Political situation
Written by: Wen Weiguang
2020-08-20 07:00
Last update date: 2020-08-20 07:00The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed the "Decision" to extend the term of office of the sixth legislative council for at least one year. The democrats issued a statement after an internal meeting held the day before (17th), stating that the majority of lawmakers tend to stay on the parliamentary front, while legislators Chen Zhiquan and Zhu Kaidi tend to prefer Do not stay.
The pro-democratic Xindong primaries Liu Yingkuang suggested that the former legislators who had left the office could hire the winners of the primary elections to serve as assistants to the parliamentarians and serve as the opponent’s "shadow fighters," and the latest public opinion authorized to determine the direction of the future parliament. Liu Yingkuang emphasized that the government wants to abolish martial arts in the entire primary election, but the democrats to bring the primary candidates back for cooperation is a big counterattack. However, Liu’s "Shadow Warrior" theory has many doubts. Some incumbent members have taken the lead in questioning its operability. Some scholars even suggested that the "Shadow Warrior" is only the winner of the primary election. It is still unknown that the "Shadow Warrior" will eventually enter the Chamber. Voters support them "being members of the Legislative Council in the transitional assembly."
Li Guolin said that the current government has decided to extend the sixth Legislative Council for one year. The contradiction should point to why the Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng did not hold the seventh Legislative Council as scheduled. (Profile picture)
Li Guolin: You should "clip" Lam Cheng instead of "clip" your own people
For example, Liu Yingkuang pointed out that the current legislator Li Guolin of the health service sector may consider hiring the chairman of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority Staff Front, the winner of the primary election, as an assistant to the councillors. He will follow her advice in the coming year. Liu Yingkuang believes that because Yu Huiming is the latest public opinion authorization, Li Guolin's public opinion authorization has passed. It is interesting to describe Li Guolin as the opponent's "shadow fighter".
When receiving enquiries, Li Guoqi said that he respected the decision of the democratic party in the primary election and originally planned not to run for the next term. However, he said that the current government has decided to extend the sixth legislative office for one year, and the contradiction should point to why the Chief Executive Carrie Lam did not hold the seventh legislative meeting as scheduled. Regarding the suggestion of hiring the winner of the primary election as an assistant, Li Guolin believes that it depends on whether Yu Huiming is willing, the arrangements of his current office colleagues and whether the specific operations are feasible. As for the "Shadow Warrior" argument, he believes that it should be cited and discussed appropriately, and reiterated that it should be It is criticizing the government that "it should "clamp" Lam Cheng instead of "clamping" his own people.
Ma Yue, an associate professor in the Department of Politics and Administration at the Chinese University of China, said that it is of course a good thing for the democrats to find different intermediate solutions, but there are some technical details that need to be clarified. (Profile picture)
Ma Yue: It is good to find different intermediate ink solutions. Technical details need to be thought out clearly
Ma Yue, an associate professor in the Department of Politics and Administration of the Chinese University of China, said that it is certainly a good thing for the democrats to find different intermediate solutions, but there are some technical details that need to be clarified. For example, the winner of the primary election is authorized by 600,000 people, which is somewhat different from the number of all democratic voters, and qualifying does not mean that they will eventually win the election; in addition, the winner of the primary election is authorized to "represent the democratic election. The Legislative Council" does not necessarily mean that voters support them to "be members of the Legislative Council in the transitional assembly." Therefore, to be psychologically prepared, there will also be protesters who question the legitimacy of this plan. "Of course in today's political environment, even borrowing a parliamentary office as a primary ballot station will be fined. If the democrats hand over resources to people outside the parliament, will the government find other ways to sue you? That also needs to be considered."
However, Ma Yue supports the democrats in principle to discuss more resource sharing and coordination between inside and outside the parliament, and narrowing the differences between the two parties can help the current situation.
Zhu Kaidi told the media that he hopes that the current democratic congressmen and all primary candidates will form a "working platform" in the next two weeks. All parties can be honest about their positions and conduct credible polls before making a final decision. (Information Picture/Photo by Lu Yiming)
Kaidi Zhu advocates that the incumbent members discuss with the primary candidates and then make the final decision through polls
Legislative Council Member Zhu Kaidi recently expressed to the media that he hopes that the current democratic party members and all primary candidates will form a "working platform" in the next two weeks. All parties can be honest about their positions and conduct credible opinion polls before making a final decision. He also mentioned that next year's Legislative Council election will be even more difficult for the parliamentary front. A referendum should be taken to decide whether to boycott the election. Therefore, a credible platform should be established as soon as possible.
Some current pro-democracy legislators pointed out that during the meeting on Monday they mentioned that they would meet with the primary candidates later, but the exact time is unknown. The person said that at the meeting, someone proposed to refer to the polling method, but no special discussion was made. In the end, everyone reached a consensus that the majority would prefer to remain in office. As for the inclination of individual congressmen not to remain, I believe everyone has their own consideration. This person believes that meeting with the primary candidates and referencing the polls are good things. He emphasized that while there is still freedom of speech, everyone can open discussions and listen to different opinions. Another member said that there was no detailed discussion at the Monday meeting about determining the results by polls, but they believed that if the polls were not conducted by a random sampling of the whole territory, they were worried that the results would not be fully reflected.
Regarding the method of referencing polls, the Democratic Party chairman Hu Zhiwei recently said whether a decision that will have a major impact on Hong Kong’s future can be completely handed over to a poll for the conclusion, and if Beijing knows that the democrats make decisions entirely based on the polls, whether there is manipulation The result is also unknown. He emphasized that whether to stay in office or not is a political judgment, and under the constraints of the streets and on the international front, retaining the parliamentary voice platform has its effect. He is willing to accept the supervision of public opinion. If the public believes that the Democratic Party is wrong and does not meet expectations in the coming year, they can use votes to change the structure of the democratic party at any time.
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