Social workers fear change in strategy will lead to voter concerns if they join team that supports Civic Party lawmaker
A coalition of social worker unionists has rejected a proposal to form a joint ticket with a 20-member team that has voiced support for Alan Leong Kah-kit in the social welfare sub-sector Election Committee poll.
The decision by the unionists had dealt a blow to Mr Leong's chances of getting the 100 nominations he needed to stand in the chief executive election in March, Democritic Party member Tik Chi-yuen said yesterday.
Candidates of the 25-member team led by the president of the Social Workers' General Union, Peter Cheung Kwok-che, held a meeting on Monday night to discuss suggestions it team up with the 20-member 'Demosocial-12' group to maximise their chances of success. The unionists rejected the idea.
Mr Cheung said the team decided to reject the proposal because such a sudden change of strategy might lead to concerns about why the unionists had made a last-minute U-turn.
'Some voters may also ask why the unions and the frontline candidates support shaking hands with those people who belong to the management level,' he said,