香港新特首李家超周日以超过99%的得票率当选后,香港不断恶化的民主状况再次引来西方的中国观察人士和活动人士的担忧和批评。
美国前国务卿蓬佩奥在推特上写道:“失望,但不令人意外地看到中共继续违背承诺并加紧他们对香港人民的威权统治。除非我们让中共为他们的残忍行为付出代价,他们会继续摧毁香港以及以外地区的自由。”
Disappointed, but not surprised, to see the CCP continue to break promises and tighten their authoritarian regime on the people of Hong Kong. Unless we impose costs on the CCP for their cruelty, they will continue to crush freedom in Hong Kong and beyond. https://t.co/HwFUpDCtgh
— Mike Pompeo (@mikepompeo) May 9, 2022
目前生活在美国的香港活动人士许颖婷也对北京对香港的控制感到疲倦:“李家超将成为香港下一位特首。但这让人觉得其实什么都没有发生。因为香港没有人真的关心一场人民不能参加的选举以及只有中国的傀儡能担任的职务。我感到厌倦。”
Morning☀️ #JohnLee will be #HongKong%27s next chief executive. But it feels more like nothing actually did happen. Because no one in the city truly cares for an election that the people cannot participate & a leadership office that only puppets of CCP can hold. 🥱 Tired of this.
— Frances Hui 許穎婷 (@frances_hui) May 9, 2022
流亡至英国的香港活动人士刘祖迪则表示:“看到一名独裁者在一场有中国特色的选举中拿下99%的选票令人印象深刻(750万民众中只有1500人有资格投票)。这不是香港,这是朝鲜或中国。”
Impressive to see a dictator securing 99% of votes in an "election" with Chinese characteristics (for which only 1,500 out of 7.5million people are eligible to vote)This is not Hong Kong. This is North Korea or China.https://t.co/JnADlPbj0v
— Finn Lau 劉祖廸 (@finnlau_cd) May 8, 2022
在一系列推文中,彭博社专栏作家马修·布鲁克(Mathew Brooker)批评了中国官媒称香港选举代表了民意的说法。
“香港的新政治宣传语言引来了鼎盛。一个闭门做出的专制指派被建制派说成是一种更高级的‘民主’模式。”
A report that perfectly captures the air of unreality and absurdity in this Orwellian exercises.The era of Hong Kong newspeak is in full flow. An autocratic appointment decided behind closed doors is universally lauded by the establishment as a superior form of “democracy”
— Matthew Brooker (@mbrookerhk) May 9, 2022
“脸皮不厚说不出一个占总人口0.02%的委员会代表了民意。事实上,我们知道民意是什么。他们在2019年的时候被询问,并做出了响亮并清晰的答复。他们没有再被询问,也永远不会了,” 他在另一条推文中写道。
It takes some brass cheek to assert that a committee of 0.02% of the population represents the will of the people. Actually, we know the will of the people. They were asked in 2019 and answered loud and clear. They were never asked again, neither will they be https://t.co/OdsOSRAuDO
— Matthew Brooker (@mbrookerhk) May 9, 2022
英国人权活动人士、“香港观察”创始人罗杰斯(Bennedict Rogers)也对李家超和这场选举做出了严厉批评。
“他几乎不可能输。人民无法投票。他的1500名“挑选人”是由北京挑选的。他没有对手。(这是)一场闹剧。都是假的。结果是一名更强硬的中共傀儡恶棍控制香港。”
He could hardly loseThe people couldn%27t voteHis 1,500 "selectors" were handpicked by BeijngHe was unopposedA farce. A sham. Resulting in an even more hardline #CCP quisling thug in charge of #HongKong https://t.co/Cxi1sqlDB9
— Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯 (@benedictrogers) May 8, 2022
美国约翰·霍普金斯大学社会学教授孔诰烽则用反讽的方式指出了这场选举的荒诞之处。
“习近平和金正恩都以100%的得票结果当选最高领导人。李家超只赢得了99%。这1%的差别显示出一国两制是真实的,并运转良好。”
Both Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-Un won the top job with 100% of the votes. John Lee won with 99% only. This one percent difference shows one country, two systems are real and well.🇨🇳🇭🇰💖㊗️✌️
— Ho-fung Hung (@hofunghung) May 8, 2022