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> 4 Min Read.HONG KONG - Hong Kong's government will gazette a bill later this week that will require community level district councils to pledge an oath of allegiance to the Chinese-ruled city's mini-constitution, further stifling democratic opposition.
> The bill potentially paves the way for the mass disqualification of pro-democracy politicians who took almost ninety percent of 452 district council seats in Hong Kong in the 2019 elections, humiliating the pro-Beijing camp.
> While district councils decide little beyond community-level issues, such as garbage collection and bus stops, Beijing and Hong Kong authorities are determined that all public institutions in the city must be run by people loyal to Beijing.
> The district councils are the only fully democratic institution in Hong Kong.
> Its Legislative Council is stacked with pro-Beijing figures, while its chief executive is not directly elected.
> The district councils account for about a tenth of the votes on a 1,200 member committee that meets every five years to elect the city's leader.
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