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uawchild

(2,208 posts)
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 06:47 PM Jul 2016

HK election candidates must issue China pledge by law: electoral commission

Source: Reuters

Candidates in an election in Hong Kong in September must pledge that the city is an "inalienable" part of China, and anyone who advocates independence could be banned from standing, the head of the Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) said.

EAC chairman Justice Barnabas Fung Wah made his comments after the commission and the Hong Kong government drew anger by saying that candidates for the legislative council -- which includes pro-democracy and independence activists -- were required to declare in a new Confirmation Form that Hong Kong falls directly under the central government in Beijing.

The Hong Kong government also said that advocating and promoting independence was "contrary" to that declaration and could render a candidate ineligible. The EAC said anyone making a false declaration was "liable to criminal sanction".

Hong Kong is part of China but governed by separate laws under a "one country, two systems" framework agreed with Britain when it was handed back from colonial rule in 1997.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-election-china-idUSKCN1001Z6

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HK election candidates must issue China pledge by law: electoral commission (Original Post) uawchild Jul 2016 OP
I was initially afraid that this was some sort of Fox screed about Hillary Klinton. Orrex Jul 2016 #1
lol uawchild Jul 2016 #2
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uawchild

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2. lol
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 06:51 PM
Jul 2016

That's funny because that's what Fox's screeds do sound like! lol

But, no, it's just Hong Kong.

There are relatively young activists that feel Hong Kong should become completely independent of China, and point to Singapore as being a successful city-state nation while being the same size as Hong Kong.

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