The Chinese government has held a meeting to consider changes to Hong Kong's electoral system, and the Chinese Communist Party media has assigned a ward council member, which is mostly democratic, among the electoral members who select the top executive of Hong Kong. He said that there were many opinions calling for abolition.
Based on this, the National People's Congress, which opens this week, is expected to discuss institutional changes to eliminate democrats who are critical of the Chinese government.
The Chinese government held a meeting in Shenzhen, South Guangdong Province, for two days until the 1st to hear opinions from representatives from various parts of Hong Kong about changes in Hong Kong's electoral system.
About the contents of the meeting The English version of the Chinese Communist Party media "Global Times" said that Hong Kong was confused because the principle of "patriots rule Hong Kong" was not thoroughly enforced, and under the guidance of the central government. They said they agreed that there was an urgent need to review the election system in Hong Kong.
On top of that, as a concrete change, there are many opinions calling for the abolition of the 117-member quota, which is selected from the ward council members, who are mostly democratic, out of the 1,200 electoral members who select the top executive of the Hong Kong government. I told you that it was issued.
There was also an opinion that in various elections, an organization should be created to preliminarily examine the qualifications of candidates.
Hong Kong's electoral system changes are expected to be on the agenda for the National People's Congress starting on the 5th of this month, and based on this meeting, system changes to eliminate pro-democracy are expected to be discussed.
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