There is an effort now to blame the 2019 unrest on outsiders. How much better it might have been if the patriots had set the government right on the extradition bill. As for the pan-democrats, their failure to condemn the violence revealed a lack of leadership.
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Officials open a ballot box at a polling station in Kowloon Tong in the district council elections in 2019. District councillors were given seats on the Election Committee as part of an electoral reform package in 2010. Photo: Reuters
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Alice Wu fell down the rabbit hole of politics aged 12, when she ran her first election campaign. She has been writing about local politics and current affairs for the Post since 2008. Alice s daily needs include her journals, books, a multi-coloured pen and several lattes.
Rules have changed but there is still a need for opposition
Despite the hurdles, there is still room for Hong Kong’s pan-democrats to play a meaningful role in the political system
The two senior officials who ignited a debate last week by raising the possibility of such a ban should have known better. The idea is preposterous: how would you know who had cast a blank vote unless voting would no longer be secret?
While the justice secretary has suggested decade-old comments could play a role in disqualifying election hopefuls, some predict few who are likely to be eliminated will even reach police vetting stage given new barriers to running for office.