Political situation
Written by: Huang Fengyi, Zheng Rongdi
2020-05-13 02:49
Last update date: 2020-05-13 02:49With more than 4 months remaining in the current term of the Legislative Council, the House Committee shut down the predicament with a three-hour "meeting hall scuffle" to break the gap, but the chaos has never ended. The chairman of the Legislative Council, Liang Junyan, accepted an exclusive interview with "Hong Kong 01" to discuss the disturbance that has been harassing for more than half a year and responded to queries from the outside world for the first time. He sighed that he was criticized by the left and the right. Whenever he sought external legal advice, he would be criticized. He refused to comment on the public legal advice of the general public and the "twin" who is right and wrong, only describing himself as a passer-by of the Legislative Council. Responsible for guarding the parliament, "pass the second one after the guard, the Legislative Council is the whole of Hong Kong."
The Legislative Council's "ball testimony" said during his visit that if he could return, he would intervene when the chairman was elected in the deadlock in October last year, but was asked if he would sell again if the chaos did not stop. Many times, he emphasized the need to "step by step", Ji Nei will solve it by himself.
When will this internal meeting storm end?
The Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office and the Liaison Office of the CPC Central Committee fired on April 13 to criticize Guo Rongkeng ’s presidency of the Legislative Council in violation of the oath of the Legislative Council Members, which caused a stir in the political circle. Liang Junyan explained the opinions of the external senior barrister two weeks later. Due to the microseconds, the outside world felt that the "Big Chairman" was in a hurry to dismantle the bomb after opening his mouth in Beijing. However, Liang Junyan said in an exclusive interview with "Hong Kong 01" that he had decided to hire a senior barrister as early as the end of March to provide legal advice, and also showed that he had no prior knowledge of the "two offices" 's shooting. After finishing, I still lived on the phone and talked to the living room, and the people in the group lived in me. "
Said that if it can come back in October has been involved
Regardless of whether or not you are aware of the actions of the "two offices," finalizing external legal opinions at the end of March is a "belated shot" in the eyes of many people. After all, the Democrats have been in the internal council for 7 months. Liang Junyan explained during his visit that the Panminist Party will pull up in the internal meeting, as early as he expected, but at that time "need to leave some space" for the internal meeting to resolve on its own. Until the meeting in January, the chairman was still not elected, and the bills and bills were constantly backlogged He knew that the situation was serious, but stepped into the outbreak in February, the meeting was suspended for a while, and the matter was delayed for a period of time, until March 13 will resume the meeting to continue the election of the chairman ’s agenda, he saw that the democrats still have no signs of closing After discussing with the Secretariat at the end of March, he decided to hire a senior counsel to solve the dilemma.
I was asked if I could go back in time, would I start early in December? He smiled and replied: "If you have been from the beginning, October has already intervened!"
In the face of criticism from the outside world, Liang said that as the President of the Legislative Council, he will be criticized for anything he does. "Early shots will be criticized early, and later shots will be criticized late." After saying what he thinks he should do, he is not afraid to become an arrow target: "I am not afraid, I am a passer-by, I just hold the parliament, and I will hand it over to the second one. The Legislative Council is Hong Kong as a whole."
To "leave water" for the business community to prevent vacancy tax? Liang: Guo Rongkeng should n’t think about it
But for the Legislative Council, the role of the chairman is more like a testimony. When Liang Junyan did not raise a "red card" to the democratic faction, some people in the outside world questioned whether it would be suspended due to fear of being punished by the US "Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act" or because the business community did not want to see the vacancy tax pass. In response to all these questions, Liang Junyan asserted that he denied, saying instead, "You should say that Guo Rongkeng does not want the vacant tax to pass, so he pulls the cloth, not me." He laughed and said, "What is it about me? The vacant tax pass does not pass. I have no problems and I have no business interests. "
Regarding the US sanctions, he even insisted that what he did was "for Hong Kong and for the country" and "sanction me for sanctioning me, I have a clear conscience."
Fanmin questioned the Secretariat's loss of neutrality, Liang Liang complained: miserable
In fact, the internal conference storm hit the entire parliament, the "ball card" changed its target, and even the "side card" that assisted law enforcement was also involved in the whirlpool.
During the internal committee scuffles on Friday, the Democrats besieged the rostrum and tried to prevent the meeting from succeeding. Some Panmin MPs accused the security escort of Li Huiqiong on the rostrum of being unauthorized, questioning the collusion between the Legislative Council Secretariat and the establishment faction, losing political neutrality Some security personnel were "started up" online. Liang Junyan said that the secretariat ’s responsibility is to help the meeting proceed normally, but the democrats launched a fierce struggle at the meeting. "Someone is fighting for the stool, some are climbing the wall, and some are fighting. How do you tell the secretariat to deal with it?"
Liang even sighed that the Secretariat is difficult to be a human being: "Do you think the establishment faction is satisfied with the Secretariat's practices? Some people think that (the Secretariat) should drive away all the shocking Panmin members." Liang said that there are more than 60 Secretariat bosses Members, all colleagues are strictly abiding by neutrality. "What do you think you want to do?" He called on all parties to be considerate. Even if political positions are divergent, the Secretariat should not be miserable.
If there is no positive response, will the chaos continue to be chaotic "step by step"
The Confederation of Democrats from which Liang Junyan came is not only a spokesperson for the business and professional sectors in the Legislative Council, but also a member of the establishment. Liang Junyan lamented that the attacks he received came from the "Left", full of out-of-string voices. The reporter asked Liang Junyan to judge the legal opinions of the Democrats on their own, and whoever is more authoritative with his external legal opinions, he did not respond positively, saying that he needs to respect professionalism and should not be arbitrarily judged. The legal opinion, the conclusion must "cooperate" with the establishment faction. This statement denigrates the two senior barristers: "The legal opinion is professional. Can you buy it if you say you want to buy it?"
The internal meeting experienced a melee battle last Friday, and Li Huiqiong was temporarily seated under the security escort. However, the Panmin will inevitably brew a counterattack. If the meeting still cannot be held in the future, will the "ball card" be used to intervene? Liang Junyan's answer is quite "conservative", only saying that it will be "step by step". If Members obstruct the Legislative Council from performing the duties of Article 73 of the Basic Law, "I will find a way to allow the Legislative Council to continue to perform the Basic Law. 73 duties. "
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