[Conference kicks off] Pan Min members approve the briefing meeting, sincerity: Ning Daoguan selects Liu Jianghua to attend

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Written by: Ruimin Zhai

2020-01-04 08:00

The new District Council was re-elected on January 1. Yesterday (3rd) members received invitations to attend the briefing session hosted by the Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr. Zhang Jianzong, on Friday (10th). The invitation mentioned that Zhang Jianzong would attend with the relevant directors. According to government sources, one of the directors who will attend is Liu Jianghua, director of the Home Affairs Bureau.

Members of the Democratic Party Tuen Mun District Councillor Lu Junyu, Wong Tai Sin District Councillor Mo Ka-han, and Labour Party Sai Kung District Councillor Ho Wai Hang, and other popular members of the Democratic Party, said that they had received the relevant invitations, but questioned the sincerity of the government meeting. The general election in Taiwan was held the next day (11th), and most of the ordinary members of parliament will come to Taiwan to observe the election. Mo Jiaxian criticized that if the government has a sincere meeting with parliamentarians, it will do its utmost to pay attention to the movement of parliamentarians. He Weihang confessed that he would not abandon his plan to visit Taiwan for elections.

According to government sources, one of the attending directors was Liu Jianghua, director of the Home Affairs Bureau. (Profile picture / Photo by Ou Jiale)

The Home Affairs Department wrote a letter yesterday inviting members to attend, and a briefing session chaired by Zhang Jianzong next Friday to strengthen communication and cooperation between the government and district councillors. The invitation mentioned that Zhang Jianzong would attend the meeting with relevant directors. According to government sources, one of the attending directors was Liu Jianghua, director of the Home Affairs Bureau.

Whether or not they will attend the briefing session, Lu Junyu and He Weihang both said that they should discuss with party members first, but personally, they are not interested in attending. Lu Junyu expected that the Democratic Party would come up with a direction for collective action, with a clear expression of attitude, but no district council member has shown great motivation for attending the briefing. Mo Jiaxian said that she is considering whether to attend, but she tends to cherish any opportunity for direct dialogue with the government. However, she is worried that the briefing session is only a "speaking session", so she will ask the secretariat for the content and process of the meeting before making a decision.

Mo Jiaxian criticized the briefing session for a one-week notice period, and asked members to reply within 3 days, reflecting the lack of sincerity of the government. (Profile picture)

The briefing will collide with Taiwan elections

Mo Jiaxian criticized the briefing session for a one-week notice period, and asked members to reply within 3 days, reflecting the lack of sincerity of the government. The general election in Taiwan was held the next day. Mo Ka-han pointed out that many members had planned to visit the local elections, questioning the government ’s claim that the purpose of the meeting was to strengthen communication with district members, but failed to pay attention to the movements of members, which was contrary to its goals. Back.

Lu Junyu also pointed out that there are more than 400 district councillors in Hong Kong, but the government has only arranged a meeting of about two hours, questioning "everyone speaks for a few seconds", the government "do it for doing," and "how much listen Folk voice. " He also claimed that he had no clue about the purpose of the government's invitation, and inferred that the government intended to use the briefing to prevent democratic people from visiting Taiwan or even participating in the war.

He Weihang said that he would come to Taiwan to observe the elections, but he did not see that the briefing had a direct relationship with the government's prevention of panams from coming to Taiwan, and frankly he would not give up the plan to Taiwan for the meeting. He also rebuked the briefing for being superficial, but believed that some voters would value any opportunity to communicate with the government, and each district member would make his own choice.

He Weihang mocked the government for demonstrating the "determination" of communicating with district councillors through actions. He laughed at "recycling" unsuccessful legislators. (Profile picture)

Democratic District Councillor of Yuen Long Does Not Attend Zhang Jianzong's Meeting

As for the 32 Democrats from Yuen Long District, including Huang Weixian, Mai Yecheng, and Tong Junyu, they also agreed that at the same time, they had met with more than 400 district members from 18 districts in Hong Kong at the same time. The opinion is that it is just a "PR show".

The 32 district members decided not to attend the briefing and called on all district members to join hands.

Members of the Yuen Long District believe that if the Government wishes to listen to the opinions of District Council members, Zhang Jianzong should go to the 18 districts in person and talk with the members of the District Councils and the public one by one. Therefore, they invited Zhang Jianzong and key officials to meet in the Yuen Long District Council, listen to their opinions, and talk directly with the public in the district.

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Worries that the district will increase the number of members to defeat the establishment

It is reported that the government plans to add 5 additional seats to each of the 63 district committees of the Home Affairs Department, and will be appointed by the defeated constitutional system. All three members have expressed their dissatisfaction with the government if they attend the briefing . He Weihang mocked the government for demonstrating the "determination" of communicating with district councillors with actions, and said with a smile that he would "recycle" the elected legislators. Lu Junyu was worried that the establishment would benefit from power and resources, and would ask Zhang Jianzong to take it seriously.

Mo Jiaxian also expressed his firm opposition to the addition of members. She explained that in the past, members of the district committees would be nominated by district councillors. The current approach of the government is to run counter to the wishes of councillors and lose cooperation. Mr Mok continued to point out that the only way to deal with this is to veto the funding of the district committees by the District Councils, but it does not rule out that the Government will directly approve funding through the Home Affairs Department.

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