Hong Kong’s main opposition party to dissolve

The leaders of the Hong Kong Democratic Party have announced plans to dissolve what has once been the largest opposition group in the city.

The members will soon vote for the final decision whether to close the 31-year-old party, said President Lo Kin Hi.

The party is struggling to survive after the moves of China to disagree in the city after protests in 2019.

Beijing and the Hong Kong government claim that such moves are needed for national security.

As part of the repression, Beijing has processed the former British colony of the former British colony.

So -called The Patriots Act was adopted in Hong Kong in 2021. This guarantees that only people considered to be loyal to the communist regime in Beijing can serve as legislators or local councilors in the semi -autonomous territory.

This law effectively banned the Democratic Party from participating in the elections.

At a press conference on a late night on Tuesday after a party meeting, Mr Lo said that the party leaders had called on to be winded on the basis of the “current political situation”.

“The development of democracy in Hong Kong is always difficult and is especially difficult in the last few years,” G -Lo told reporters.

He did not comment when he asked him if the party leaders’ decision was taken under political pressure.

The party set up a working group for the stop process. At least 75% of its members who attend an upcoming general meeting will have to approve this move before it is final. The date for this meeting is yet to be determined.

On Wednesday, Hong Kong Regina government adviser IP accused the Democratic Party of pursuing an agenda that opposed China and “constantly creates problems inside and beyond parliament.”

“So I’m not surprised at all that they have been losing supporters in recent years … The Democratic Party has already reached a dead end,” said Mrs. IP, co-convention of the Hong Kong Cabinet Executive Board.

The Democratic Party was remarkable for being rarely negotiated with the Liaison Office – the Representation of the Chinese Communist Government in Hong Kong – in 2010 to discuss plans for a liberal election.

However, his younger members saw these negotiations as a betrayal. This move caused separation until the party lost support.

Subsequently, she regained her strength and became the most successful opposition political force in the city after acquired the most places in the 2019 local council elections, which took place during violent anti-government protests.

A number of members of the Democratic Party-Inclusively prominent Prodemocratic figures Helena Wong, Lam Cuk-Tang, Wu Chi-Uw and Albert Ho -a among The Hong Kong Campaign Group 47 Closed under the controversial national security law.

Another member, Former legislator Ted Hui, He now lives in Australia in exile and is wanted by the Hong Kong government for alleged national security crimes. Earlier this week, the court issued an order to confiscate its assets and money in Hong Kong, which are held by his family and law firm.

In December, Hong Kong undressed the Honorary Justice of the Peace title by Martin Lee CK, a key founder of the Democratic Party, after a lawyer losing his appeal against an unauthorized sentence for the meeting.