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The 2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council elections were due to take place on September 6, 2020.
Opposition members who are prepared to adapt to the new political order should not be disqualified from standing in elections by powerful committee
Controversial as the reforms are, the government must strive to convince voters it is worth turning out on election day in significant numbers
Any changes must serve to improve governance and it is important that lawmakers can continue exercising checks and balances effectively under the Basic Law.
Given how bad the relationship has become between China and the West, Beijing can take its own sweet time to resume elections in Hong Kong without worrying about international criticism.
Beijing’s overhaul of the local election system is ruthless, but given the intransigence and fanaticism of the opposition and anti-government movement shown in 2019, it has no other choice if Hong Kong is to remain governable.
Hong Kong’s leader may think life will be a lot easier without an effective opposition in the legislature, but the pro-Beijing camp can expect to be held accountable if it passes unpopular bills.
Legislation further sidelines a dwindling opposition accused by authorities of trying to sabotage and paralyse governance.
Boycott elections and the Democratic Party will please its supporters but the camp may not survive; engage and the party may survive, but its support may not.
Legislative Council plans involve adding four floors to existing building and a new 10-storey structure connecting to the main block.
City officials abandon proposed mechanism for rescheduling some Legco contests if a candidate dies or is disqualified during the race.
State Department spokesman says it is routine for diplomats to meet prominent local figures after judge points to invitations for suspect to ‘catch up’ with consul general.
Given that 2.38 million professed support for the electoral changes in a signature campaign, pro-Beijing legislators should win the Legco elections by a landslide
New People’s Party vice-chairman Eunice Yung asks city’s leader during session in the legislature if officials will check whether artworks violate security law.
Forty-seven defendants have been charged with subversion, accused of plotting to paralyse the government.
Under the biggest shake-up to Hong Kong’s elections since its return to China in 1997, the rules of two major political races will be rewritten, but many details remain unknown.
Fifteen of the group were granted bail but remain in custody after prosecutors appealed decision. The unprecedented length of court proceedings generated attention at home and abroad and full implications of cases are unknown.
Legislative Council could have up to 90 lawmakers and election likely to be deferred until 2022. Beijing placed reform of city’s elections on the agenda of its annual ‘two sessions’ meetings that began on Thursday.
On Sunday, 47 opposition figures were charged with conspiring to subvert state power over their roles in an unofficial primary ahead of the now-postponed Legislative Council elections in 2020. Prosecutors say the bid to win a majority was part of a plot to overthrow the government.
Power for Democracy committee members vote on Saturday to immediately cease all operations, day before activists charged with subversion report to police.
Benny Tai one of 52 figures who reported to police stations across the city on Wednesday. Group must report back again on April 8, but three other activists, including Joshua Wong, remain behind bars.
Time limits on speeches and caps on the number of lawmakers who can join panels and committees also to be discussed at rules meeting.
The arrest of more than 50 members of the bloc has left the future of an already strained alliance further in doubt.
Nearly 1,000 police officers conducted raids across city, detaining 53 people accused of organising or involvement in an unofficial primary election last July.