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607:. The actions sparked a political storm and a round of international condemnation. The disqualifications were declared as based on either the candidates having advocated or promoted Hong Kong independence, self-determination as an option for self-determination; solicited intervention by foreign governments into Hong Kong's affairs; expressed "an objection in principle" to the legislation of the national security law; expressed an intention to exercise the functions of a LegCo member by indiscriminately voting down all government legislative proposals, appointments, funding applications and budgets, after securing a majority in the LegCo, in order to force the government to accede to certain political demands; or refused to recognise the People's Republic of China's sovereignty over the Hong Kong. 748:"The decision to postpone the 2020 LegCo election has nothing to do with politics, has nothing to do with the likely outcome of this round of election," Lam said. "It is purely on the basis of protecting the health and safety of the Hong Kong people." She said that with 4.4 million registered voters in Hong Kong, the elections would involve "a large-scale gathering and an immense infection risk", particularly to elders while social distancing measures would prevent candidates from canvassing, adding that many registered voters in mainland China and overseas would be unable to take part in the elections while border quarantine measures were in place. Lam referred to the need for all elections to be conducted fairly, openly and honestly. 131: 848:
Bar Association said the Hong Kong government was "effectively inviting the central government to override the relevant provisions of the Basic Law and Hong Kong legislation to circumvent possible legal challenges". It added: "This is contrary to the principles of legality and legal certainty and degrades the rule of law in Hong Kong." The association was also concerned that the government had not consulted society at large or the relevant experts regarding the decision and had provided little evidence that the government had considered alternative measures, thus failing to satisfactorily explain why the election had to be postponed for a year, instead of just weeks or months.
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while the most traditional pro-democrat incumbents believed in the functions of staying on the legislature to oppose the government bills, receiving the public funding and resources and so on. After a series of debates between the factions, a citywide survey conducted by the Hong Kong Public Opinion Institute showed 47.1 per cent of the respondents voted to stay, while 45.8 per cent to leave. Pledging to abide by the result of the poll, seven Democratic Party, four Civic Party and five
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Kong’s Basic Law." It said it was following closely the political situation in Hong Kong and reiterated that it was essential that the Legislative Council elections could take place in an environment which is conducive to the exercise of democratic rights and freedoms as enshrined in the Hong Kong's Basic Law and urged the Hong Kong authorities to reconsider the decisions.
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stipulated in Article 69 of the Basic Law, neither did it mention the status of the four incumbent legislators who were barred from running by the returning officers in July. Chief Executive Carrie Lam nevertheless expressed "heartfelt gratitude" to the NPCSC which she said "demonstrates once again the care and support of the Central Government for the HKSAR."
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economy and uniting the divided society. It also announced to give away 10 million face masks across all 18 districts of Hong Kong. Political scientist Ivan Choy believed the alliance was set up as a part of the electioneering of the pro-Beijing camp in the coming election and to support Beijing's Hong Kong policy.
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were to become the first legislators of the Special Administrative Region. Pro-democrat legislators refused to join the provisional legislature on the grounds it was extra-constitutional and not democratically elected. "During an extended term of LegCo, the government may bulldoze unpopular proposals
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must end on 30 September 2020, the postponement created a lacuna in the Legislative Council between 30 September 2020 and the next election. For that, Lam said she had submitted an urgent report to the central government seeking its support and guidance. With respect to how to deal with the lacuna of
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said the details of the legislation show "Beijing's power is stabbing right into Hong Kong's judicial and administrative organs like a sword." He warned that "Hong Kong’s worst nightmare has been mapped out" and added that the lack of details on specific criminal actions was "extremely worrying." The
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Germany announced it was suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong over the delay of the election and disqualification of the opposition candidates. "The Hong Kong government's decision to disqualify a dozen opposition candidates for the election and to postpone the elections ... is a further
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The United States' and United Kingdom's statements were followed by a joint statement of the foreign ministers of the "Five Eyes" consisting of the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, calling on Hong Kong to reinstate disqualified candidates and hold Legislative Council
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Legal scholar Eric Cheung criticised Beijing's decision contravened Article 69 of the Basic Law, showing that Hong Kong no longer adopted the Basic Law and common law principles, but was implementing Beijing's comprehensive jurisdiction through "the legal system with Chinese characteristics". Cheung
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launched a pro-Beijing alliance called the Hong Kong Coalition. The alliance was co-sponsored by 1,545 representatives of various sectors including senior politicians, former government officials, university heads and tycoons. It said it aimed to "get Hong Kong start again" by boosting the declining
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on 31 July denounced Hong Kong's government decision to delay legislative elections by a year due to coronavirus concerns. "This action undermines the democratic processes and freedoms that have underpinned Hong Kong’s prosperity," McEnany said. McEnany said Lam's invocation of her emergency powers
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On 6 September 2020, the original election day, thousands of protestors went on the street to oppose the postponement of the election. Nearly 300 were arrested for alleged illegal assembly, other were arrested on suspicion of assaulting the police, obstructing police officers and disorderly conduct
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expressed "grave concern" over the postponement of the Legislative Council elections for a year, saying there were "serious doubts" about the legal and evidential basis for the decision. By creating the legal problem because of the Legislative Council's four-year term limit under the Basic Law, the
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The pro-democrats, who had hoped to ride a wave of deep-seated dissatisfaction with the government, accused Lam of using the pandemic as a pretext to stop people from voting. Legislator Tanya Chan said she suspected pro-government politicians were more concerned about "their own election prospects"
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Under existing law, the Chief Executive can delay an election up to 14 days if the executive believes it is likely to be "obstructed, disrupted, undermined or seriously affected by riot or open violence or any danger to public health and safety." However Lam postponed the election until 5 September
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survey in late January found 75 per cent of respondents were dissatisfied with the government's response to the outbreak, while Lam's approval rating sunk to just 9% in late February, the lowest on record. In February 2020, a confidential report by Carrie Lam to the central government revealed that
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suggested that anyone who opposed the coming national security law would be disqualified from September's Legislative Council elections. He said that it was everyone's duty to safeguard national security, and the imposition of security laws was "only natural". Alvin Yeung described Tsang's comments
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issued a statement stating that the "proposed postponement by one year of the elections to the Legislative Council through recourse to emergency powers, would delay the renewal of its democratic mandate and call into question the exercise of the democratic rights and freedoms guaranteed under Hong
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slammed the decision to delay the election. "Free and fair elections are essential to the high degree of autonomy and rights and freedoms guaranteed in the Sino-British Joint Declaration," a spokesperson said. "The Chinese government will need to reassure the people of Hong Kong and the world that
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The NPCSC decision sparked an internal strife within the pro-democracy camp whether to stay on the Legislative Council for the extended term. Most of the fresh face candidates who won the pro-democracy primary argued against staying at the legislature as they deemed the NPCSC as unconstitutional,
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condemned the Hong Kong government's decision to postpone the election, saying there was "no valid reason for such a lengthy delay." It also added that "it is likely, therefore, that Hong Kong will never again be able to vote – for anything or anyone" and that Beijing did not intend to uphold its
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On 11 August 2020, the National People Congress Standing Committee unanimously passed a decision to extend the incumbent 6th Legislative Council to extend its term for no less than one year. However, it did not explain the legal basis for the extension which was in contradiction to the term limit
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Academics raised questions over the postponement. Political scientist Eliza Lee criticised the government decision for not providing any convincing scientific evidence about risks to public health due to the pandemic or consulting the stakeholders including opposition parties. She cited a recent
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The last two days of the nomination period saw an influx of pro-democracy candidates submitting their nominations, in light of the 12 candidates being disqualified and many others' nominations still under review by the returning officers. It was widely speculated that many of these nominees were
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and Jeffrey Ngo announced their resignation from the party. Later that day, the party announced its complete disbandment, saying that the resignation of several key members in light of the national security law made it difficult for it to continue its operations. Law, the former chairman of the
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also said most Hongkongers believed the postponement was a political manoeuvre that had little to do with the health crisis. "Beijing and the pro-establishment camp are not sure if they can secure a majority in LegCo if the elections were held , especially when hundreds of thousands of their
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elections at the earliest. "We call on the Hong Kong government to reinstate the eligibility of disqualified candidates so that the elections can take place in an environment conducive to the exercise of democratic rights and freedoms as enshrined in the Basic Law," the statement said.
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All 22 pro-democracy legislators issued a statement accusing the government of using the outbreak as an excuse to delay the vote. They warned that doing so would "trigger a constitutional crisis in the city." The Civic Party called the postponement as "blatant manipulation", while
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2021 under the Emergency Regulations Ordinance, which gives the Chief Executive broad emergency powers to make any regulations considered to be "desirable in the public interest", claiming the uncertainty of the COVID-19 outbreak makes the 14-day delay impracticably short. As
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that highlighted the risks created by putting off elections, including denying citizens the chance to bring about a change in policy direction, especially in nations witnessing a backslide in democracy. Lee called the one-year postponement "excessive". Political scientist
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as a form of "illogical and irresponsible intimidation" of the potential opposition candidates. On 30 June, the NPCSC unanimously passed the national security law without fully disclosing the content of the law. Hours after the news, leading members of the
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rather than "the severity of the pandemic". Joshua Wong wrote on Twitter that the pandemic was being used as "an excuse to postpone the election" and was "the largest election fraud in #HK's history." Pro-democracy legislator Eddie Chu said that
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On 31 July, Chinese state media reported that Hong Kong police had ordered the arrest of six pro-democracy activists living in exile on suspicion of violating the national security law, including Nathan Law, former British consulate staffer
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defended the NPCSC decision as constitutionally valid. Leung also said Beijing's decision was giving a chance to four disqualified pro-democrat legislators as "moderate and mild" and warned them to " better behave themselves" from now on.
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imposed by Beijing on Hong Kong. It was also seen as the latest in a rapid series of aggressive moves by the Beijing authorities to thwart opposition momentum and neutralise the pro-democracy movement. Just prior to the announcement,
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of the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance, a labour union in Hong Kong. With many newcoming localists emerging on top, an unofficial six-person alliance led by former Demosistō secretary-general Joshua Wong, incumbent legislator
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commitments to the Hong Kong people and the United Kingdom under the Sino-British Joint Declaration and the Basic Law. He warned of the continuation of Hong Kong marching "toward becoming just another Communist-run city in China."
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said "there's no check and balance" against the NPCSC and its "brilliant tactic" to cause in-fighting within the pro-democracy camp on whether to boycott the legislature or not. Hong Kong delegate to the National People's Congress
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invoked the Emergency Regulations Ordinance to make the Emergency (Date of General Election) (Seventh Term of the Legislative Council) Regulation, which was promulgated on 1 August, officially suspending the electoral process.
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and would prefer not to return to Hong Kong to vote, given that the city implemented a 14-day quarantine requirement for incoming travellers, denying any criticism that the pro-Beijing camp was afraid of losing the election.
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legislator and convenor of the pro-democracy camp in the legislature, said the pro-Beijing camp was urging the postponement of the LegCo election as they knew they would lose. She noted that many places, including
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to force the rescheduling represented "only the most recent in a growing list of broken promises by Beijing, which promised autonomy and freedoms to the Hong Kong people until 2047 in the
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The stunning results greatly boosted the morale of the pro-democrats who immediately saw the possibility of securing a first-ever majority in the Legislative Council in the 2020 election.
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Lam had attempted to win back public trust and support by effective handling of the coronavirus outbreak, which she believed would enable a political turnaround for the coming election.
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the Legislative Council arising from the postponement, the Central People's Government would make a submission to the National People's Congress Standing Committee for its decision.
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decided to stay. Tanya Chan of the Civic Party, however, announced that she would leave and resign from the party. Before the results published, incumbents Eddie Chu and
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Regulation specifies the new election date, brings the current electoral process to an end, and deals with such matters as election expenses and donations.
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conceded that the decision is inconsistent with the Basic Law Article 69 but argued that it brought "the least shock" to the SAR. Pro-Beijing lawmaker
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endorsed by withdrawn candidate Nathan Law, became the biggest winner with all of them coming either top or second in their respective constituencies.
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The protests were maintained and escalated as Lam refused to fully withdraw the bill, resulting in strong anti-government sentiment that fed into the
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student group Studentlocalism aged 16 to 21 were arrested under the new national security law for making pro-independence posts on social media.
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and bills such as the legislation to enact Article 23 of the Basic Law or amend the election laws to favour the pro-government camp," Lam said.
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elections will be held as soon as possible, and that they are not using Covid as a pretext to further undermine the autonomy of Hong Kong."
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supporters cannot return to the city to vote," Ma said, referring to Hongkongers living overseas and across the border in mainland China.
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had also stated that they would leave. With the four legislators being disqualified over the invalidity of the by-election results and
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was ordering "a strategic retreat." They "want to avoid a potential devastating defeat" in the election, he wrote on Twitter.
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created an unprecedented political crisis in Hong Kong. More than a million people marched against the bill in mid June, with
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On 31 July 2020, the last day of the nomination period in the electoral process, Carrie Lam announced her invocation of the
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in 1996 after derailing arrangements under which members of the final term of the colonial Legislative Council before the
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On 30 July, one day before the end of the nomination period and the government announcement of delaying the election, the
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said in a statement: "Given the current developments, we have decided to suspend the extradition treaty with Hong Kong."
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On 29 July, four former members of pro-independence student group Studentlocalism aged 16 to 21, including 19-year-old
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party, decided to flee Hong Kong and dropped out from the pro-democracy primaries in response to the security law.
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as politically motivated, who aimed to achieve a "35+" majority (obtaining more than 35 out of the 70 seats in the
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In the two-week nomination period from 18 to 31 July 2020 after the announcement of postponing the election, the
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in Beijing reorganised the personnel of its representative organs in Hong Kong by replacing the director of its
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The two Beijing agencies in Hong Kong were outspoken in urging the Hong Kong government to implement new
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by the returning officers, including those of four incumbent Legislative Council members - Alvin Yeung,
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was originally scheduled on 6 September 2020 until it was postponed by the government. On 31 July 2020,
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Public Offices (Candidacy and Taking Up Offices) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2021
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Emergency (Date of General Election) (Seventh Term of the Legislative Council) Regulation
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stipulates that the term of the LegCo shall be four years, meaning that the term of the
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to postpone the election under the emergency powers granted to her by it, citing the
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to postpone the election for a whole year, citing the resurgence of COVID-19 cases.
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The months-long anti-government protests and the alleged initial mishandling of the
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at the press conference announcing the postponement of the election, 31 July 2020.
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Mahtani, Shibani; Liang, Tiffany; Kam, Anna; Denyer, Simon (24 November 2019).
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In mid July amid another spike of new confirmed coronavirus cases in the city,
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In a court judgement released on 28 May 2021 regarding the denial of bail to
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backup options for the disqualified or potentially disqualified candidates.
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to strategic voting to increase the chance of the pro-democracy candidates.
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2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council candidates' disqualification controversy
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jumped from around 124 to about 388 seats and took control of 17 of the 18
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results map by margin of votes between pro-democracy and pro-Beijing blocs.
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Despite Lam's denial of any political calculation, the delay was seen by
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of the Democratic Party compared the situation to the Beijing-installed
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12 opposition candidates were disqualified from running in the election
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suffered historic defeat, losing about two-thirds of their seats. The
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parties, with many veteran democrats performing below expectations.
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Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
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cost Carrie Lam's administration substantial public support. A
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Cheung, Tony; Wong, Natalie; Chung, Kimmy (3 August 2020).
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Cheung, Tony; Wong, Natalie; Cheng, Lilian (13 July 2020).
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against the government and concerns about the sweeping new
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nominations of 12 opposition candidates were invalidated
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Anti-extradition protests and District Council landslide
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Li, Shadow; Zhang, Kathy; Zimo, Chen (16 April 2020).
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violent clashes between the police and the protesters
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2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council mass resignations
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On 1 July 2020, the day after implementation of the
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Index

2020 Hong Kong legislative election
2021 Hong Kong legislative election

Chief Executive
Carrie Lam
Chief Executive
Carrie Lam
Emergency Regulations Ordinance
recent resurgence of the COVID-19 cases
Beijing
pro-democrats
Legislative Council
2019 District Council landslide
massive protests
national security law
12 opposition candidates were disqualified from running in the election
pro-independence
2019–20 Hong Kong protests
2019 Hong Kong local elections

2019 District Council election
Carrie Lam administration
amendment of the extradition law
violent clashes between the police and the protesters
Central Government Complex
November District Council election
pro-Beijing parties
pro-democrats
District Councils
Benny Tai

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