Leaders in Hong Kong disqualified a dozen pro-democracy candidates from seeking office and delayed the city’s elections for a year on Friday. Hong Kong…
Leaders in Hong Kong disqualified a dozen pro-democracy candidates from seeking office and delayed the city’s elections for a year on Friday.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam made the announcement during a Friday press conference, saying coronavirus had made it impossible to hold a fair election, the Washington Post reported. Rather than maintaining the legislative councils’ current makeup until the next election, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will be selecting replacements.
