(Hong Kong Comprehensive News) The system faulty incident occurred in the election day of the Hong Kong District Council, resulting in a half -hour suspension of voting.Hong Kong Chief Executive Li Jiachao expressed great importance and asked the Election Management Committee to set up a special investigation team and submit an investigation report within three months.
The deadline for voting direct elections in the Hong Kong District Council is at 10:30 pm on Sunday (December 10); in the two hours before, the electronic voter registration book used to votes votes to voters failed, resulting in voters unable to vote.Essence
According to the report, half an hour after the failure, the election management committee started the spare plan, and extended the voting time for one and a half hours to 12:00 at midnight.
After the voting, Li Jiachao went to the ticket station to inspect and told the media in the early morning that he attached great importance to and highly concerned about system failure.In the report submitted within a month, the failure was reported in detail.
According to Sing Tao Daily, Lu Qikang, chairman of the Hong Kong Selection and Management Association, apologized for the system failure on Monday (December 11).Lu Qikang said that although there was an accident, the efforts of the staff of the Election Affairs Office could not be ignored.He explained that choking was because he felt ashamed of colleagues who stayed in the post.
He also denied that the delayed voting deadline was to push the voting rate, but left enough time for voters to ensure that all those who want to vote can vote.
The number released by Hong Kong on Monday shows that more than 1.193 million people voted for the local election in the district council, with a total voting rate of 27.54%, the lowest level since the return of 1997.The low was 1999, only 35.82%.
The last district was held during the 2019 anti -repair campaign, with a record of 71%of the record.At that time, the Democratic camp won the victory in multiple constituencies.This year's district council election does not have the democratic parties to become candidates for election.
Li Jiachao's 264th parliamentarians who were elected on Monday gave congratulations.He said that this election is the first large -scale election after the reshaping of the District Council of Hong Kong, which allows the district council system to return to the positioning of non -governmental consultation organizations under Article 97 of the Basic Law and fully implement the principle of "Patriot Governing Hong Kong".Significant.He also said that this was a high -quality election.
But the low voting rate still causes questioning the Hong Kong election system and the political environment.Huang Danqing, a Democrat of the Reuters, said that the low voting rate reflects that the public feels that "the election is meaningless."
Sunday members of the "Social Democratic connection" of three democratic groups "Social Democratic Link" were arrested by police in Central, Hong Kong.The group revealed on Facebook that they originally planned to demonstrate the place where Li Jiachao went to voting on Sunday to protest the "Bird Cage Election", but was arrested by the police on the way with the crime of "attempting to incite others to make interference in district council elections."
