Malicious?
Actually, which one is more malicious?
The general public has exhausted all the methods permitted by law and content, hoping to force the government to listen to public opinion.
Or a government exhausted all its resources (mainly citizens’ money), all legal procedures, and all misconceptions, to indiscriminately arrest and indiscriminately accuse the so-called opposition parties.
After the mass arrests last week, the most profound comment was that a reporter lamented that no one could come out to say a few words, because all the people that matter has been arrested! Others are naturally willing to talk less and do less. In the end, only the YouTubers who are current affairs commentators on the Internet are left to talk about the incident. Mind you, most of these KOL (Key Opinion Leader) who are still making their voice heard, are no longer in Hong Kong, physically.
The reasons given by the officials were absolutely absurd and illogical. The primary election can only be regarded as an internal coordinator. We don’t want too many candidates to fight against each other and weaken the chance to win the seat. Even the pro-government establishment has similar primary elections. In the subsequent formal elections, it will be an open election with other candidates fighting for the seats. It will not be a sure win. Although PanDemocrat’s goal is 35(seats)+, it is completely unsure that it can be achieved, and it depends on whether the functional constituency can achieve the same standard. This functional constituency was carefully designed to always give the government an advantage. Therefore, it is a bit wishful thinking to capture these seats.
However, the defeat in the district council elections caused the government and the establishment to feel like being bitten by snakes, and they don’t want to see such landslide defeat again. But the government always has the right and power to do whatever they want to. They can just ban anyone from entering the election, with or without good reasons. Or, they can wait after the election, and kick you out any time they find an excuse. And the best method will be simply to cancel the election at all. Like they did last fall, and we can do nothing about it! How is it possible to paralyze the government?
And they said it was all based on Professor Benny Tai’s article “10 Steps to a 「Laam chau」（攬炒, means mutual destruction”. This is insane, it was a joke and a fantasy. To fulfill that, the government has to follow up with the exact response, based on every step that Tai estimates. Like the saying “It takes two to tango”, the government must be a willing partner, to achieve the ultimate speculation. Should this accomplice be charged as well?
Let me just talk about this primary election one last time. To me, it is almost the same as choosing the most popular singer. What I did was to vote for someone who I wanted to represent the PanDemocrat in my constituency. Some constituencies had six or seven candidates, though there would be two or three seats. It was obvious that my vote might not win. The person I like may not be shortlisted, and she/he will not be in the next legislative council election. For me, there should be a certain disappointment. If the selected is not even to my liking, I might lose interest to vote, or feel being forced to vote. And now the government said that I had violated the National Security Law when I participated in the primary election. What’s wrong with the government, nobody will believe it if they claim that they are not sick! The government also said that for the time being it would not pursue those involved and that we were misguided to commit a criminal act. Oh, such grace, that’s why you are so vicious!
