New People's Party
| 新民 黨 New People's Party New People's Party |
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| Party leader |
Regina Ip ( 葉劉淑儀 ) |
| Secretary General | Lai Tung-kwok ( 黎棟國 ) |
| Deputy Chairman | Pun Kwok-shan ( 潘 國 山 ) Eunice Yung ( 容 海恩 ) Johnny Hon ( 韓 世 灝 / 韩 世 灏 ) |
| founding | January 9, 2011 |
| Headquarters | Flats DF, 11 / F China
Overseas Building, |
| Youth organization | New People's Party Youth Committee |
| Alignment |
Conservatism pro-Beijing camp |
| Colours) | Blue , red |
| Legislative Council |
2/70 |
| District Councils |
0/458 |
| Number of members | 811 (2017) |
| Website | www.npp.org.hk |
The New People's Party , or NPP for short ( Chinese 新民 黨 / 新民 党 - "New People's Party"), is a pro-Chinese political party in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with a conservative orientation. With 2 seats in the Legislative Council and 13 seats in the District Councils until 2019, the NPP was one of the smaller parties in Hong Kong. In the local elections in Hong Kong in 2019 , the party lost all seats in the district councils .
history
The party was founded in January 2011 by Regina Ip , who served as Secretary for Security of Hong Kong between 1998 and 2003 and as a member of the Legislative Council since 2008. In February 2014, the party reached an agreement with another pro-Chinese party, Civil Force, to form a political alliance. Civil Force Chairman Pun Kwok-shan has been appointed vice chairman of the New People's Party.
In the course of the election as Chief Executive of Hong Kong in 2017, in which Regina Ip also unsuccessfully sought support, the party was accused of having too close ties to the government in the People's Republic of China . This resulted in several politicians including Deputy Party Chairman Michael Tien leaving the party. Even in the wake of protests in Hong Kong in 2019 , several politicians left the party.
After the party lost all seats in the district councils in the 2019 local elections in Hong Kong, its founder Regina Ip was the victim of ridicule and malice on the street because of the poor performance in the election during the protests in Hong Kong that have been going on for months.
position
The NPP supports the central government of China and stands behind the principle of “ one country, two systems ”, which unites Hong Kong's membership of the Communist People's Republic of China on the one hand and Hong Kong's liberal democratic system. The NPP sees the larger pro-Chinese Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong as a partner .
Election results
In the 2012 elections to the Hong Kong Legislative Council, the party received 3.76% of the vote and 2 seats. Four years later it was able to increase considerably to 7.73%. This is not least due to the alliance with Civil Force . The NPP received 3 seats in the newly elected Legislative Council.
In the 2011 local elections in Hong Kong, the party won 1.32% of the vote and 4 seats. In 2015 the NPP got 5.24% and 25 seats in the district parliaments. In 2019, the party finally dropped 2.73% of the vote and could no longer get a seat.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cathy Yan: Hong Kong's Ip Launches Political Party . In: Wall Street Journal . January 8, 2011, ISSN 0099-9660 ( wsj.com [accessed November 24, 2019]).
- ↑ 【新民 黨 分裂】 田 二 少 葉 劉 正式 分手 因 了解 而 分開. Retrieved November 27, 2019 .
- ↑ 【李 八方 online】 新民 黨 現 跳 船 潮 元朗 區 議員 退黨 兼 棄 選. Retrieved November 27, 2019 .
- ↑ CoconutsHongKong: Booze and Boos: Lunchtime protesters in Central bust out the bubbles, heckle pro-Beijing pol | Coconuts Hong Kong. November 25, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2019 (American English).