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Once the most promising political party for young Hongkongers, Demosisto is going back to its roots in social activism following a shutdown in its election paths and a change in leadership. The new leader of the party, Ivan Lam Long-yin, admitted he had inherited a tough task from his predecessors. “I am not like them, who can be influential in what they have to say,” Lam said, referring to former chairman Nathan Law Kwun-chung and Joshua Wong, two of Demosisto’s most well-known faces and poster boys of the 2014 Occupy movement. Ivan Lam Long-yin, Demosisto leader “I think everyone knows what the reality is like,” Lam said. Law, who was the group’s only representative in Legco, was disqualified last year for taking his oath in an improper manner. Demosisto standing committee member Agnes Chow Ting was also barred from entering the Legco by-election in March, as a returning officer ruled the group’s call for Hong Kong’s self-determination had contravened the Basic Law, the city’s mini-constitution. If the group had changed its manifesto for a ticket to future elections, Lam said it would have disappointed supporters. On Demosisto’s involvement in future protests, Lam said members would have to be more careful. Lam and 12 other activists were given jail sentences of eight to 13 months for unlawful assembly last August. Timeline April 2016: Demosisto was founded with a mission to achieve democratic self-determination in Hong Kong Sept 2016: Chairman Nathan Law Kwun-chung was elected as a lawmaker with over 50,000 votes July 2017: Law was disqualified by the court over his improper oath-taking at Legco’s inaugural meeting in October 2016 Jan 2018: Agnes Chow Ting was banned from running in the March by-election on the grounds of the party’s “unconstitutional” calls for self-determination May 2018: Law stepped down as chairman and the post was succeeded by Ivan Lam Long-yin.

Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., says that Congress has the ability to make common sense gun reforms that will make the country safer. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination for in-depth analysis of daily headlines, insightful…