US EditionHong Kong’s biggest pro-democracy party votes to disband after more than 30 years of activism
Hong Kong’s Democratic Party ended over 30 years of pro-democracy activism with 97% member support amid intensified national security pressures and electoral exclusion.
- On Sunday, Hong Kong's Democratic Party voted to dissolve after more than three decades, with 121 members participating and 117 supporting liquidation at Prince Edward, Kowloon.
- Senior members say Chinese officials or intermediaries warned them to disband, while Beijing's 2021 electoral overhaul and arrests under the national security law marginalized the party.
- A committee spent about six months preparing legal and accounting work and arranging the sale of its Kowloon property, while the party plans to donate assets to non-political organisations like green groups.
- With the demise of Hong Kong's top pro-democracy parties, no candidate advanced a pro-democracy platform in the legislature election held this month, and the Democratic Party now holds no elected seats after its lawmakers resigned en masse in 2020.
- Founded in 1994, the Democratic Party once held 13 LegCo seats in 1998, but membership fell to around 400 from around 1,000 in around 2008 as other pro-democracy groups closed.
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Hong Kong Democratic Party Votes to Disband After 30 Years
Hong Kong’s opposition Democratic Party has voted to disband and enter liquidation, bringing to an end more than three decades of political activity. The decision was approved on Sunday, December 14th, at a party meeting in Prince Edward, with 117 members voting in favour, none against and four abstentions. Party chair Lo Kin-hei said the leadership had considered Hong Kong’s current political environment before reaching the decision. He thanked…
Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy party to disband
HONG KONG — Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy party voted Sunday to dissolve after more than 30 years of activism, marking the end of an era of the Chinese semiautonomous city 's once-diverse political landscape.
Hong Kong's last major opposition party votes to disband under China pressure
The Democratic Party has been Hong Kong's flagship opposition since its founding three years before the financial hub's return to Chinese rule from Britain in 1997. It used to sweep city-wide legislative elections and push China on democratic reforms and upholding freedom.
Hong Kong’s last major opposition party dissolves
Hong Kong’s last major opposition party disbanded on Sunday after three decades, a reflection of Beijing’s security crackdown and pressure on the city’s dissenting voices.The Democratic Party had been marginalized and removed from mainstream politics after China’s 2021 overhaul of Hong Kong’s electoral system in which only candidates vetted as “patriots” are allowed to run for office.The vote to dissolve the party came a day before judges are se…
Hong Kong’s Democratic Party Votes to Disband After Decades in Opposition - The Thinking Conservative News
Hong Kong’s Democratic Party voted to dissolve, marking the latest retreat under Beijing’s crackdown and signaling the end of decades of democracy. The post Hong Kong’s Democratic Party Votes to Disband After Decades in Opposition appeared first on The Thinking Conservative News.
Hong Kong’s Democratic Party Votes to Disband After Decades in Opposition
Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, the city’s longest-standing pro-democracy political party, voted on Sunday to dissolve, marking the latest retreat of the political opposition under Beijing’s sweeping suppression campaign and signaling the effective end of nearly three decades of moderate democratic participation in the city’s politics. The decision was approved at a special members’ meeting on Sunday, where 117 of 121 ballots cast supported disban…
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