《本土民主前線及青年新政聯合記者招待會》──黃台仰發言全文
Hong Kong Indigenous -Youngspiration Joint Press Conference, Full statement of Ray Wong
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我們舉辦是次記者會的目的，乃為宣佈青年新政將會與一位本土民主前線的前成員合組名單，參選立法會新界東選舉。排名單第一位的是青年新政召集人——梁頌恆先生，排第二的是本土民主前線前成員——李東昇先生。

排名第二的李東昇先生，未必為市民大眾所熟知。他過往曾是本民前成員，現已策略性退出。他是一位勇敢的抗爭者，而這位勇敢的抗爭者，因為年初一的起義而被告上高等法院，受到政權嚴重的打壓及威脅。控方目的是將這種抗爭者趕入絕路，而身負如此訴訟，李東昇先生亦已難返回正常生活。

在本土民主前線的成員當中，同樣有為數不少的抗爭者被打壓，但我們絕不因為抗爭付出代價而後悔。為了香港，這些代價無可避免，亦是值得。我們早有為理想犧牲的覺悟。

我們需要援助這些敢於犧牲的抗爭者，我們需要的是實質支援，如義務律師的付出。為了幫助他們，我們需要議席；需要議席帶來的曝光率及一切資源。我們要運用議席，令香港以外的人都得知我們的存在。我們需要大家支持、明白，我們於選舉中得到的一切，將全部用於協助抗爭者。而李東昇先生只是我們背後許多無名英雄中的其中一位。

我們將他排於名單第二的用意，是盼能提醒各位，Freedom is not free。保家衛國必須要付出代價。

保護及支援抗爭者，令他們能夠繼續革新香港——這就是本土民主前線的立場及政策。參與選舉，從來並非單單為了於體制內抗爭，更是為獲得資源、力量，以支援體制外的一眾抗爭者。本土民主前線在任何情況之下都絕不會放棄香港，屬於我們的香港。我們不能讓願意犧牲、付出的人在壓迫中孤立倒下。我們要對他們負責，支援他們。

故此，只要任何人認同我們的理念——將議會提供的力量用於協助抗爭者，都將是我們的朋友。

我們深知這種態度是殖民政府最為懼怕的力量。因此，它們無所不用其極地打壓所有反對政權的抗爭者。在選舉上，政府諸多刁難，甚至不惜動用行政手段、法律灰色地帶，阻止我們參政。他們深知我們一旦當選，就能幫助許多被打壓的人，壓迫我們屈服的大計亦難以實行。他們誓要我們無一能當選，他們要這些人孤立無援之後——放棄、絕望、直到屈服，最後在社會消失。

他們希望於新東補選時曾把選票託付於我們的選民無人代表，然後組織間為爭奪資源，自行分裂、互相攻擊、骨肉相殘。請謹記於半年前，我們是彼此的朋友。而政府的計謀，就是要分化我們，直至互相攻訐；使我們因為眼前利益而破壞一個奇蹟，以及由此建立之情誼；使香港更加墮落，更加萬劫不復。他們不單不愛香港，更是痛恨香港，務求毀滅香港人之間的互信。

我們已經明白他們的用意，而即使他們用盡一切手段妨礙我們參選，我們亦不會令他們得逞。所以，早在上星期確認書風波開始，我們已密謀游說政治理念相近的人士出選新界東，無分門閥，無分派系。

面對強大的對手，我們小心翼翼，作好最壞打算。在短暫的時間裏，我們並沒有太多選擇。要說服某人突然參選，而且要這人願意讓步，放棄自己一貫主張而認同我們，實為難事。並無太多人肯為幫助本民前以及抗爭者，願意放下自己既有的政治立場和陣營。

但梁頌恆先生，他願意。

他的政見可能與本民前有所出入，但是他明白現在乃患難之時，不能固執己見。因此他願意放棄門戶之見，加入我們這一場保衛香港之聖戰。他非常肯定義士為香港作出的犧牲，亦同意我們援助各位義士的主張，並且表明自己將在當選後獲得的所有力量，在合法的情況下支持梁天琦及本民前未來的發展。梁頌恆先生願意放下政見相異，支持本民前的政治立場。這是我們能得到的最好，亦是唯一的選擇，因為到目前為止都未有其他人表示願意作出此種程度上的犧牲。

我們早已預料到會遭受殖民政府之打壓，只因我們非常清楚，我們堅持的主張及意識形態會對政權造成極大威脅，亦因此才被迫害。我們承諾絕對不會令支持者失望，並反守為攻。若然梁天琦無法參選新界東地區直選，那打壓梁天琦之影響將不再局限於新界東一區，而是全港五區的選民都有機會投下支持梁天琦、支持本民前的一票。因為我們會以相同的模式，在各選區中找到一個支持者。他們將會支持本民前的政治主張，並與我們共同進退。既然殖民政權妄圖打壓人民的思想，那我們將政權所畏懼的思想更廣泛地傳開。

七月二十九日

The purpose of this press conference is to announce a new list of candidates which is going to stand for the upcoming Legislative Council N.T. East Geographical Constituency election. Standing in the first place of the list is Mr. Baggio Leung Chung-hang, the convenor of Youngspiration; and Hong Kong Indigenous’s former member Mr. Li Tung Sing will stand in the second place.

Although Li may not have been well-known to the public, he was once a member of Hong Kong Indigenous; but he has just quitted strategically. Li certainly is a brave fighter, and it can be seen from his participation in the Fishball Revolution. Because of his courageous resistance against the tyranny, he is now brought to the High Court, oppresed and threatened by the regime. Obviously, the government wants to deter the protestors from revolting by prosecuting them and pushing them into a dead end. Under such circumstances, Li can hardly live his ordinary life again.

There are a considerable number of fighters in Hong Kong Indigenous who are also oppressed. Yet, we do not regret paying the price as such sacrifice is inevitable if we want to fight against injustice in Hong Kong. It is always worthwhile sacrificing for dreams.

We need to offer help to all the localist activists who are willing to sacrifice themselves in return for a better society. Concrete support, such as voluntary legal services, is very much needed. To achieve this, we need a seat in the Legco, which can provide us with more resources and exposure to the general public. We have to make use of these so that people from all over the world can know better about Hong Kong’s localist camp. And more importantly, we need your support. We will make best use of all we earn from the election to assist all the oppressed protestors -- in which Li is just one of the many nameless heroes.

The reason we put him in the second place of the list is to remind each and every one that: freedom is not free. Freedom comes with a price. A price to pay if you want to protect and defend your homeland.

To protect and assist all the activists, such that they can bring revolutionary changes to Hong Kong for the greater good -- this is the stand of Hong Kong Indigenous. We stand for an election not only because we wish to push forward internal reforms, but also because we want to get more resources to support the activists who fight outside the system. Hong Kong Indigenous will never give up on Hong Kong, and we will never leave any of the selfless fighters to fight alone.

Therefore, whoever shares the same belief with us -- that is willing to utilise the resources obtained from the Legco seat to help the activitists -- is our fellow companion.

We understand that this belief is the most powerful and it is exactly what the puppet government fears the most. This is also why they supress us activists by all means. To stop us from standing for the Legco election, various administrative measures were taken and legal loopholes were made use of. They understand that if we win the election, we will be able to help those who are oppressed, and they will never suceed in deterring us from revolting. That is why they stop a localist candidate from being elected -- they want us to feel hopeless, they want us to surrender and they want our voice to vanish into thin air.

It is their wish to make those who voted for Hong Kong Indigenous in February become unrepresented, such that the localist political parties will fight with one another for the resources. But do remember that we were companions half a year ago, and we have always been. The agenda of this government is to break up the close bond between the locaist parties, so that we will not be able to acheive any revoluntionary change. It is not that they do not love Hong Kong; they hate Hong Kong to an extent that they try very hard to destroy the trust between Hongkongers.

Having revealed the regime’s hidden agenda, we are not going to fall into their trap. As such, ever since the controversial ‘declaration’ was introduced, we have been persuading other persons to go for the N.T. East constituency, as long as they share similar political ideologies with us.

Confronted by a powerful enemy, we have to be very careful and get ourselves prepared for the worst outcome. In such a short period of time, there are indeed not many options available to us. To convince someone to stand for the election and reach a compromise with our beliefs have proven to be very difficult. Not many people are willing to sign up and help Hong Kong Indigenous by giving in on their own polictical beliefs or leaving their own camp.

Nonetheless, Baggio is willing to do so.

The political ideology based upon by Baggio may differ from that of Hong Kong Indigenous. Yet, he thoroughly understands that it has been a difficult times for all of us and we should not insist on our own viewpoints. It is very considerate of him to reconcile and join us in this battle -- where we fight to defend Hong Kong against tyranny. Baggio also recognises the effort and sacrifice made by the localist activists. Therefore, if he is elected, he will devote all the resources he gains to Edward Leung Tin-kei and Hong Kong Indigenous. Despite the fact that Baggio’s standpoint is different from ours, he reconciles with our political ideology and offers his support to us. This is surely the best and the only choice that we can take, since no one else is willing to agree to a compromise.

We have foreseen that we would be oppressed by the puppet government because we are very clear that what we advocate means a big threat to the regime. But we will never let our supporters down. We willl turn the tables and fight back. If Edward is eventually barred from standing for the election, the impact will never be limited to only N.T. East. We will spread our ideology to all the five geographical constituencies by using the same approach: to find representatives from each of the constituencies so that every elector in Hong Kong can show their support by casting their vote to us. Hong Kong Indigenous, together with all the people in support of our ideology, shall stand together. If the puppet government wishes to deprive us of our freedom of thought, then we shall spread the thoughts that they fear even more widely.
29th July






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