Farewell held at Bruce Sing Lee Liu’s councillor office; ADPL to keep contesting for the next five years, urges Hong Kong-based democrats to await opportunities together
廖成利議辦告別 指未來五年民協續參選 籲留港民主派一同等待機會
Neither of ADPL’s two candidates in this term’s District Council election held after the “improvements” managed to secure "the three committees" nomination and enter the race. With the District Council changeover approaching, ADPL chairman and Wong Tai Sin District Councillor Bruce Sing Lee Liu held a farewell ceremony at his councillor’s office on Friday (December 29). Saying “I’ll be back”, he said ADPL would transform into a “livelihood concern group” and already had a “five-year plan” to continue fielding candidates, stressing that “dissolution isn’t our option”. Asked by The Independent Media why he was confident the government would again open participation to the pro-democracy camp, Bruce Sing Lee Liu said the political system was like a “pendulum”: “When it reaches one extreme, it will gradually move towards more reasonable arrangements.” He suggested that all democrats remaining in Hong Kong should “take their positions and do their best”, and await future opportunities together.
民協兩名參選人在今屆「完善」後的區議會選舉中，均未能取得「三會」提名入閘。區議會換屆在即，身兼黃大仙區議員的民協主席廖成利周五（12月29日）在其議員辦事處舉行告別禮，揚言「I’ll be back」，指民協將轉型「民生關注組」，並已有「五年計劃」，會繼續派員參選，強調「解散唔係我哋嘅選項」。 《獨媒》問到，為何會有信心政府會再度開放予民主派參選，廖成利指政治制度就如「鐘擺」，「去到一極嘅時候，慢慢就會去到較合理嘅安排」。他建議所有留港的民主派「各就各位、各盡所能」，一同等待未來的機會。