Hong Kong Leader Says Democracy Gives Poor Too Much Power (Sound Familiar?)

[Lakhota]

HONG KONG -- Representatives from trade unions, women's groups and left-leaning political parties marched on the house of Hong Kong’s Chief Executive C.Y. Leung on Wednesday after he told media outlets that free elections would give poor people too much power.

On Tuesday, Hong Kong’s Chief Executive said in an interview that Hong Kong required a nominating committee to screen electoral candidates, claiming that if the city allowed the direct civil nomination demanded by democracy protesters, “you’d be talking to the half of the people in Hong Kong who earn less than $1,800 a month.”

Several hundred marchers railed against Leung's comments and a system they claim is rigged to favor business interests, marking a concerted effort to build support among Hong Kong’s working class for the student-led democracy protests that have paralyzed parts of the city for weeks.

“The rich men and most of the capitalists use their power and money to control our Hong Kong economy,” said Ray Cheng, a student who was at the demonstrations representing a group that assists low-income workers. Cheng carried a sign decrying the “bloodsucking capitalists” who he says hold sway over Hong Kong’s political decisions.

“We come from the lower class, low-income class, and we are oppressed by them,” said Cheng.

More: Hong Kong Protesters March After Leader Says Democracy Gives Poor Too Much Power

Hong Kong’s Chief Executive C.Y. Leung sounds like the Republican Party. Sound familiar? Many rightwingers would like to restrict voting rights of the poor - and others.

 

[kaz]

So Hong Kong is run by Republicans? Who knew? Thanks for sharing.

 

[waltky]

Last site of Hong Kong protests cleared...

HK says Occupy protest ‘over’ as last site cleared
Tue, Dec 16, 2014 - ‘SERIOUS LOSSES’: The territory’s leader said that the protests had caused harm to the economy, and society had suffered due to damage to the rule of law

Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying yesterday declared an end to more than 11 weeks of sit-in protests by pro-democracy demonstrators after police cleared the last remaining camp and arrested a handful of peaceful protesters. A committed core of about a dozen demonstrators had staged a sit-in at the center of the final site in the busy shopping district of Causeway Bay as police cut away barricades and tore down banners and shelters. Seventeen people were arrested without resisting, with some shouting: “We will be back” and “Fight to the end.” Trucks and cleaning teams moved in to remove debris, while roads around the site which have been closed for weeks were reopened.

Activists calling for free leadership elections occupied major traffic arteries in the territory after China said in August that candidates for the territory’s chief executive elections in 2017 would first be vetted by a loyalist committee. Campaigners said the move would ensure the selection of a pro-Beijing leader. Police demolished the movement’s primary protest camp last week. “Following the completion of clearance work in Causeway Bay Occupy area, the episode of illegal occupation activities for more than two months is over,” Leung said. He said that the demonstrations had led to “serious losses” in business sectors. “Other than economic losses, I believe the greatest loss Hong Kong society has suffered is the damage to the rule of law by a small group of people,” he added.

Leung has been vilified by protesters, who cast him variously as a wolf and a vampire, and have asked for him to step down. Beijing has backed his administration throughout the occupation. “If we just talk about democracy without talking about the rule of law, it is not real democracy, but a state of no government,” Leung said. Causeway Bay hosted the smallest of the three camps that developed in late September, paralyzing sections of the territory as part of the student-led campaign for free leadership elections.

The main Admiralty camp, which sprawled across a kilometer of multilane highway through the heart of the business district, was cleared on Thursday last week. Police cleared the other major protest site in the working-class commercial district of Mong Kok — scene of some of the most violent clashes since the campaign began — late last month. Students who spearheaded the street protests were among the sit-in group in Causeway Bay yesterday. They were joined by a 90-year-old campaigner surnamed Wong who sat on a chair by the barricades and was later led away by police, walking slowly with a cane. “I will let them arrest me,” he said. “We must do it regardless of whether we can achieve anything. We have to get back what they owe us.”

HK says Occupy protest over as last site cleared - Taipei Times

 

[bripat9643]

HONG KONG -- Representatives from trade unions, women's groups and left-leaning political parties marched on the house of Hong Kong’s Chief Executive C.Y. Leung on Wednesday after he told media outlets that free elections would give poor people too much power.

On Tuesday, Hong Kong’s Chief Executive said in an interview that Hong Kong required a nominating committee to screen electoral candidates, claiming that if the city allowed the direct civil nomination demanded by democracy protesters, “you’d be talking to the half of the people in Hong Kong who earn less than $1,800 a month.”

Several hundred marchers railed against Leung's comments and a system they claim is rigged to favor business interests, marking a concerted effort to build support among Hong Kong’s working class for the student-led democracy protests that have paralyzed parts of the city for weeks.

“The rich men and most of the capitalists use their power and money to control our Hong Kong economy,” said Ray Cheng, a student who was at the demonstrations representing a group that assists low-income workers. Cheng carried a sign decrying the “bloodsucking capitalists” who he says hold sway over Hong Kong’s political decisions.

“We come from the lower class, low-income class, and we are oppressed by them,” said Cheng.

More: Hong Kong Protesters March After Leader Says Democracy Gives Poor Too Much Power

Hong Kong’s Chief Executive C.Y. Leung sounds like the Republican Party. Sound familiar? Many rightwingers would like to restrict voting rights of the poor - and others.

He's right. Democracy gives the losers in society too much say in how it's run. It's a prescription for circling the drain.

 

[hipeter924]

The HK Chief Executive is nothing more than a zealous puppet of the Chinese Communist party. He knows his place, and has already sold out Hong Kong entirely to China. The UK should have never trusted China over Hong Kong. It is a sad situation.

 

[deltex1]

Identity politics gives "the poor" too much power since their vote is bought by LIBTARDS and they are paid in benefits that keep them lazy.

 

[kaz]

Identity politics gives "the poor" too much power since their vote is bought by LIBTARDS and they are paid in benefits that keep them lazy.

Agreed, but how would you fix it exactly?

 

[Contumacious]

Hong Kong’s Chief Executive C.Y. Leung sounds like the Republican Party. Sound familiar? Many rightwingers would like to restrict voting rights of the poor - and others.

Only when "voting rights" are use to tax, steal, loot and plunder.


ONLY when the parasites believe the voting booth is an ATM machine.

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[LordBrownTrout]

HONG KONG -- Representatives from trade unions, women's groups and left-leaning political parties marched on the house of Hong Kong’s Chief Executive C.Y. Leung on Wednesday after he told media outlets that free elections would give poor people too much power.

On Tuesday, Hong Kong’s Chief Executive said in an interview that Hong Kong required a nominating committee to screen electoral candidates, claiming that if the city allowed the direct civil nomination demanded by democracy protesters, “you’d be talking to the half of the people in Hong Kong who earn less than $1,800 a month.”

Several hundred marchers railed against Leung's comments and a system they claim is rigged to favor business interests, marking a concerted effort to build support among Hong Kong’s working class for the student-led democracy protests that have paralyzed parts of the city for weeks.

“The rich men and most of the capitalists use their power and money to control our Hong Kong economy,” said Ray Cheng, a student who was at the demonstrations representing a group that assists low-income workers. Cheng carried a sign decrying the “bloodsucking capitalists” who he says hold sway over Hong Kong’s political decisions.

“We come from the lower class, low-income class, and we are oppressed by them,” said Cheng.

More: Hong Kong Protesters March After Leader Says Democracy Gives Poor Too Much Power

Hong Kong’s Chief Executive C.Y. Leung sounds like the Republican Party. Sound familiar? Many rightwingers would like to restrict voting rights of the poor - and others.

You didn't know that Hong Kong's elected officials are puppets of China.

 

[Antares]

Just when you thought Shitting Bull had hit the zenith of stupidity......he/she/it posts again.