Hong Kong is considering postponing its upcoming elections by a year, in a huge blow for opposition democrats who have accused Beijing of using the pandemic as an excuse
HONG KONG - Hong Kong could postpone a vote for seats in the city’s legislature by a year amid fears of a resurgence in coronavirus cases, public broadcaster RTHK reported on Wednesday, in what would be a blow for opposition democrats.
One of them, prominent democracy activist Joshua Wong, said he would doubt the reason given for any coronavirus delay.The Legislative Council election would be the first vote in the former British colony since the introduction of the national security legislation in the semi-autonomous city. Britain’s foreign minister, Dominic Raab, told top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi that Britain would be watching the elections closely and stressed that China needed to rebuild trust in the global community, a British Foreign Office spokesman said on Tuesday.
It is not clear if former members of the city assembly, whose terms have expired, could return to the legislature in the event of a year’s postponement. Rival finance hub Singapore, which has had a larger coronavirus outbreak, held a general election this month.
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