The chief executive election was closed on Thursday (14th). Li Jiachao, who resigned as the chief secretary to run for the chief executive, signed up with 786 nomination forms this morning (13th), which was 751 votes higher than the election threshold.
"Hong Kong 01" checked the nomination form, and it can be seen that there are many nominees in the political and business circles. Among them, as many as 87 members of the Legislative Council nominated Li Jiachao from different sectors, only due to the new thinking Di Zhiyuan, the real political roundtable Tian Beichen and the legislative Liang Junyan, the chairman of the association, has 3 people.
Tian Beichen replied to the inquiry that he personally is willing to vote for Li Jiachao, but he has not seen Li Jiachao's political platform.
Tian: Vote for but nomination is a matter of principle
"Hong Kong 01" checked the nomination form and found that 79 Legislative Council members nominated Lee Ka-chao through the fourth constituency, and 8 members nominated through other constituencies (the Election Committee, Lam Shun-chao, belonged to the fourth constituency, but the fifth constituency was wrongly marked on the form. sector, he said he would contact the Registration and Electoral Office for amendments).
All in all, as many as 87 of the 90 members of the Legislative Council nominated Li Jiachao, which can be said to have "a good relationship between the executive and the legislature."
When Leung Kwan-yen attended the event earlier, he praised Lee Ka-chao for being "capable and responsible" and an ideal candidate for chief executive, but at the same time he pointed out that he would not publicly support any candidate for chief executive in order to maintain the tradition of constitutional neutrality of successive Legislative Council presidents. .
The reporter learned about the situation from Tian Beichen and Di Zhiyuan respectively.
Among them, Tian Beichen explained that there are two reasons for not giving the nomination, both of which involve issues of principle: "He (Li Jiachao) doesn't even have a political platform. If he were to nominate him like this, it would violate my principles of being a human being, and I would not be able to pass my own level." Furthermore, he said that he has always had the courage to criticize the government in good faith, never blindly support or blindly oppose it. If he has severe criticism of the government's administration in the future, but he nominated Li Jiachao on the same day, he would personally feel "uncomfortable".
Tian believes that nomination and voting support are two different things. He has known Li Jiachao for many years, and believes that Li Jiachao will do practical things, handle things quickly, handle crises efficiently, and has won the trust of the central government. He hopes that he will represent Hong Kong to the central government in the future. Vote for the other party, but failed to give the nomination for the two reasons above.
Di Zhiyuan: No rush to nominate without sufficient communication
Di Zhiyuan pointed out that he has always been open to nominations, but the new thinking has three concerns for the candidates for the election of the chief executive this time: social reconciliation, democratic development, and social welfare policies.
He said that he participated in the online communication meeting between Li Jiachao and the electoral committee the day before yesterday. At that time, he asked Li Jiachao for double universal suffrage, but Li Jiachao did not respond positively, and there is still not enough opportunity to communicate with him in depth.
Moreover, I haven't seen Li Jiachao's political platform yet, so I don't think it's appropriate to make a hasty nomination.
Di Zhiyuan hoped that Li Jiachao could respond positively to the concerns of new thinking in the future, and suggested that the other party communicate more with disadvantaged groups and feel the hardships of people's livelihood. Personally, he is very willing to act as a bridge of communication.
Li Jiachao's candidacy | List of 786 nominations, including political and business heavyweight election committees
Li Jiachao, who has received more than 90% of the votes for the previous chief executives, has registered for election. With 786 nominations, he has exceeded the threshold of election: one vote will be officially completed first.