Nearly 200 Groups Alleged Not to Meet Eligibility for Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication Voters; Lawyer Decries Lack of Notice as Breach of Procedural Justice
近200團體被指不符「體演文出」選民資格 代表律師斥未獲通知理由違程序公義
With the pro-democracy camp seeking to win more than half the seats in the next Legislative Council, the number of registered electors in several functional constituencies has risen sharply. In the Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication constituency, registered electors increased from 2,920 in 2016 to 4,163 in 2020, a rise of 45%. The Hong Kong Publishing Federation Limited objected to the voter applications of 201 groups with the Registration and Electoral Office, and a hearing was held today. A lawyer representing several groups criticised the fact that the groups objected to had not received notices setting out the reasons for the objections, arguing that this breached procedural justice. The lawyer argued for the entire morning in court with lawyers representing the objected-to groups and the Electoral Affairs Commission.
民主派力爭於來屆立法會議席過半，多個功能組別的選民人數登記急升。其中「體育、演藝、文化及出版」界別的登記選民，由2016年的2,920人，升至2020年的4,163人，升幅達四成半。香港出版總會有限公司向選舉事務處反對201個團體選民申請，今日聆訊。代表多個團體的律師在庭上斥，被反對方並未收到列明反對理由的通知書，違反程序公義，與反對方及選管會代表律師在庭上爭論一個上午。