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Hong Kong Executive Uses Emergency Powers To Postpone Legislative Elections

August 03 2020

China

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has invoked emergency powers to delay legislative elections by a year, citing the ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, reports the South China Morning Post.

On Friday, Lam invoked the emergency power to push back voting from Sept. 6 to Sept. 5, 2021.

The National People’s Congress Standing Committee in Beijing would resolve any outstanding legal and constitutional issues due to the delay, officials said.

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