Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam, announced on the 4th that he will not run for the chief executive election scheduled for next month.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong media has said that government number 2 from the police will run for office.
The chief executive election, which is held once every five years in Hong Kong, is scheduled to be held on the 8th of next month, and the candidacy period is from the 3rd to the 16th of this month.
No one has reported a candidacy so far, and it was noticed whether Carrie Lam, whose term ends at the end of June, is aiming for the second term, but Carrie Lam held a press conference on the 4th, and she herself It was revealed that he would not run for office.
Regarding this, Secretary Hayashi said, "It is not the result of summarizing the current administration, but a decision that takes into account the circumstances of the family," and she "has already communicated her intentions to the Chinese government." Explaining.
Regarding the election of the chief executive, several Hong Kong media reported on the 3rd that the police-born Chief Executive of Hong Kong, John Lee, will run for office with the support of the Chinese government.
Elections are a system in which about 1,500 election commissioners, who are mostly pro-Chinese rather than ordinary citizens, vote and select, and it is necessary to obtain the recommendation of a certain number of election commissioners for candidacy, in addition to Mr. Lee. It is still unclear whether there are people who can run for it.