Hong Kong independence not feasible ... for now, says new pro-democracy group Demosisto
Group set to field candidates in two constituencies in the Legislative Council polls in September, but is set to run against the likes of Youngspiration
Demosisto, a new party launched on Sunday by student activists who co-led the Occupy sit-ins in 2014, has pledged to advocate self-determination for Hong Kong and plans to field two lists of candidates in the upcoming Legislative Council polls.
The new political party, chaired by former Hong Kong Federation of Students leader Nathan Law Kwun-chung, said social movements should not be divided by ethnicity and that it would be insensible to ignore the China factor – in contrast to the stance of other emerging localist groups seeking independence.
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“We don’t see ourselves as localists,” Law told a press conference on Sunday night, adding he did not see independence as a feasible way out in the short term. “There might be some discrepancies between our camp and theirs.”
