Can Hong Kong’s democracy movement survive the walkout? – By Preeti Jha (BBC News) / Nov 12 2020
The mass resignation of pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong has raised fresh questions about the future of the territory’s democracy movement as its legislature is left with almost no dissenting voices.
“We had to,” said Claudia Mo, one of 15 opposition politicians who announced a walkout on Wednesday.
“We owe a display of solidarity with our colleagues who were ousted. We need to protest against what could be the ultimate Beijing crackdown on Hong Kong – to silence the last bit of dissent in the city.”
Ms Mo, who has served as a lawmaker for the last eight years, told the BBC they had wanted to hang on. But the sudden expulsion of four colleagues – minutes after Beijing passed a resolution allowing the territory to eject lawmakers without going to court – made it impossible to stay.
Continue > https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-54913367
