區議會選舉如箭在弦，全香港452個選區，超過1000位候選人，只有黃之鋒一個未知是否合資格成為候選人。17名南區民主派的區議會選舉候選人昨在香港仔舉行誓師大會。其中參選海怡西的香港眾志黃之鋒仍未確認入閘，他稱前晚第三度回覆選舉主任後，至昨午未獲答覆，相信是因「選舉主任、政府同北京傾唔掂數」，找不到任何法律理據羅織罪名DQ他，致不斷拖延，促選舉主任能秉持公務員政治中立原則，依據其回覆作清晰決定。
至今唯一未獲選舉主任確認提名入閘的海怡西參選人黃之鋒，在突然陣前改變選擇主任之後，前晚回信新選舉主任蔡亮，第三度重申其政治理念，以及首次表明香港獨立並不可成為可接納的自決選項。
黃之鋒說，報名逾三星期仍未獲確認資格，反映選舉主任、港府和北京「傾唔掂數」，「根本搵唔到法律理據去羅織罪名去DQ我」，促蔡亮秉持公務員政治中立原則，依據其回覆作清晰決定。
選管會日前公布成立危機管理委員會，會因惡劣天氣、公共安全等事宜向選管會提供是否押後選舉的意見，目前未有開會，疑似為港府押後選舉鋪路。
海怡西選區參選人除黃之鋒，有新民黨陳家珮及民主派林浩波，二人提名已獲確認。
Hong Kong District Council elections is imminent, with 452 constituencies in Hong Kong and more than 1,000 candidates, only Joshua Wong is still unconfirmed as a candidate. The 17 democratic candidates for the Southern District Council election held a rally in Aberdeen yesterday. Joshua Wong said that he did not receive a reply to from the Returning Officer (RO) for the third time last night. It is believed that the “Returning Officer, the Government and Beijing cannot come to an agreement” as they could not find any legal justification for disqualification (DQ), resulting in repeated delays, and urged the RO to uphold the principle of civil servant political neutrality and make a clear decision based on his reply.
Joshua Wong, the only South Horizons West constituency candidate who has not been confirmed. After a sudden last minute change of RO, he has replied to new RO Laura Liang Aron for the third time to reaffirm his political stand and for the first time that Hong Kong independence cannot be an acceptable self-determination option.
The Hong Kong Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) announced the establishment of the Crisis Management Committee. It will provide advice to the EAC on whether to postpone the elections due to bad weather and public safety. The committee has not met at present but it is suspected that the government is paving the way for postponement of the election.
Judy Chan of the pro-Beijing New People’s Party and pro-democracy financier Kelvin Lam are also running in South Horizons West.
