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It's not enough to vow to uphold the Basic Law. A candidate for public office in Hong Kong must "support, promote, and embrace" the law – which now includes the new national security law that Beijing imposed on the city
https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202007/30/P2020073000481.htm
https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202007/30/P2020073000481.htm
For years, Hong Kong voters had seen the Legislative Council as the city's only official institution for representation. Unlike the Beijing-picked chief executive, about half of all lawmakers were freely elected. The mass disqualification of candidates is killing this last avenue
For at least until 2014, a big part of what Hong Kong's democracy advocates wanted was for the legislature to be fully elected by universal suffrage.
But what good is "one person, one vote" if people you want to vote for are banned from running?
But what good is "one person, one vote" if people you want to vote for are banned from running?
Protesters in the 2014 Umbrella Movement turned down a proposal for the direct election of the city's leader for the same reason: they didn't think they would have real say over whom they could vote for.
The 2019 anti-government unrest was in part a product of the 2014 denial. It's hard to imagine that things will play out differently this time.
