The first round of voting for the leader of Britain’s ruling Conservative Party was held on Wednesday, with results expected early this morning, Hong Kong time. 8 people who have obtained enough nominations, including former Finance Minister Xin Weicheng, Foreign Minister Zhuo Huisi, former Defense Minister Mo Peilin, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament Dong Qinda, former Minister of State for Equality Affairs Baden Noh, former Foreign Minister Hou Junwei, Attorney General Bai Fei Wen and the current Finance Minister Zha Xueli.
Candidates will be eliminated if they fail to obtain 30 votes in the first round. Multiple rounds of voting will be held as soon as Thursday, and those with the lowest votes will be eliminated until the remaining two face off on September 5. Analysis believes that it may be Xin Weicheng and Zhuo Huisi in the end. Or Maupelin against. Although Xin Weicheng is regarded as a big hit, the polls before the first round of voting show that Maurice Pelin has the most support from Conservatives. In a one-on-one matchup, 67% of the respondents support her, while Xin Weicheng’s support rate is only 28%; Zhuo Huisi faced off against Xin Weicheng, and the support rates of the two were 59% and 25% respectively. Analysis believes that the wishes of the Conservatives may affect the attitude of MPs of the party holding voting rights. The current supporters of Xin Weicheng include Deputy Prime Minister Lan Taowen and Transport Secretary Charles Chabos who abandoned the election. Xin Weicheng said in an interview that if elected, he will pursue the late Prime Minister Mrs. Thatcher’s financial policy, reduce market intervention and welfare spending, and give priority to treatment Inflation problem, and then tax cuts responsibly.
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