{"id":101409,"date":"2016-09-29T08:37:30","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T00:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.symedialab.org.hk\/talk\/?p=101409"},"modified":"2016-09-29T08:37:30","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T00:37:30","slug":"democrats-run-not-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/democrats-run-not-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats to run or not to run"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Chris Yeung<\/p>\n

To run or not to run. This is the question the pan-democratic\/anti-establishment camp appears to have started revisiting as questions are raised on the wisdom of not to field a candidate in the 2017 chief executive election.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Hong Kong 01<\/em>, an online media which also publishes a weekly newspaper, reported that the Civic Party might consider fielding a candidate to vie for the top post following a re-assessment of the latest political developments.<\/p>\n

Major pan-democrat political parties including the Democratic Party and the Civic Party have earlier reached a broad consensus that they would not contest the election. Instead, they want to play the role of king-maker.<\/p>\n

Confident of grabbing a total of 250 to 300 votes in the 1,200-member Election Committee, they believe that could enable them to make a difference in the election results if they cast their votes wisely..<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Hong Kong 01<\/em>\u00a0report said the Civic Party now thinks differently.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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