Mr. John Lee, who was from the police and was the number two government official, filed a candidacy for the Chief Executive of Hong Kong election next month.
Mr. Lee has been recommended by a majority of the election commissioners who vote, and it is certain that he will be elected Chief Executive.
On the 13th, Mr. John Lee, who was a police graduate and served as the government's No. 2 magistrate, filed a candidacy for the election to decide the chief executive of the Hong Kong government on the 8th of next month.
The election, which is held once every five years, is not a general citizen, but a system in which about 1,500 election commissioners, who are mostly pro-Chinese, choose by voting.
Candidates need to be recommended by a certain number of election commissioners, but Lee has received a majority of 786 nominations.
The candidacy is open until the 16th of this month, but no one else has reported so far, and the Chinese government has expressed its support for Mr. Lee.
Even if there is only one candidate, a vote will be held asking whether to trust, but Mr. Lee is expected to gain the confidence of the majority of the election commissioners, and it is certain that he will be elected chief executive.
If elected, Lee is currently proactive in enacting ordinances under consideration by the Hong Kong government to ban rebellion against the state.
As he has led the crackdown on pro-democracy activists and the media who are critical of the government, there is growing belief that control will be even tighter after the inauguration of the government in July.