Hong Kong elections: prominent activist Joshua Wong grilled over political stance ahead of intended run for legislature

Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong Chi-fung has been asked whether he still backs self-determination for the city as authorities vet his candidacy bid for legislative elections.

Opposition camp members struggle to enter race for four industry-based legislative seatsThe bloc is heading into the September 6 vote riding the momentum of its landslide victory in district council elections last November. The camp earlier this month marshalled more than 610,000 residents to vote in an unofficial primary as it seeks to narrow its field of candidates and win its first majority in the Legislative Council.

Choi asked whether he still intended to continue to promote “democratic self-determination”, which included Hong Kong independence as an option. “Do you agree that your purpose of running in the Legislative Council elections is to use the identity, power and convenience of legislators to continue to exert pressure on China and/or Hong Kong with foreign forces?”

But in a statement on Sunday, the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau said electoral officers would seek advice from the Department of Justice and the bureau might need further information from nominees to determine whether their candidacies were valid. They also said they only meant to advocate for the exercise of legislators’ constitutional powers when they claimed that if elected, they would veto the budget and other government bills should the administration refuse to meet the five demands of anti-government protesters.

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