Elections and politics in Hong Kong: megathread

[MoreThanPolitics]

After a wave of resignations, the remaining district councilors from Hong Kong Island (24 out of 80 elected in 2019) took their patriotic oaths last Friday. The same night, 7 pro-democratic councilors were accused of failing to uphold the Basic Law and pledge allegiance to the regime, and were asked by the government to provide "evidence" to prove their "patriotism".

However, there is one problem: all of them either ran in last year's LegCo primary and/or borrowed their offices as polling stations. No matter how hard you try to defend yourself, you always end up getting disqualified.

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[MoreThanPolitics]

October 23, 2021 update:

After four rounds of oath-taking ceremonies (a.k.a. disqualifications), a total of 47* pro-democratic district councilors were ousted from office over "unpatriotic" oaths. Of the 389 pro-democrats elected in the 2019 wave, only 62 (16%) still remain in office. More than 260 councilors have already resigned from their jobs back in July, when the regime threatened to disqualify them and recoup all their salaries and benefits.

Now watch how many of the remaining democrats surrender to the pro-Beijing camp.

*Hong Kong Island: 7; Kowloon: 10; New Territories East: 14; New Territories West: 16