Legislative Council elections to be held at the latest on September 16 Nie Dequan: Pay attention to the development of the epidemic without interrupting preparations

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Written by Peng Zhuowei

2020-04-07 14:10

The general election of the Legislative Council will be held in September, but the government has not yet gazetted the election day. Many Members are concerned about whether the election can proceed as scheduled in the event of an epidemic. The Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Nie Dequan said today (7th) that the authorities are paying careful attention to the development of the epidemic and making assessments on various aspects. He emphasized that the election preparation work of the EAC and the Registration and Electoral Office has not been interrupted, including voter registration and recruitment Personnel, ticketing stations, etc.

Deng Renguang, Permanent Secretary of the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, said that according to Article 6 (2) of the Legislative Council Ordinance, the latest election of the Legislative Council must be held at least 15 days before the beginning of the new term, so the latest election of this year is required at the latest Held on September 16.

Nie Dequan. (Photo by Liang Pengwei)

Electronic counting of the next year's Election Committee election begins trial

At the Special Finance Committee, the DAB Li Huiqiong expressed concern that the authorities earlier stated that electronic counting will be implemented in this year ’s Legislative Council functional constituency election, but now it is not feasible. Nie Dequan said that the Bureau has always attached importance to electronic counting It is believed that the efficiency and fairness can be increased. The current goal of the Bureau is to implement electronic balloting in the election committee elections next year. It also emphasizes that the elections should be conducted in a peaceful and non-violent environment.

In his speech, Huang Biyun of the Democratic Party pointed out that the development of Hong Kong's political system was stagnant and that the authorities did not actively promote double universal suffrage as if "waiting for delivery." Nie Dequan emphasized that the development of the political system is not the “do it and do it” by the authorities. It requires the cooperation of the central government, the Hong Kong government and the Legislative Council. He also pointed out that the current government has made efforts to promote communication between parliamentarians and the central government. , But received no response.

Regarding Huang Biyun's question, when the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Wuhan received the first request for help about the epidemic, it did not report to the Hong Kong Government in time. Nie Dequan emphasized that colleagues in the Wuhan Office regularly report, but think that Members should not expect them to have the public Experience and knowledge of health events.

The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong, Zheng Yongshun, is concerned about how the EOC will deal with recent cases of restaurants discriminating against mainlanders, and believes that the existing four regulations have failed to effectively regulate related behaviors. Nie Dequan responded that if there were any violations, he agreed to follow up the equal opportunity. If the relevant regulations were not regulated, education and promotion would be required. If necessary, additional legislation would be needed.

The Democratic Party ’s Yin Zhaojian said that Taiwan ’s murder suspect Chen Tongjia had been released from prison for nearly half a year in Hong Kong. case. Deng Renguang said that if the two parties want to meet, the relevant platforms will convey the request, but because the two platforms are not judicial cooperation arrangements, it is not appropriate to communicate or exchange evidence on the actual case content.

Institutional faction He Junyao is concerned about when the government plans to legislate on Article 23 of the Basic Law. Nie Dequan responded that the Hong Kong government has constitutional responsibility to legislate on Article 23. He used the National Anthem Act as an example, saying that controversial laws are not equal to no To do so, I hope the Legislative Council can resume normal operation as soon as possible and complete the legislative work.

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