HongKong

Why are Hong Kong’s district councillors resigning in droves, and will the local bodies survive?




It was only 20 months ago that Hong Kong’s opposition camp was celebrating a landslide victory in the district council elections at the height of the 2019 anti-government protests, vowing to push ahead with their democratic agenda via the municipal-level bodies.But in the past week, at least 207 of them have voluntarily resigned their seats ahead of new oath-taking rules requiring they pledge allegiance to the city’s Basic Law and special administrative region – and amid government leaks…



READ SOURCE

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you accept our use of cookies.