The only candidate for the chief executive election, Li Jiachao, has recently reduced public activities and buried his political platform after frequent appointments with the election committee, which was officially announced today (28th).
New Thinking, the only non-establishment member of the Legislative Council, Di Zhiyuan, recently invited Li Jiachao to attend a webinar by email to communicate with regional groups and district councillors on Hong Kong's political system and local administration. It is expected to take about 90 minutes. Li Jiachao's team It has not yet responded to whether he will attend.
It is understood that New Thinking has initially found 5 to 6 politicians from different spectrums to attend the seminar. Since things are not yet mature, the list has not been made public.
However, some pan-democrats have reservations about the event. Many people have lost interest in commenting on current affairs, and have no strong motivation to communicate with Li Jiachao.
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When New Thinking met with the media last week, it was reported that Li Jiachao mainly met with the election committee, believing that the other party should enhance public participation and respond to the concerns of the public.
Among them, regarding the development of the political system, Di Zhiyuan said that he attaches great importance to it and will understand the position of the candidates. He hopes that Li Jiachao will explain it in the political platform.
Until the day before yesterday, New Thinking officially sent out an invitation to the seminar by email, but the special thing was that there was no specific date. It only indicated that if you are interested in attending, the other party will try to match the time proposed by the other party.
The author asked different people for their views. Yuan Haiwen, a member of the Democratic Party of Sham Shui Po District, said that he had not heard that the Democratic Party had received a formal invitation to the relevant seminar; Liao Shing-lei, chairman of the ADPL, pointed out that he had not received an invitation personally, and he would check it out. ADPL The executive committee meeting will be held this Saturday, where the position on the chief executive election will be discussed, including whether to attend relevant seminars if invited, and what suggestions should be made to Li Jiachao.
He pointed out that the ADPL will also put forward expectations for the new government in the future.
Li Jiachao's team did not respond to whether they would attend
Huang Junlang, vice chairman of New Thinking, pointed out to the author that there are currently 5 to 6 people from different political spectrums who have agreed to attend.
He emphasized that the seminar is not any "alliance", there is no unified position, it is just a platform for people of different spectrums to express their opinions, and everyone can express their opinions freely, especially the issue of political system that has not been mentioned recently, and hopes to take this opportunity to bring out discussions .
He pointed out that Li Jiachao's team had not responded before the deadline.
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A member of the Democratic Party said in private that, given the current political atmosphere, I believe that Li Jiachao may not have the intention to communicate with the democrats. If Li Jiachao did not attend the seminar, it would actually be no different from holding a press conference on his own, and he did not have a strong motivation to attend for the time being.
The person also said that many people in the party have lost interest in commenting on current affairs, and they will also pay attention to personal safety issues.
Another party member revealed that on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the handover on July 1 this year, the Democratic Party may issue some opinions summarizing the past 25 years and expectations for Hong Kong in the next 25 years, but it is believed that the Chief Executive will not be publicly released before the poll on May 8. Election commentary.
However, there are also other pro-democracy activists who said that they would understand New Thinking's approach to holding a seminar at this time: "Although the effect may not be ideal, and everyone knows that Li Jiachao will not pay attention to political reform, it is better to set up a platform for discussion as much as possible. Don't even do this step."
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