seeing "criminal record", I can't resist to link the following info about two consecutive Czechoslovak presidents:
"In 1950, he fell victim to a
purge of the party leadership, and was sentenced to life imprisonment, spending the years from 1954 to 1960 in the
."
"His political activities resulted in multiple stays in prison, ..."
see? various things happen in the middle of Europe, LOL
as I said
Today at 7:13 AM (and I'm sorry to repeat myself), they should've let that 23-years old run
I think many people have said the same thing as you, just let him run and lose. It is a valid point.
However, his comrade Nathan Law (from my link) had won, refused to take the oath, and as such was disqualified from the Legislature. What a waste of resources.
Furthermore, don't forget that foreign influence can get you disqualified from office (anywhere in the world), just ask Mr. Donald Trump who is in some kind of trouble for this last time I checked...
He is also dishonest (Guess he is learning about elections quickly...), he said he has no intention of seeking independence, but if you read this article, he sounds like a weasel
In my own opinion, I would probably lean towards letting him run myself. I think these people are an embarrassment. Let them show their ignorance.
As I said before, these people are actually the greatest impediment to any progress for HK. They refuse to denounce the rioters to show a "United Front", but that actually keeps the level of distrust high amongst regular people
Even this lawyer who had represented some of the student leaders quit his position in the law society over this
This is one of the reasons that people so strongly believe in foreign interference. If the true goal of this movement was really greater self-determination in local decisionmaking, then there would be no need to continue with this facade of "leaderlessness". Certainly there would be someone willing to genuinely work within the 1 country framework without derailing the idea of more open elections into independence talk.
In Canada, the Bloc Quebecois had made gains in the recent election by expressly saying the pursuit of sovereignty for Quebec was no longer their main goal (formerly separatist party similar to the Scottish Nationalist party you had posted about).
