Opposition camp

The opposition camp (Chinese: 非建制派, lit. not part of the establishment camp), refers to the politicians in Hong Kong who do not align with the pro-establishment camp. The camp currently includes 30 out of 70 members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong but six of them were currently disqualified by the High Court of Hong Kong.

The designation of "opposition camp" emerged during the 2012-16 legislative session when the localist faction of the pro-democracy camp stopped broke off, but there was a desire to maintain an electoral coalition in the 2015 local council elections and 2016 legislative elections. As the pro-government political parties were collectively designated as the pro-establishment camp (Chinese: 建制派), this loose designation of legislators began to be designated by local media as the "not establishment camp" (Chinese: 非建制派), typically translated "opposition camp" in English.[1]

All factions of the opposition camp advocate universal suffrage for all elected public officers in Hong Kong, but the constituent factions disagree on economic policies, social issues, and their stance on Hong Kong independence.[2]

In the 2016 elections, the camp won 30 out of 70 seats of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, an increase of three seats.[3]

However, on 12 October 2016 the oath-taking controversy , localist party Youngspiration's legislators Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching were never allowed to take office, and was disqualified by the High Court on 15 November 2016. On 14 July 2017, four more members of the opposition camp - Lau Siu-lai, Nathan Law, Leung Kwok-hung, and Edward Yiu - were disqualified by the High Court, ten months after taking office.

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References

  1. ↑ Vines, Stephen (2015-07-29). "Why it's difficult to be part of Hong Kong's opposition camp". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  2. ↑ Cheng, Kris (2016-09-05). "Hong Kong Election 2016: Triumph for pro-democracy newcomers as opposition camp maintains veto power". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  3. ↑ "Final Hong Kong election results in - Opposition parties gain 3 more seats in legislature". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. 2016-09-05. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
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