EPAThe heads of the Hong Kong’s democratic party announced plans to dissolve what was the former city opposition group.
Members will soon vote on the final decision if you shut down the 31-year-old party, chairman lo kin-hei said.
The party is struggling to keep following China’s steps to crack the city rejection during 2019 protests.
Beijing and Hong Kong Government argues that such movements are needed for national security.
As part of the crackdown, Beijing overhauled in former Bottomal Polls in Britain.
The so-called The “Patriots Law” passed to Hong Kong in 2021 The only assurance that people who are only considered loyal to Beijing Communist regime can serve as legislators or local councilors in the semi-awomors territory.
This law effectively blocks democratic party from participation in elections.
On a night press conference on Tuesday after a party meeting, Mr. said
“The development of democracy in Hong Kong is always difficult, and harder in the past few years,” Mr Lo said the reporters.
He did not comment when asked if the party’s decision-made decision made at political pressure.
The party established a group of work for the closure process. At least 75% of its members who attend future general meetings need to approve the step before it ends. A date for that meeting has not been placed.
On Wednesday, Hong Kong counselor Regina IP reports to the democratic party to pursue an agenda that opposes China and “often causing trouble within and outside of parliament”.
“Therefore I am not surprised at all that they lost their supports in recent years … Democratic Party has reached a dead end,” says MS IP, co-sween in the executive council .
The democratic party knows that there is a unique direct negotiation in the Liaison office – the Chinese government representation in Hong Kong – in 2010, to discuss plans for more liberal elections.
Its young men, however, saw negotiations as a betrayal. The step that prompts a split while the free support.
Then it returned strength and became the most successful political forces in the city after the majority of 2019 government protests were obtained.
Several members of the democratic party – including prominent pro-democracy numbers Helena Wong, Lamon Cheuk-Ting, Wu Chi-Wai and Albert Ho – is in the middle Hong Kong 47 groups of campaigns Imprisoned under controversial security law.
Another member, The first legislator Ted Hui, Today live in Australia in the Hong Kong’s exile and preferences for the country’s alleged transgressions. This week ago, a court issued an order to seize his possessions and money in Hong Kong, held by his family and a law firm.
In December, Hong Kong took honorary justice to the title of peace from Martin Lee KC, after the set of the set of a unauthorized gathering.
