In the eyes of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Hong Kong’s executive-led political system, the position of the chief executive is crucial, and the 1,200-member Election Committee (EC), which elects the chief executive, must be manipulated. As a result, the new criteria adopted by the NPC became an excuse to abolish the EC and the district councils.
The NPC Standing Committee’s DQ criteria are not only limited to legislators, but are also expected to apply to future district councils, the Election Committee for the Chief Executive (EC), and the eligibility to stand for election and perform their duties as chief executive. NPCSC Standing Committee member Tam Yiu-chung also admitted on Thursday that local legislation may need to consider regulating DC members.
The 1,200-member Election Committee (EC) will elect the next chief executive in March 2022, and last year’s District Council elections were won by the pan-democrats, resulting in the District Council changing its fate. The Election Committee will be re-elected at the end of 2021. Among the 117 votes for the District Council constituency, those returned through election by elected District Council members from among themselves should be in the pan-democratic camp’s pocket (in the past, all votes went to the pro-establishment camp). At present, the pan-democrats hold 327 votes in the current Election Committee, and many people have estimated that the pan-democrats’ votes in the Election Committee will increase to 450 to nearly 500 in next year’s election, which will have a great impact on the Chinese Communist Party’s control of the 2022 Special Election.
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