Many pro-democracy figures and experts say that the low turnout is directly tied to the lack of meaningful opposition.
Officials took a hardline approach to anyone who suggested that Hong Kongers should not participate in the election. Earlier this month, a senior Hong Kong official threatenedover an op-ed that said boycotts and blank ballots “are one of the last ways for Hong Kongers to express their political views.” Ahead of the election at leastDennis Kwok, who served as a pro-democracy legislator from 2012 to 2020, tells TIME that many Hong Kongers don’t feel the new system has credibility.
The rejiggering of the electoral system was part of a crackdown on dissent in the former British colony in response to unrest that began as
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