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On 29 May 2018, Lau decided not to retract her appeal against her disqualification due to the costly legal fees and time.<ref>{{cite news|title=Former lawmaker Lau Siu-lai drops appeal against her disqualification to trigger by-election|date=29 May 2018|url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/29/former-lawmaker-lau-siu-lai-drops-appeal-disqualification-trigger-election/|work=Hong Kong Free Press}}</ref> On 26 June, the [[Electoral Affairs Commission]] (EAC) announced the by-election for Lau's seat to be held on 25 November 2018.<ref name="date"/> |
On 29 May 2018, Lau decided not to retract her appeal against her disqualification due to the costly legal fees and time.<ref>{{cite news|title=Former lawmaker Lau Siu-lai drops appeal against her disqualification to trigger by-election|date=29 May 2018|url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/29/former-lawmaker-lau-siu-lai-drops-appeal-disqualification-trigger-election/|work=Hong Kong Free Press}}</ref> On 26 June, the [[Electoral Affairs Commission]] (EAC) announced the by-election for Lau's seat to be held on 25 November 2018.<ref name="date"/> |
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* [[Lau Siu-lai]], ousted legislator joined the pro-democracy [[Labour Party (Hong Kong)|Labour Party]] ahead of the election and actively considering in running again.<ref name="labour">{{cite news|title=Ousted lawmaker Lau Siu-lai joins pro-democracy Labour Party ahead of legislative by-election|date=29 June 2018|work=Hong Kong Free Press|url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/29/ousted-lawmaker-lau-siu-lai-joins-pro-democracy-labour-party-ahead-legislative-election/}}</ref> |
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Other speculated candidates include former [[Secretary for Food and Health]] [[Ko Wing-man]].<ref name="labour"/> |
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The 2018 Kowloon West by-election is scheduled on 25 November 2018.[1] after the incumbent pro-democracy Legislative Councillor Lau Siu-lai of Kowloon West disqualified from the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) over the oath-taking controversy resulted in the disqualifications of the six pro-democracy legislators. It follows the by-election of four other constituencies on 11 March 2018.
Background
In the 2016 Legislative Council election, the Kowloon West returned six members to the Legislative Council (LegCo), with college lecturer Lau Siu-lai being elected under the banner of "democratic self-determination".
On 12 October 2016 the inaugural meeting of the LegCo, Lau and other legislators-elect used the oath-taking ceremony as a platform to protest. After Yau Wai-ching and Sixtus Leung was controversially disqualified by the court following the interpretation of the Article 104 of the Basic Law of Hong Kong by the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen lodged another judicial review against Lau Siu-lai, as well as Nathan Law, Leung Kwok-hung and Yiu Chung-yim who also added words into or changed their tones when reading the oaths during the ceremony.[2] As a result, the High Court ruled the four pro-democracy legislators were to lose their seats on 14 July 2017.[3]
The by-election of the Hong Kong Island, New Territories East, Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape as well as Yau Wai-ching's Kowloon West seats was held on 11 March 2018. Nevertheless, the by-elections of the Lau Siu-lai's Kowloon West and Leung Kwok-hung's New Territories East seats were not held as the duo were seeking for appeal, partly because they hoped to avoid holding the by-election for two seats in a single constituency which would favour the weaker pro-Beijing candidate. However in the March Kowloon West by-election, the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) candidate Vincent Cheng made an upset victory by defeating pro-democrat Yiu Chung-yim.
On 29 May 2018, Lau decided not to retract her appeal against her disqualification due to the costly legal fees and time.[4] On 26 June, the Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) announced the by-election for Lau's seat to be held on 25 November 2018.[1]
Candidates
- Lau Siu-lai, ousted legislator joined the pro-democracy Labour Party ahead of the election and actively considering in running again.[5]
Other speculated candidates include former Secretary for Food and Health Ko Wing-man.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "選管會：11月25日舉行立法會九龍西補選". 2018-06-26.
- ^ "Hong Kong gov't lodges legal challenges to eject four more pro-democracy lawmakers from legislature". Hong Kong Free Press. 2 December 2016.
- ^ "Hong Kong lawmaker disqualification ruling 'opens huge floodgate', lawyers say". South China Morning Post. 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Former lawmaker Lau Siu-lai drops appeal against her disqualification to trigger by-election". Hong Kong Free Press. 29 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Ousted lawmaker Lau Siu-lai joins pro-democracy Labour Party ahead of legislative by-election". Hong Kong Free Press. 29 June 2018.