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HONG KONG – Lawmakers on Thursday voted unanimously voted to overhaul district-level elections by drastically reducing the number of directly elected seats in what activists say is a blow to democracy.Under the new rules, only 88 seats will be directly elected by people, down from 452 seats in an election that saw a landslide victory by the democracy camp in 2019. The number of overall seats would also be reduced from 479 to 470.
Mr Lemon Wong, the vice chairman of Tuen Mun District Council and one of the few remaining democrats, said the changes meant “the pro-democracy camp are obviously gone in the election”. Although district councils are mainly focused on community-level issues, such as street hygiene and bus stops, Beijing and Hong Kong authorities say they want to ensure only “patriots” can run in the upcoming district council election.
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