Hong Kong elections 2016: Hong Kongers hit the polls in force for LegCo elections
- 8 years ago
HONG KONG — Hong Kongers head to the polls on Sunday to elect the city’s next legislative council.
Beijing’s hollow promises of allowing autonomy have led to a surge in pro-independence sentiment recently, as well as a whole mess of new political parties.
The Umbrella Movement sparked a generation of young Hong Kongers to stand up, and now they want their voices to be heard.
The established pro-democracy parties are seen as ineffective, but now the problem is the left actually has too many candidates on the ticket.
And while the pro-democracy camp is battling with too many cooks in the kitchen, the pro-Beijing parties like the DAB and the Liberal Party and coordinating their efforts to maximize their seats in an already China-rigged ‘voting’ system.
To keep the China-puppets from ramming through bad legislation, the real goal for Hong Kongers is to just get enough seats to hold veto power, but that may be easier said than done.
Beijing’s hollow promises of allowing autonomy have led to a surge in pro-independence sentiment recently, as well as a whole mess of new political parties.
The Umbrella Movement sparked a generation of young Hong Kongers to stand up, and now they want their voices to be heard.
The established pro-democracy parties are seen as ineffective, but now the problem is the left actually has too many candidates on the ticket.
And while the pro-democracy camp is battling with too many cooks in the kitchen, the pro-Beijing parties like the DAB and the Liberal Party and coordinating their efforts to maximize their seats in an already China-rigged ‘voting’ system.
To keep the China-puppets from ramming through bad legislation, the real goal for Hong Kongers is to just get enough seats to hold veto power, but that may be easier said than done.