Veteran Hong Kong pro-establishment lawmaker attacks party’s focus on younger members in Legco elections
Outspoken legislator says he may break with DAB and run as an independent because at the moment he has zero chance of being re-elected
Hong Kong’s biggest party has placed too much emphasis on younger members and its allies in the pro-establishment camp as it plans for the Legislative Council elections in September, according to one of its own lawmakers.
Christopher Chung Shu-kun’s criticism of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong comes two weeks after the Beijing-loyalist party made a decision that effectively ruled him out of securing a second term.
Chung, 59, was a district councillor for more than two decades before losing his seat last year. He was elected a lawmaker in 2012 and has been an outspoken member of the pro-establishment camp, while being repeatedly ridiculed by rivals for his mistakes in English and use of Chinese idioms.
He told the Post he would spend this month assessing whether he could be re-elected as an independent. “I will quit DAB if my assessment proves that I can win”, even if that meant triggering a rift within the party, Chung said.