2002 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election

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Democratic Party (HK) leadership election
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  2000 1 December 2002 2004  
  Yeung Sum in 2015.jpg
Candidate Yeung Sum
Ballot121
Percentage93.1%

Chairman before election

Martin Lee

Elected Chairman

Yeung Sum

The Democratic Party leadership election was held on 1 December 2002 for the 30-member 5th Central Committee of the Democratic Party in Hong Kong, including chairman and two vice-chairman posts. Incumbent vice-chairman was elected as chairman uncontestedly, succeeding founding chairman Martin Lee Chu-ming.

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Eligibility

The Central Committee was elected by the party congress. All public office holders, including the members of the Legislative Council and District Councils, are eligible to vote in the party congress. Every 30 members can also elect a delegate who holds one vote in the congress. [1]

Overview

Founding chairman Martin Lee stepped down according to the four-term limit. There was only Yeung Sum's team contested for the posts. Yeung Sum received 121 votes for and 9 votes against, 2 more votes against him than Martin Lee in 2000. Albert Ho Chun-yan and Lee Wing-tat elected as Vice-Chairmen, receiving 132 and 129 votes of confidence respectively. [2] Albert Chan Wai-yip, the pro-grassroots "radical" legislator for the New Territories West constituency quit the party as he said he would if Yeung Sum became chairman.

After the election, Yeung Sum said since the party was marginalised by Beijing, the Democratic Party was accused of playing negative role in the "one country, two systems" and unification with Taiwan. Therefore, his task would be establishing normal relationship with the central and also SAR governments, and forming solidarity within the party. [2]

The elected members of the 5th Central Committee are listed as following: [3]

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References

  1. Kuan, Hsin-chi; Liu, Zhaojia; Wang, Jiaying, eds. (2002). Out of the Shadow of 1997?: The 2000 Legislative Council Election in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Chinese University Press. p. 156.
  2. 1 2 楊 森 接 任 民 主 黨 主 席 有 陰 影. Sing Tao Daily (in Chinese). 2 December 2002. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  3. 第五屆中央委員會暨紀律委員會名單. The Democratic Party (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 17 January 2004.