‘I was disqualified’: second Hong Kong localist candidate barred from running in Legco elections
Yeung Ke-cheong did not pledge to uphold Basic Law
A second localist candidate was disqualified from running in the upcoming Legislative Council elections after he did not pledge to uphold the city’s mini-constitution.
Yeung, of the Democratic Progressive Party of Hong Kong, was positioned second on a candidate list with Jonathan Ho Chi-kwong in Kowloon West. Ho’s nomination was validated, but Yeung’s was not.
“I was disqualified as I deliberately stated that I would not uphold the Basic Law and thus did not sign the relevant statement,” Yeung wrote on his Facebook page on Sunday.
Both Ho and Yeung did not sign the additional declaration form introduced by Electoral Affairs Commission weeks ago which reinforces acknowledgement that Hong Kong is an inalienable part of China, while the latter even refused to sign the standard nomination form required by the Legislative Council Ordinance.