"The motivation is clear - it's to cling to the principle that only patriots can rule Hong Kong, and eliminate any of the voices of the so-called 'anti-China chaotic elements' in Hong Kong," he said. "You have to pass the qualification review and a political review process," Kwok said. Credit: Provided by Ye Jinlong, undated photoĭaniel Kwok, a former Hong Kong district councilor now living in the United Kingdom, said the whole electoral system in Hong Kong is now just there for show.
"We may scatter all over the world, but we still want to serve the people of Hong Kong."įormer Hong Kong district councilor Sam Yip, who fled the crackdown in the city to live in Japan, initiated the letter calling for the international community to withdraw recognition for the city's legislature. but the public opinion we represented still exists," Hui said. "Maybe we would never get through the government's review process. " go to these pro-government people to get nominated."įormer Legislative Council member and former District Council member Ted Hui, who is among eight prominent overseas activists wanted by national security police for "collusion with foreign forces," said he, Yip and the other signatories to the letter were "the last democratically elected district councilors." "Under the framework of the Hong Kong government's so-called 'patriots governing Hong Kong' policy, candidates must show their loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party before they can run for election," Yip said. The joint letter authored by former Shek Tong Tsui district councilor Sam Yip, who fled the ongoing crackdown to live in Japan, said that the latest legislation has sounded the death knell for any kind of democracy in Hong Kong. More than 20 former District Council members in exile have called on the international community to withdraw official recognition of Hong Kong's Legislative and District Councils, which no longer "legally represent the people of Hong Kong." Under the new rules, which took effect on Monday, candidates will have to pass a national security background check and secure at least three nominations from several committees loyal to the ruling Chinese Communist Party in Beijing.
Lee said the government is looking for candidates who are "capable, experienced, with relevant skill sets suited to the needs of the districts, and patriotic," although the government has yet to set a date for the district election. "This legislative exercise ensure that the District Councils are firmly in the hands of patriots." completely exclude those anti-China and destabilizing forces from the District Councils," Lee said in a July 8 statement. Lee welcomed the changes to the District Council election rules, which will also ensure that pro-democracy candidates won't be able to run in the next election. The move comes amid an ongoing crackdown on public dissent and political opposition in Hong Kong, and after millions of voters in Hong Kong delivered a stunning rebuke to Beijing and their own government with a landslide victory for pro-democracy candidates across the city's 18 district councils at the height of the 2019 protest movement. The city's legislature – which has been packed with pro-Beijing members since changes to the electoral system that saw chief executive John Lee " win " an election in which he was the only candidate – voted unanimously last week to slash the number of directly elected seats on District Council from 452 to just 88.
Hong Kong's "last elected district councilors" have called on the international community to withdraw recognition for the city's legislature after it voted to slash the number of directly elected district council seats.
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