election, Demosistō secretary-general Joshua Wong, who planned to run for the South Horizons West constituency, received letters from Returning Officers asking if he was running on behalf of his party Demosistō and if he supported the notion of "self-determination" for Hong Kong. More than ten days after the nomination period, acting Returning Officer Laura Liang Aron, who replaced Dorothy Ma Chau Pui-fun who took indefinite sick leave, barred Joshua Wong from running due to political reasons, making Wong the only pro-democrat to be disqualified due to his political stance in the election. Aron issued a six-page ruling noting that Wong dropped his advocacy of the option of independence as "a compromise, instead of a genuine intention" as Wong referred to CCP general secretary Xi Jinping's remarks on separatism as a "stern threat" and reason for him and Demosistō to give up the advocacy of independence. Wong said the Returning Officer's decision showed that the central government was rigging the election, which was expected to be a key test of public sentiment about the protest movement. Property report In April 2020, Demosistō published a report on property ownership by the Hong Kong Liaison Office. The report found more than 700 apartment units, along with other previously unreported property. Abandoning "self-determination" advocacy and dissolution After a series of disqualification of the Demosistō candidates, the party passed a resolution in January 2020 to abandon its advocacy for "democratic self-determination" on its platform, replacing with "democratic and progressive values". On 30 June 2020 hours after the National People's Congress passed the Hong Kong national security law, secretary-general Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow, Jeffrey Ngo and former chairman Nathan Law announced they were withdrawing from Demosistō. Shortly after, the party announced it would disband, effective immediately. Leadership Chairperson Nathan Law, 2016–2018 Ivan Lam, 2018–2020 Vice-Chairperson Oscar Lai, 2016–2017 Tiffany Yuen, 2017–2018 Issac Cheng, 2019–2020 Secretaries-General Joshua Wong, 2016–2020 Deputy Secretaries-General Agnes Chow, 2016–2020 Kwok Hei-yiu, 2017–2018 Chan Kok-hin, 2018–2020 Electoral performance Legislative Council elections References External links 2016 establishments in Hong Kong 2020 disestablishments in Hong Kong Liberal parties in Hong Kong Localist parties in Hong Kong Progressivism in China Political parties established in 2016 Political parties disestablished in 2020 Defunct political parties in Hong Kong