After five months of protests and two bloody attacks, an election delay would be a setback to a rare bastion of democracy under Chinese rule
Pro-establishment participants march against violence in front of the Central Government Offices Complex in Hong Kong, China, November 7 2019. Pictures: REUTERS/KIM KYUNG-HOON
Both men are seeking one of the more-than 450 district council seats up for grabs on November 24, in what will be the first city-wide vote since a wave of historic protests struck the former British colony in June. The vote has emerged as a test of the city’s commitment to democracy amid waves of demonstrations that have devolved into vandalism, police clashes and occasional mob violence.
A delay could would be a setback to a rare bastion of democracy under Chinese rule. Although district councilors have little political power, they help choose electors that select the city’s top leader and the election is expected to set the tone for more consequential vote for seats on the local legislature next year.
Activist Jimmy Sham of the Civil Human Rights Front, which has organised some of the city’s biggest protests, was attacked for a second time in October after announcing he would run. Yeung Tsz Hei, a pro-establishment candidate, was kicked while campaigning on Wednesday morning, HK01 reported. A man verbally harassed, attempted to kick him and later returned to throw an unidentified liquid at him, it said.
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