Former chief secretary Anson Chan Fang On-sang says the government is not doing enough to encourage people to vote in Sunday's district council elections, and criticised radicals for splitting the pan-democratic vote.
'In previous elections, senior government officials came out in a high-profile manner to urge voters to go to the polling stations,' she said in an interview yesterday.
'But for this year's district council elections, almost no top officials have made such an appeal to the public. It seems the government intends to cool down the election atmosphere.'
A government public-interest advert, calling on voters to cast their ballots on Sunday, has been broadcast by television and radio stations in the past few weeks.
Chan also criticised the radical group People Power for running candidates against fellow pan-democratic groups, saying that will only benefit the government-friendly camp.
She urged voters to support pan-democratic candidates.
'If voters want to be represented by district councillors who have vision and will fight for social justice, they must come out on Sunday,' she said.
