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==Disqualification from election==

{{further|Hong Kong LegCo candidates' disqualification controversy}}

In the [[Hong Kong legislative election, 2016|2016 Legislative Council election]], convenor Chan Ho-tin intended to run in the [[New Territories West (constituency)|New Territories West]]. The [[Electoral Affairs Commission]] (EAC) carried out a new election measure, requiring all candidates to sign an additional "confirmation form" in the nomination to declare their understanding of Hong Kong being an inalienable part of China as stipulated in the [[Basic Law of Hong Kong]].<ref name="cant run">{{cite news|title='Accept Hong Kong is part of China or you can't run in Legco elections'|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1989910/accept-hong-kong-part-china-or-you-cant-run-legco-elections|date=14 July 2016|newspaper=South China Morning Post|first1=Joyce|last1=Ng|last2=Ng|first2=Kang-chung}}</ref> Chan refused to sign the form and his candidacy was "invalidated" along with five other pro-independence activists after the end of the nomination period.<ref name="disqualified">{{cite news|title=Hong Kong National Party convenor disqualified from running in Legislative Council polls|newspaper=South China Morning Post|date=30 July 2016|first1=Emily|last1=Tsang|first2=Elizabeth|last2=Cheung|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1996994/hong-kong-national-party-convenor-disqualified-running}}</ref> The Hong Kong National Party launched a rally on 5 August which was dubbed the "first pro-independence rally in Hong Kong" against the EAC's disqualifications.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hong Kong localists remain defiant at ‘historic’ rally|newspaper=South China Morning Post|date=5 August 2016|first1=Joyce|last1=Ng|first2=Tony|last2=Cheung|first3=Owen|last3=Fung|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1999664/more-1000-hong-kong-police-mobilised-localist-rally}}</ref>