April 14th.
After the revision of the electoral system, candidates need to obtain nominations from at least 188 members of the Election Committee, and at least 15 nominations from each of the five sectors; after submitting nominations, they will be submitted to the Qualification Review Committee for confirmation.
As the election is approaching, the current Chief Executive Carrie Lam has always refused to express her position. The press conference on the epidemic on April 1 was abruptly cancelled. It was reported that Carrie Lam met with the director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, Xia Baolong, in Shenzhen on the same day, and talked about the election of the Chief Executive.
Carrie Lam did not confirm or clarify relevant reports at the press conference yesterday, and continued to avoid discussing whether he would seek re-election, but left a remarkable sentence: "I will not answer about my wishes now, but I believe that with the start of the nomination period, I should "Clarity", the political world is concerned about whether Carrie Lam hinted that there will be someone who will stand for the election at the beginning of the nomination period?
Several electoral committees said that they had not received the latest news, or that some people were fighting for nominations. Some people revealed that it was not only Carrie Lam who went to Shenzhen.
2017 Chief Executive Election.
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Establishment: When to sign up does not affect the odds of winning
Some senior members of the establishment pointed out that after the electoral system is perfected, whether it is in the Election Committee or the Legislative Council election, when to register for the election is not critical. For example, the former Secretary for Security, Lai Tung-kwok, also ran for election on the last day of the nomination period for the Legislative Council election. I don't think he has a low chance of winning.
The person said that the candidate for the election of the chief executive who has been announced is "unlikely". He believes that the "true son of heaven" has not appeared for the time being. Those who are "likely" will naturally know how to choose, and there will be no difficulty in winning nominations.
Some people in the establishment believe that the central government has already had several candidates for the chief executive, but they are just observing their performance. In addition, the recent international situation has been complicated, so the exposure of the "true prince" has been delayed.
▼Currently interested candidates are not popular candidates in the political circle▼
Leung Chun-ying's "post-epidemic reconstruction" draws attention
Leung Chun-ying, the vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the former chief executive, who is regarded as one of the most popular, continued to be active. He talked about "reconstruction after the epidemic" on the radio program yesterday. Insufficient attention, he also pointed out that there are problems in governance and housing. For example, the living environment is too crowded and it is easy to be infected. It is believed that Hong Kong should go ahead of the situation and solve the problems one by one.
Leung Chun-ying, the former chief executive.
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