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47 Hong Kong opposition figures charged under national security law - CNN

47 Hong Kong opposition figures charged under national security law - CNN

47 Hong Kong opposition figures charged under national security law - CNN
Feb 28, 2021 1 min, 12 secs

The Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have held such votes in the past, in an attempt to match the organization and discipline of the rival pro-Beijing camp and avoid splintering support.

Hong Kong's Secretary of Security, however, has accused those who organized the July primaries of seeking to "paralyze the Hong Kong government" by winning a majority in the legislature to veto government bills.

Voting against the budget and forcing the chief executive to resign would have been legal prior to the national security law, similar to a "vote of no confidence" that prompts a general election in many democracies.

The city's constitution also contains provisions to deal with such an event, enabling the chief executive to call new legislative elections, and to pass a preliminary budget to enable the government to continue to function.

When dozens of former lawmakers and opposition activists were arrested in January, Anthony Blinken, now the US Secretary of State, said "the sweeping arrests of pro-democracy demonstrators are an assault on those bravely advocating for universal rights."

"The Biden-Harris administration will stand with the people of Hong Kong and against Beijing's crackdown on democracy," Blinken added.

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab warned in January that the British government "will not look the other way when the rights and the autonomy of the people of Hong Kong are trashed."

"When China first imposed the national security legislation, they said it was to bring some stability to Hong Kong.

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