John Lee new Chief Executive of Hong Kong

BRUSSELS, 09 May 2022, (TON): Hong Kong’s Election Committee has selected John Lee Kachiu, the sole candidate to the post of Chief Executive on 8 May 2022.

This was the first selection process since the imposition of the National Security Law and the implementation of sweeping changes in Hong Kong’s electoral system.

Preceding his selection, Lee was vetted by the Candidate Eligibility Review Committee, and nominated by 786 of the 1461 members of the revamped Election Committee.

The number of voters to the Election Committee w-as substantially reduced by the electoral overhaul, wea-kening the already limited democratic elements in the governance of Hong Kong, running counter to the commitments to greater representation enshrined in the Basic Law.

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