Hong Kong delays election due to spike in COVID-19 infections
Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam said the election will now be held on 5 September 2021, and the decision is aimed at"safeguarding people's health".
She said it was the"hardest choice" she has made in the past seven months, adding that central government supports the decision.cases, registering more cases this week than at any other point during the pandemic.The move comes after 12 pro-democracy candidates, including activist Joshua Wong and current members of the Legislative Council, were disqualified from standing in the elections.
Postponing the elections by more than two weeks would trigger a"constitutional crisis", 22 pro-democracy legislators warned, in a statement supplied before the announcement.
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