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Results From HKPORI Shows Polarised Views Regarding Delaying LegCo Elections
The Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (HKPORI) interviewed 9,092 random individuals with online questionnaires between 27 July and 30 July. 73% of pro-democracy interviewees believed that the elections should resume as usual, while 53% of non pro-democracy interviewees believed that the elections should be delayed.
Eric Lai, member of the Election Observation Project, criticised that the government did not do its best at fighting the pandemic, such as not restricting requirements for quarantine exemption, stating that choosing to delay the elections now as clearly a "political decision".
Lai stated that delaying the election would severely damage the fairness of the elections, as it amounts to giving the government and the pro-Beijing camp amnesty. He further stated that ridding citizens of their political privileges would only widen the schism between different camps in society instead of narrowing it.
12 pro-democracy candidates were disqualified from the Legislative Council Elections last Thursday (30 July). Lai feared that more disqualifications would come, with the government continuously using political maneuverings to rid it of "unfavourable candidates", thereby weakening the reason for a democratic election. He stated that even if elections were to be held in the future, they would only be "fake elections without competition [from the opposite camp]"
Lai also believed that the government may continue to weaken the civic society in the following year, such as enacting laws restricting freedom of the press.
Chung Kim-wah, vice Chief Executive Officer of HKPORI, also criticised the disqualifications, calling the power to disqualify an "unauthorised power" ignoring the legal basis of the Basic Law. "Those aren't objective standards: Hong Kong Independence and having been to the USA warrants a disqualification; vetoing a government motion as is their function or not sincerely servicing the government also warrants a disqualification." He stated that no matter the government disqualifies opposition candidates or delays the election, those are "brutal" political maneuverings that seriously decays Hongkongers' political rights, as it only takes a word of distrust from a Returning Officer to disqualify a candidate.
Source: InMedia #Jul30
#Poll #PublicOpinion #LegCoElection
Results From HKPORI Shows Polarised Views Regarding Delaying LegCo Elections
The Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (HKPORI) interviewed 9,092 random individuals with online questionnaires between 27 July and 30 July. 73% of pro-democracy interviewees believed that the elections should resume as usual, while 53% of non pro-democracy interviewees believed that the elections should be delayed.
Eric Lai, member of the Election Observation Project, criticised that the government did not do its best at fighting the pandemic, such as not restricting requirements for quarantine exemption, stating that choosing to delay the elections now as clearly a "political decision".
Lai stated that delaying the election would severely damage the fairness of the elections, as it amounts to giving the government and the pro-Beijing camp amnesty. He further stated that ridding citizens of their political privileges would only widen the schism between different camps in society instead of narrowing it.
12 pro-democracy candidates were disqualified from the Legislative Council Elections last Thursday (30 July). Lai feared that more disqualifications would come, with the government continuously using political maneuverings to rid it of "unfavourable candidates", thereby weakening the reason for a democratic election. He stated that even if elections were to be held in the future, they would only be "fake elections without competition [from the opposite camp]"
Lai also believed that the government may continue to weaken the civic society in the following year, such as enacting laws restricting freedom of the press.
Chung Kim-wah, vice Chief Executive Officer of HKPORI, also criticised the disqualifications, calling the power to disqualify an "unauthorised power" ignoring the legal basis of the Basic Law. "Those aren't objective standards: Hong Kong Independence and having been to the USA warrants a disqualification; vetoing a government motion as is their function or not sincerely servicing the government also warrants a disqualification." He stated that no matter the government disqualifies opposition candidates or delays the election, those are "brutal" political maneuverings that seriously decays Hongkongers' political rights, as it only takes a word of distrust from a Returning Officer to disqualify a candidate.
Source: InMedia #Jul30
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