Pro-Democracy Camp (Hong Kong)
As pro-democracy camp , pan-democracy camp or simply democratic camp ( English pro-democracy camp or pan-democracy camp ; Chinese 民主 派 or 泛 民主 派) are all political forces in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region that are predominantly liberal have a democratic mindset and are primarily committed to promoting democratization, including direct democracy .
In order to advance democracy in Hong Kong, reforms are to take place that enable the direct election of the chief executive. Otherwise, Democrats generally adopt liberalist values that include the rule of law , human rights , civil liberties and social justice . In economic policy , however, there are differences between the individual parties in the pro-democracy camp. The positions there range from democratic socialism to economic liberalism . Because of their sometimes confrontational stance towards the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the government of the People's Republic of China , the Democrats are often referred to as opposition camps. Since the United Kingdom ceded Hong Kong , the opposing pro-Beijing camp has had control over Hong Kong, which is close to the government of the People's Republic of China. In the elections to the Legislative Council , the parties from the pro-democracy camp usually receive over half of the votes and in the geographical constituencies also more seats than the pro-Beijing camp; However, due to the functional constituencies, in which mainly members of the pro-Beijing camp are elected, the pro-democracy camp has never had a majority in the Legislative Council.
In the 1970s, the forerunners of today's pro-democracy camp emerged from youth movements that also took part in elections from the introduction of representative democracy in the mid-1980s. In addition to the democratization of Hong Kong, they also supported democratic efforts in the People's Republic of China. They became enemies with the People's Republic of China and their supporters in Hong Kong by supporting the protests in Tian'anmen Square in 1989 .
The broad spectrum of the pro-democracy camp consists of several parties represented in the Legislative Council. The largest party among them for years is the Democratic Party . However, since the 2012 election to the Legislative Council, the Civic Party has received more votes than the Democratic Party. Nonetheless, due to the electoral system in constituencies , the Democratic Party currently holds the largest number of seats on the Legislative Council. After the protests in Hong Kong in 2014 , a new political current emerged in Hong Kong, the localists . These represent a more radical stance towards the People's Republic of China, advocate independence for Hong Kong and thus differ from the conventional pro-democracy camp, even if they partially cooperate with it.
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