Hong Kong, May 7 (ANI): Hong Kong to attend one-man election on Sunday with John Lee, the former city-state security chief, to become Carrie’s next chief executive, replacing Carrie Lam.
Lee is known for advocating for, promoting, and advancing Hong Kong’s most controversial laws.
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At the time Lee declared his candidacy for the first office this week, the new rule imposed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) last year assured that he would be sworn in on July 1, the Washington Post reported.
In 2017, current executive director Carrie Lam promoted Lee to security secretary, a move that put her on a path to fulfilling and helping China’s ambitions to curb Hong Kong people with an independent mindset.
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Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (RAEHK) Executive Director Carrie Lam on Saturday inspected the final stage of preparatory work for the main constituency and central counting center for the sixth term of office of the chief executive. of the RAEHK to be held on Sunday.
Hong Kong Executive Director Carrie Lam inspected the final stage of preparatory work for the main polling station and election counting center on Saturday.
At the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Lam said the election was the third major election under the region’s new electoral system and that it was vital that all election staff be well-versed in their duties and procedures to ensure good development of this. elections, Xinhua News Agency reported.
The chairman of the RAEHK Electoral Affairs Committee, Barnabas Fung, who accompanied Lam to the inspection on Saturday, said that a suggested time slot will be allocated to the members of the Electoral Committee, according to the five sectors to which they belong. to vote in the main constituency.
He asked members of the Electoral Commission to come to the main polling station to vote according to the suggested time slots.
Last year, Beijing revised Hong Kong’s electoral system and stated that only “patriots”, that is, those loyal to the Communist Party, could run. The changes reduced the number of seats in the legislature, tightened the rules on who could run, and changed the representation of the commission elected by the chief executive.
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