Changes mean only “patriots” will be eligible for Sunday’s elections, 153 candidates that have already been vetted by Beijing for their devotion to Hong Kong’s future with the mainland | ErykBagshaw
Sunday Times
The 2016 election only had a voter turnout of 60 per cent but pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong believe the figure this year will be lower than 30. Hui said a boycott was the only peaceful way that residents could participate in a democratic process. “This election is significant for three reasons,” said Tai Wei Lim, an associate professor at the Singapore University of Social Sciences.“The first is that it will be the first election in which they want to show the Hong Kong people and the world that they’re able to hold the election after the implementation of the National Security Law. The second is that they want to show that they are able to hold the election whereby most of the candidates are patriotic candidates.
“Beijing says China is a democracy. It’s a better democracy than the West and that’s why there must be elections,” said Hui. “But in this ‘democracy’, Beijing has drawn a very tight circle around it, and it’s only in these limits that you can operate.”
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