{"id":95296,"date":"2016-07-20T10:54:10","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T02:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.symedialab.org.hk\/talk\/?p=95296"},"modified":"2016-07-21T13:29:59","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T05:29:59","slug":"mainland-official-honest-about-anti-independence-election-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/mainland-official-honest-about-anti-independence-election-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"Mainland official honest about anti-independence election rule"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Chris Yeung<\/p>\n

It could not be more ironic that it was a senior Chinese official at the Liaison Office who turned out to be honest about the purpose of the new election rules whereas senior Hong Kong officials and the election watchdog were economical about the truth.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the weekend, Wang Zhenmin, head of the Liaison Office\u2019s legal affairs department, gave the most detailed and robust defence of the new rule for candidates contesting the September 4 Legislative Council election.<\/p>\n

Wang, formerly head of the law school at the Tsinghua University, said the new confirmation note candidates are asked to sign was \u201creasonable, fair and lawful,\u201d adding it has full legal basis. He said he supported the Government\u2019s move to tackle the question of \u201cpro-independence\u201d activists running for Legco seats.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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  By Chris Yeung It could not be more ironic that it was a senior Chinese official at the Liaison Office who turned out to be honest about the purpose of the new election rules whereas senior Hong Kong officials and the election watchdog were economical about the truth. Speaking at the weekend, Wang Zhenmin,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1631,"featured_media":95298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17613,8,6855],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/cy0720.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paaypJ-oN2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":95090,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/95090\/","url_meta":{"origin":95296,"position":0},"title":"Drop the new election rule before it is too late","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"July 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 By Chris Yeung \u201cIf it ain\u2019t broke, don\u2019t fix it.\u201d The traditional wisdom of the pre-1997 colonial government may no longer be the \u201cone-size-fits-all\u201d approach in governance in 2016 Hong Kong. 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