The Alliance for Universal Suffrage was a coalition formed by 11
pro-democracy parties and groups in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
. The Convenor of the Alliance was
Fung Wai-wah.
It provided a single point of contact to interface with the governments of
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
and
China
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, especially to press for more democratic formulas for the
Chief Executive election in 2017 and the
Legco election in 2020.
The grouping is seen as more 'moderate' than the
League of Social Democrats
The League of Social Democrats (LSD) is a social democratic party in Hong Kong. Chaired by Chan Po-ying, wife of Leung Kwok-hung, it positions itself as the radical wing of the pro-democracy camp (Hong Kong), pro-democracy camp and stresses on ...
and the
Civic Party, which have triggered
Legco by-elections in May 2010, by having five of their members resign and stand for reelection in a 'de facto referendum' on democratic progress in Hong Kong.
In June 2010, the central government accepted the reformed proposal suggested by the Democratic Party after negotiating with the Democratic Party and the alliance. The compromise made with Beijing was fiercely attacked by the radical faction of the pro-democracy camp, the League of Social Democrats.
In 2013, the Convenor Fung Wai-wah announced the alliance "will be indefinitely suspended" in order to form a new body with other pan-democrats on the matter of full universal suffrage. In March, the new alliance the
Alliance for True Democracy was launched.
Stances
In March 2010 the Alliance outlined its proposals for electoral reform in Hong Kong.
For 2012 it suggests expanding the number of seats in Legco by a third, to 80. Half would still be returned by
functional constituencies
A functional constituency is an electoral device (a non-geographical constituency) used within the political systems of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China:
* Functional constituency (Hong Kong)
* Functional cons ...
- trade-based seats with small electorates. This is not so different from the Hong Kong government proposal to increase the number of seats to 70, also with half of them for functional constituencies.
For the 2017 election, the Alliance proposes a nominating committee of 1,200 people that can put forward candidates for chief executive, with any candidates who obtain 100 nominations eligible to run for election. It wants Legco to have 100 seats by 2020, with half chosen by proportional representation by all the city's voters.
Other specific requests made to Beijing include:
* That a candidate for chief executive in 2012 would not need more nominations than in at the 2008 election;
* That Legco's functional constituencies would be scrapped by 2020; and
* That elections in 2012 and 2016 would be increasingly democratic.
Membership of the Alliance for Universal Suffrage
Members of the Alliance include:
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Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
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Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions
The Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) was a pro-democracy labour and political group in the Hong Kong. It was established on 29 July 1990. It had 160,000 members in 61 affiliates (mainly trade unions in various sectors) and rep ...
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Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union
The Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union (HKPTU) was a pro-democracy trade union, professional association and social concern group in Hong Kong. Until its disbandment in 2021, it was the largest teachers' organisation in Hong Kong with s ...
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Hong Kong Social Workers General Union
Hong Kong Social Workers' General Union (HKSWGU) is a trade union for the social workers in Hong Kong. It was established in 1980. The current president, Cheung Kwok-che is the member in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It is one of the trad ...
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Power for Democracy
*
Professional Commons
*
SynergyNet
See also
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Consultation Document on the Methods for Selecting the Chief Executive and for Forming the LegCo in 2012
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Politics of Hong Kong
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Democratic development in Hong Kong
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List of political parties in Hong Kong
References
External links
終極普選聯盟 Alliance for Universal Suffrage
{{Hong Kong political parties
Political organisations based in Hong Kong
Organizations established in 2010
Organizations disestablished in 2013
2010 establishments in Hong Kong