Every election is important and the main characteristic of these elections is generational change. Five years ago, Justin Trudeau, then 43, became prime minister of Canada; in 2017, Emmanuel Macron, then 40, was elected president of France; the same year, Jacinda Ardern, then 37, became prime minister of New Zealand; and last year, Sanna Marin, 34, became prime minister of Finland. Surely all the education and training they received were undertaken with the intent that they should be the nation’s leaders. Given the wisdom of voters, why should they not make the best of this opportunity for these candidates and themselves? As people around the world condemn the CCP and Hong Kong police for their violence and cruelty against young protesters, candidates on the KMT’s legislator-at-large list have expressed their support for Hong Kong’s police force.
