The election of the chief executive was held today (8th). Di Zhiyuan, chairman of the New Thinking and Legislative Council member who is also the electoral committee of the social welfare sector, said yesterday that after internal discussions, he decided to vote for the only candidate, Li Jiachao.
In response to media questions outside the convention and exhibition ticket station, he pointed out that there are indeed many areas for improvement in Li Jiachao's political platform, but he hopes to show goodwill through the support ticket and do practical things for Hong Kong in the future.
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Hope that the new government understands that it can cooperate and communicate with different opinions
Di Zhiyuan pointed out that voting for Li Jiachao does not contradict New Thinking's previous position. He believes that Li Jiachao's political platform is indeed relatively empty, there are many areas for improvement, and it is also different from New Thinking's expectations, but in this election, I hope that there will be many people with different opinions Come together and do good things for Hong Kong, especially in the past two years when society has been divided and no progress can be seen. I hope to use this to show goodwill and demonstrate positive interaction. I believe that "dialogue is always better than confrontation", and will continue to monitor the government's performance.
He also hopes that the new government understands that even if there are different opinions, it can still promote cooperation and communication, and encourages the new government to communicate more with people with different opinions to seek common ground and consensus.
Di Zhiyuan emphasized that this is the decision of New Thinking after internal thinking. "I have not received any pressure from Beijing and local groups."
Tang Jiahua suggested that political reform could be promoted in 2026
Tang Jiahua, an electoral committee member of the legal profession and a member of the Executive Council, said that under the "one-person model", Li Jiachao is expected to be elected with a high number of votes, but he hopes that he will not underestimate the difficulty of governance in the next five years. To implement the four major directions of the program, for the general public, housing, youth, economic recovery and other livelihoods are very important.
He also mentioned that after improving the national security mechanism, it is also necessary to check whether there is any room for improvement in the political system. He believes that 5 years is very long, and the economy has more or less recovered enough. In the future, political reform needs to be considered. For example, 2026 In 4 years, it is still too late to talk about political reform.
Asked if he would be interested in joining the executive council in the future, Tang Jiahua said he would not comment.
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