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| Today was a happy and unforgettable day for a lot of people in Hong Kong |
Loud and clear.
Of the 4.1 million registered voters, 2.94 million cast their ballots with a resounding renunciation of the pro-establishment parties in favour of pro-democracy ones in 17 of the 18 districts.
#BREAKING:
More people join in the spontaneous champagne party in Central
celebrating extraordinary #HKDCElection
win pic.twitter.com/kGjD8hqoQc
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Victor Ting (@VictorTing7) November
25, 2019
However it must be said those who supported the blue camp came out strong, but it was the yellow side that had more votes, probably thanks to many young voters and first-time voters.
The results today sent a strong signal to Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, her administration and more importantly to Beijing that Hong Kong people love Hong Kong and they still want their five demands to be met.
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| Starry Lee (centre) of the DAB managed to retain her seat |
The undeniable rejection of the pro-establishment caught Beijing completely off guard.
Hong Kong's masters in the motherland had assumed that the "silent majority" would come out and denounce the protesters, that they wanted an end to violence.
But Beijing completely assumed wrong.
How did it go wrong?
They believed in their own propaganda.
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| Carrie Lam thanked people for voting. That's it? |
This clearly illustrates their lack of understanding or willingness to understand Hong Kong.
It could also be attributed to the fact that they only listen to Hong Kong elites and aren't pounding the pavement in the city to find out what's really going on. Or they aren't bothering to learn Cantonese.
It took a while for Xinhua to finally report on what happened, only to say that Hong Kong held elections, but didn't divulge who won let alone any numbers. They are deliberately keeping mainlanders in the dark about the power of universal suffrage.
As for Lam, she only issued a statement thanking the people for voting, respected the results and would humbly listen to the views of the people and reflect on her and the government's shortcomings.
Huh? She's had six months to do that.
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| Popping champagne when pro-Beijing Junius Ho lost his seat |
Analysts say Lam has to accede to some of the demands, but for her not to say this in her statement today means she is still waiting for Beijing to give her the green light. Or she still has her head in the sand.
But she may not yield because Beijing has never had a fully democratic election before, and this one, the District Council elections are an exercise in universal suffrage. Although the people who are voted in are only responsible for neighbourhood issues, this time the electorate was voting on party lines, not livelihood issues.
Beijing must be terrified by this and may change the rules next time. But they cannot avoid these election results. They cannot deny Hong Kong what it needs and it needs the five demands to be met.
The majority of the 2.94 million people have stood up to Beijing at the ballot box.
China's twisted belief that Hongkongers want independence is completely wrong. Hongkongers accept that Hong Kong is a part of China. They just want to be able to directly elect their leader who is accountable to them.
How is that so difficult to understand?
Despite the pro-establishment having deep pockets to canvas voters, money did not help them win.
And they are hating Lam and her group of inept civil servants for leading them down the garden path.
In the meantime, the pan-democrats will have to roll up their sleeves and demonstrate they can do the work asked of them.
We want them to put our city back in order, since our senior leaders aren't capable of doing that.
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