HONG KONG, Sept 19 — Hong Kong’s political elite will select a powerful committee today which will choose the city’s next leader and nearly half the legislature under a new “patriots only” system imposed by Beijing.
The first poll under that new system, dubbed “patriots rule Hong Kong”, will take place today as members of the city’s ruling classes choose a 1,500-seat Election Committee. “Hong Kongers are completely cut off from electoral operations,” Nathan Law, a prominent democracy leader who fled to Britain last year, told AFP.
“It’s more than a managed democracy. It’s an autocracy trying to pretend to be civilised,” Hui told AFP.Under the new system, all those standing for public office must be vetted for political loyalty and cleared of being a national security threat.That figure has now been trimmed to around 4,800 — the equivalent of 0.6 per cent of Hong Kong’s 7.5 million population. Police said 6,000 officers would be deployed to ensure there are no protests or disruptions.
Local media have reported that people linked to the city’s powerful business tycoon families will wield less power.But Beijing has begun tightening its grip on the city following the 2019 protests.
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