
A quieter ‘patriots only’ election in Hong Kong
The Decibel
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Hong Kong Elections
Every candidate that is standing in sunday's election has been pre veted by an this sing called the election committee, which is completely dominated by probaging heavy weightsn and government figures. In the past, hong kong has elected about half ofe the city's parliament ledgco. In the new system, there'll be electing only 20 out of 90 seats. But again, those 20 seats, the candidates for them have all been preveted. So you know, they're choosing 20 lawmakers out of an approved list. And then 70 other lawmakers are essentially chosen by probagin groups. It's quite a strange situation that you have, that there is an election going on
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