Civic Party
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Civic Party (Traditional Chinese: 公民黨) is a pro-democracy and social democratic political party in Hong Kong. The Chinese name of the party is also short for "justice and democracy", which reflects the party's objective to create a "civilized, just and democratic society".
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[edit] Party Beliefs
- Democracy
- To push for democratic development in Hong Kong by advocating for the prompt implementation of universal suffrage
- Social Justice
- To set up a fair and just society by protecting human rights and the rule of law in Hong Kong, and to provide help for the poor.
[edit] History
[edit] Founding
The party was formed by members of the Article 45 Concern Group, student leaders and pro-democracy citizens primarily from the legal and academic professions. A preparative meeting was held on February 19, 2006. It lasted for about 8 hours. It decided the name of the party to be the Civic Party.
The Civic Party was officially founded on March 19, 2006. As of 2006, it is the fourth largest political party in council. Kuan Hsin-chi became the first chairperson and Audrey Eu became the first leader.
[edit] Chief Executive Election 2007
In February 2007, Civic Party legislator Alan Leong secured 132 nominations and became the first pro-democracy Chief Executive candidate in the history of Hong Kong.
[edit] Structure
The Party membership comprises six members of Hong Kong's Legislative Council, or Legco, which makes it the fourth largest political party in that body. They aim to be the ruling party of HK. As of April 2006, party membership is being limited to 109 members. The admittance of any new member needs to be backed by two other party members. In addition, a prospective member will have to complete local branch work as a trial member for a year before being inducted as an official member.
[edit] Speculation
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| Party Chairman (黨主席): | Prof. Kuan Hsin-chi |
| House Leader (黨魁): | Audrey Eu |
| Slogan: | Civic Spirit, Hong Kong Spirit (為公為民 香港精神) |
| Founded: | March 19 2006 |
| Headquarters: |
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| Legislative Councillors | 6 |
| District Councillors | 3 |
| Political ideology: | liberal social democracy |
Given the recent political state, many people believe that the Civic Party is likely to replace the Democratic Party as the leading pan-democracy party. This is not unfounded. Since the handover, the Democratic Party has suffered from reduction of popularity, internal quarrels and splitting, abandonment by its members to join other parties or run as independent Legco candidates (e.g. many members of the Civic Party had once been members of the Democratic Party), and even a few scandals. Furthermore, the Civic Party are on better negotiation terms with the Mainland officials than the Democratic Party.
[edit] External links
- (Chinese) (English) Civic Party Official Site
- (English) Civic Party embarks on path to power - The Hong Kong Standard newspaper article
- (Chinese) New political party to be established within this month - a45 newspaper
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| Pro-democracy: | Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) | Civic Party (CP) | Democratic Party (DP) | Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) | League of Social Democrats | Neighbourhood and Workers Service Centre (NWSC) | The Frontier | |||
| Pro-Beijing / Pro-government: | Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) | Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (HKFTU) | Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions (FLU) | Liberal Party (LP) | The Alliance | |||
| * Represented in the Legislative Council | ||||
