Because COVID: Hong Kong leader postpones elections – after barring 12 pro-democracy candidates

Hong Kong is to postpone September’s legislative election by one year owing to a resurgence in untraceable coronavirus cases , Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced on Friday. The leader will invoke the Emergency Regulations Ordinance to hold off the vote – a decision she said was supported by Beijing. “The announcement I have to make today is the most difficult one I have had to make in the past seven months,” she said at a press conference. “It is a really tough decision to delay the election, but we want to ensure public safety and health, and to make sure…