Path of Democracy
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| Convenor | Ronny Tong |
| Secretary General | Cheung Chor-yung |
| Chief Executive Officer | Derek Yuen |
| Founded | 8 June 2015 |
| Split from | Civic Party |
| Membership (2016) | 18 |
| Ideology | Liberalism |
| Political position | Centre |
| Colours | Purple |
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Path of Democracy (Chinese: 民主思路) is a centrist moderate political group and think tank established in 2015 in Hong Kong. Led by former Civic Party legislator Ronny Tong, the group aims at striving for a moderate "third road" path between the pro-Beijing camp and pan-democracy camp on achieving democracy.
Beliefs
The group aims at striving for a maximum room for democratic development under the principles of One Country Two Systems, Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong and a high degree of autonomy under a moderate attitude, which includes:
- To consolidate the majority of supporters of the democratic camp in the society;
- To promote a moderate political approach in a proactive manner, and to carve out new political horizon in the society;
- To formulate agenda and construct systematic political discourse;
- To establish new ideological dimensions in the politics, society, economics and culture of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region together with different stakeholders through research, dialogue and engagement.[1]
Background
Path of Democracy was founded by Ronny Tong Ka-wah, founding member of the pro-democracy Civic Party and member of Legislative Council who was disillusioned with pan-democrats' uncompromising approach toward Beijing on democratic reform.[2] Tong came up with his own moderate proposal in October 2013 as opposed to pan-democrats' Alliance for True Democracy proposal. Tong's proposal failed to be adopted by the government as the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) set limits on the electoral reform on 31 August 2014 which eventually led to the ultimate veto by the pan-democrats in the Legislative Council in June 2015, in which Tong voted against the proposal with the Civic Party. On 8 June 2015, before the vote, he set up a think tank Path of Democracy, composed of moderate democrats. After the vote, he announced his resignation from both the Civic Party and the Legislative Council.
The group was set up on 8 June 2015 with 18 founding members from wide ranges of sectors, including political science professors Joseph Chan Cho-wai and Ray Yep Kin-man who would hold a research centre. Former Secretary for Civil Service Joseph Wong Wing-ping, barrister Jat Sew-tong, Centaline founder Shih Wing-ching, businessman Allan Zeman were the four honorary advisers to the think tank. Scholars Cheung Chor-yung and Derek Yuen became the Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer of the group. Other members included former chairman of the Hong Kong Democratic Foundation Alan Lung, economists Sung Yun-wing and Richard Wong and Southern District Councillor Paul Zimmerman.
The group set to field three candidates, co-convenor Joseph Lau Pui-wing, and governors Gary Wong Chi-him and Raymond Mak Ka-chun in the upcoming 2016 Legislative Council election.[3]
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