No need to delay LegCo elections, Chu Hoi-dick says

Chu Hoi-dick says there's no need to delay upcoming Legislative Council elections just yet. File photo: RTHK

Pro-democracy lawmaker Chu Hoi-dick said on Sunday that he's against the idea of postponing the September Legco elections, saying a delay should only be allowed if the city is in total lockdown because of the coronavirus.



Pro-Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho has written to the Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, asking for the government to postpone the polls to prevent people from getting infected when they vote.



But Chu says such a move isn't necessary just yet.



He says he's also worried that Beijing would use the delay to improve the chances of its candidates.



"The only one exceptional scenario that I can think of for postponing the election is that ... at that day we have a very serious Covid-19 pandemic situation and the government [has] ordered a lockdown of the city," Chu said.



In such a situation, the government would be forced to postpone the elections, he said.