Zheng Dahong, who had signed up for the 2020 Legislative Council election this year, was ruled by the Returning Officer in August that he was not eligible for the election. He pointed out on Facebook, “If the situation does not change 180 degrees, I will never participate in the next year’s Legislative Council election.”
Zheng Dahong said that it has been 8 years since he joined the party at the end of 2012, accounting for a quarter of his 32-year-old life. He recalled that his predecessors once said, “Ada, you are the next generation of the party.” Therefore, he has been working hard to express opinions on party affairs. , But after becoming a district councillor, even if he was a deputy secretary-general, from reforming the youth department, creative media department, and the spokesperson system, to proposing private prosecutions, leaving conditions, etc., “ashamed, I can’t change anything.” . However, he emphasized that leaving the party is a personal choice.
Recently, many district councillors from the Civic Party withdrew from the party, including Kwai Tsing District Councillor Tan Jiajun and Sin Ho Fai, and Southern District Councillor Yu Junxi.
The Chairman of the Civic Party, Leung Jiajie, said that he was saddened by any party members who quit the party, especially the young people who withdrew from the Civic Party recently. However, for each person making political decisions on the political situation and his own situation, he said, “In addition to respect, all Department of respect.” Liang Jiajie also said that seeing all party members who quit the party said that they just changed their status and did not say that their original intentions in politics have changed. The Civic Party now has 27 district councillors.
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