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| Legco members face by-election changes. File photo. |
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The government has tabled a
bill in the Legislative
Council to ban resigning
lawmakers from running in a
by-election for six months.
The Secretary for
Constitutional Affairs,
Raymond Tam, said most people
support measures to plug the
loophole, whereby lawmakers
can trigger by-elections and
then run for re-election for
political reasons.
Mr Tam said
the revised proposals keep
changes to the electoral
system to a minimum. But Civic
Party leader Alan Leong, who
himself was among those who
triggered by-elections in 2010, said the bill disrespects democracy.
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