Welcome to the program a Record Number of voters have had their say and hold calls district elections with the polls that to close in about half an hour more than 2 thirds of eligible voters have cast their ballots thats more than 2700000 people the elections follow months of violent protests against the probation government will get an update from bride whos standing by a whole call shortly but 1st this report from sarah clarke. As polls opened to the people lined up around 4000000 have registered to vote in hong kongs District Council elections after months of citywide on rest the people want their voices heard im up after your country by grief i think teenagers. These batteries nowadays you know always right and if we want to change we have to vote we can have different. Pinions isnt that what is important for you to see this show what your. Candidates will face off in 18 districts with 452 seats up for grabs parties currently hold the majority and District Councils but anger agains
Prodemocracy activists Joshua Warren was disqualified from running but hes protesters to continue opposing beijing says i will protest movement stop for a few more people around the world just a pom pom pom pom which should come up but mr carlson your action is that you actually committed base all this money on the street money. Instead over. Political system but i still have urged people to vote actually to show how this can head to beijing. Where the bride has more. Well it is generally perceived here that the more people who voted is going to benefit the pan democrats and of course we have seen as well as this record turnout a record registration ahead of this poll of people wanting to vote some 4000000 people registering out of a population of 7000000 with several 100000 of those big young people registering for the 1st time so the more people who vote is generally considered to be the pan democrats pro democrats who are going to benefit as everybody here has been saying in all of
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Of independence. Opposition leaders in burundi are accusing the governing party of spreading fear and intimidation they say people have been attacked ahead of next years elections the u. N. Is warning of more violence but the government has told al jazeera the vote will be free and fair catherine saw reports from brandys commercial capital. Protected by when you can to cross memories of what happened 4 years ago remains row for this man he tells us his young son was shot by police while on his way to buy bread. Riots started in 2015 and pays n. P. R. A run for and won a fair tom but hes opponent state was unconstitutional street protests a failed coup vigilante like attacks and assassinations threaten. To tear the country apart another election is due next year and the be real father says people are still being intimidated by Security Forces and members of the ruling party youve been called in born and. Now my im talking to you is putting at risk if the police know what im talking all
Its president signed 2 bills into law that back hong kong prodemocracy movement american sanctions can now be imposed on chinese and hong kong officials deemed responsible for human rights abuses and hong kongs special trade status will be reviewed every year the territorys leaders say itll damage relations with the u. S. While chinas expressed extreme mcgrath over the moves saying it will respond with foreign countermeasures particle has been following developments from washington. The president aware that he was sort of forced into this not wanting to see china react sending out a fairly unusual statement saying that he signed these bills out of respect for president g. China and the people of hong kong they also put in their announcement that he had signed these 2 bills that he believes some provisions interfere with the president s Constitutional Authority and they would be treating the bill it with that if it were in mind what exactly does that mean they didnt spell out what provi