The spokesperson of the European External Action Service denounced, on Thursday 21 October, the application of new provisions for candidacy and taking up public offices in Hong Kong to expel 49 democratically elected District Councillors from their seats.
A first group of more than 210 pro-democracy District Councillors felt compelled to resign from their positions before the process started.
“These developments, based on very broad provisions in the law, negate the results of the...