With the entry into force of the “Hong Kong National Security Law” and the deterioration of the political environment, another joint platform of the pro-democracy camp has ceased to operate, the latest being the “Liaison Conference of the Pro-Democracy Camp in 18 Districts”, which was set up after the pro-democracy camp’s big victory in the District Council elections the year before last. Current affairs commentator Lian Yizheng wrote an article saying that before and after the “Hong Kong National Security Law” came into effect, the organization of the “new movement” announced its dissolution, and the unexposed members went underground, so it is expected that it will be more difficult for the regime to eliminate them all.
Established more than a year ago, the “18 District Democratic Liaison Conference” yesterday (15) afternoon in the social media platform, “the recent political situation is uncertain”, the district councilors need to put more energy in the district, to fight for the livelihood of the district, therefore announced that “Liaison meeting” officially ceased to operate. The announcement indicates that the “Liaison Conference” has been existing in a non-organizational form, and Leung Kwok-ho, who was the convenor of the outlying island district councilor, also indicated when he was consulted by Ming Pao that the topics discussed by the “Liaison Conference” were not illegal, but he did worry that the regime would use the national security law to target them. They are like the Civil Human Rights Front, which has been cooperating with the police for years and has been accused of being an illegal association.
The Liaison Conference, which consists of the chairmen and vice chairmen of the 17 District Councils and representatives of the pro-democracy camp in the Islands District Council, has not been operating for some time, and a check of its official Facebook page showed that it had not posted for five months before the announcement of its cessation of operation.
Before the National Security Law came into effect, seven civil society organizations accused of “Hong Kong independence”, such as the Hong Kong House of Representatives, announced their dissolution or ceased operations in Hong Kong; after the National Security Law came into effect, the trend of dissolution blew to the joint platform of the pro-democracy camp, the “Civic Forum” led by a number of pro-democracy district councilors The Preparatory Committee and the 19-year-old Democratic Dynamics, which coordinates the democratic camp’s electoral matters, have announced their dissolution. Many people think that after 30 years, Hong Kong’s democracy movement is still unsuccessful and in decline.
Lien Yizheng: Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement is turning from big to small to underground
In an article titled “Thirty Years of Hong Kong’s Democracy Movement: A Legacy” in yesterday’s Apple Daily, Mr. Lian Yizheng said that after the anti-revision movement in 2019 and the recent democratic primary election, Hong Kong people clearly understand that China will not give democracy to Hong Kong, and officially say goodbye to the “return for democracy” basic position that was wrongly accepted when the Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed in the 1980s. “As a result, “democrats” have consciously or unconsciously become the “independence camp” and are far from “Chinese identity”.
He believes that the third stage of the democratic movement in Hong Kong is characterized by the announcement of the disbandment of the youth organizations and the going underground of the unexposed members after the rumor of the enactment of the Hong Kong version of the National Security Law. But because the “new movement” since the Occupy movement has changed to a small circle operation, after entering the underground, it is expected that it is more difficult for the regime to wipe out all of them; in addition, it is the source of the participants of the movement has been expanded from students, teachers, social workers and some celebrities in the legal sector to professionals and civil servants from all walks of life, so the capacity of the movement has been greatly enhanced. He believes that the change means that local activists, despite their precarious situation, have more capital to play with the regime.
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