「完善」後區議會選舉12月10日舉行 同日為國際人權日

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"Perfected" District Council Election Will Be Held on 10 December, Same Day as International Human Rights Day

On July 24, the government announced that the first District Council Election since its "perfection" will be held on #Dec10 this year, the same day as the International Human Rights Day. The nomination period for the District Councillor sector and Geographical Constituency Candidates is between Oct 17 and 30.

This election will be the first time since the hangover that the district council election is held in December. According to records, previous district council elections were all scheduled in November. The last one held was on Nov 24, 2019, during the height of the #AntiELAB movement. The International Human Rights Day was on Dec 8 that year, when the Civil Human Rights Front held a demonstration with 800,000 participants.

The number of directly-elected District Council seats has been drastically reduced since the government amended the election ordinance on July 6. Previously, 452 seats were directly elected by voters; the upcoming election will have only 88, less than 20% of the total 470 seats. 355 of the remaining seats will be either directly appointed by the Chief Executive, or chosen by government-established committees. Pro-Beijing officials often lauded this rule change as "perfecting" the city's electoral system.

#HumanRights #InternationHumanRightsDay #CivilHumanRightFront #DistrictCouncilElection

Source: Inmedia #Jul24

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「完善」後區議會選舉12月10日舉行 同日為國際人權日 | 獨媒報導 | 獨立媒體
（獨媒報導）政府今日刊憲，「完善」後的新一屆區議會選舉將在今年12月10日舉行，當日同為國際人權日，而地區委員會界別、地方選區參選人提名期則為10月17至30日。 新一屆區議會選舉投票日期為今年12月10日，這是本港回歸後歷來首次在12月進行。翻查資料，自回歸後的區議會選舉均安排在11月投票，去屆即..