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Path of Democracy member secures nominations for Legco election after open letter on social media; three others still waiting as nominations close Friday

In the social media post, Path of Democracy said its member, Wong Wing-ho has secured sufficient nominations to run in the Legislative Council election on Dec 19.

A member of the moderate political party and think-tank Path of Democracy, Wong Wing-ho, said he will run in the Legislative Council election after the party called on Election Committee members to nominate their four candidates yesterday.

Environmental and sustainability expert Wong, with 10 nominations from the Election Committee, will fight for a seat in the New Territories North East geographical constituency, according to a Path of Democracy social media post on Monday morning.

Candidates in the same district include Chan Hak-kan of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong and Lee Tsz-king of the New People's Party.

The party released an open letter on social media Sunday saying that none of their members had enough nominations to run in the Dec. 19 election. A minimum of 10 nominations is required to run for the election.

Environmental and sustainability expert Wong, with 10 nominations from the Election Committee, will fight for a seat in the New Territories North East geographical constituency, according to a Path of Democracy social media post on Monday morning.

“Since the release of yesterday’s open letter, we have been receiving calls from various constituents, some of whom, after learning about the think tank's philosophy, were so impressed with our aspirations and sincerity that they decided to nominate our candidates to run in the Legislative Council, ” the letter said.

With nominations closing on Friday, the party continued to call on the Election Committee to nominate three other candidates to run in the Legislative Council Election in December, including Yao Jie-ning, Chan Chun-hung and Mak Hing-fun.

Mak, who wants to run for the legal sector in the functional constituency, said she only got three nominations.

“The election committee members I contacted told me to wait. But there are only four days left in the nomination period, I am not sure what to wait for,” Mak said. 

Former Legco president Tsang Yok-sing on Sunday dismissed speculation that Path of Democracy had failed to secure enough nominations because of its moderate stance. 

“It’s strange if executive council members are not considered to be in the pro-establishment camp,” he said. 

Tsang also said the Election Committee tends to nominate candidates they are more familiar with and some lesser-known candidates are more difficult to nominate. He added that he did not know much about the four candidates of the Path of Democracy group. 

According to government figures, 97 nomination forms have been received as of Saturday for the Legislative Council general election.

 

《The Young Reporter》

The Young Reporter (TYR) started as a newspaper in 1969. Today, it is published across multiple media platforms and updated constantly to bring the latest news and analyses to its readers.

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