The SCMP reports…
- Councillors who ran in opposition’s unofficial primary, offered their offices as polling stations, or threatened to vote down government, at risk of unseating
- Mass disqualification warning follows new oath-taking rules for municipal-level politicians, and could slash opposition representation by more than 40 per cent
At least 150 Hong Kong district councillors could be unseated over their roles in an unofficial primary election when they are vetted next month under new oath-taking legislation, in what would strike another heavy blow to the city’s beleaguered opposition.
Councillors face disqualification not only for taking part in the opposition’s primary run-off last summer to pick the bloc’s Legislative Council candidates, but also for letting the camp use their district offices as polling stations, according to sources.
Officials also plan to unseat those councillors who signed a statement, issued a month before the primary, in which candidates promised to vote down the government’s budget if they were elected and the administration failed to meet the camp’s demands.
Read more at. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3137560/national-security-law-least-150-hong-kong-district
