HONG KONG, Dec 14 (AFP): Hong Kong's oldest pro-democracy party has formally decided to disband, its leader announced Sunday, following its annual meeting.
The Democratic Party was founded in 1994, near the end of British colonial rule, when Hong Kong's leading liberal groups merged.
"We have officially announced the disbandment and dismissal," the Democratic Party's leader Lo Kin-hei told a news conference. "This process has been completed at the time of the special committee meeting just now."
"As a group, I believe we can conclude that the Democratic Party's operation will end today," said Lo, chair of the party that was once the city's stalwart opposition force.
"We are deeply grateful to all the citizens who have walked with the Democratic Party for the past 30 years," he added.
The party's main focus had been determining how the city would eventually elect its own leader and lawmakers through universal suffrage.
HK's oldest pro-democracy party declares dissolution
FE Team | Published: December 14, 2025 21:38:26
HK's oldest pro-democracy party declares dissolution
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