[The Chief Executive, please find the numbers] The indefinite period of political reform is because the government has not undertaken at least one thing Lam Cheng can do...

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Written by: Luo Kunyi

2020-11-24 13:34

Last update date: 2020-11-24 13:34

In the early days of Pangu, Carrie Lam mentioned in his election platform that he understood the citizens, especially young people's demands for universal suffrage, and the importance of "one person, one vote" elections in enhancing the recognition of the chief executive, the SAR government, and the credibility of the Legislative Council.

She promised to do her best during her tenure to create a social atmosphere conducive to the promotion of political reform under the framework of the People's Congress "831".

Although she did not propose a specific framework or timetable at the time, and emphasized that political reform issues were extremely controversial and could not be acted rashly, the society still had hope for Hong Kong’s political system before it moved forward. However, the world changed from time to time. With Hong Kong’s current political environment, The political reform seems to be even more distant than it was in the past. I don't know how long this "bad debt" will be delayed.

Lam Cheng has not mentioned political reform in the past few policy addresses.

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In the early days of taking office, Lam Cheng expressed his desire to strengthen cooperation with Panmin, and even revealed that he wanted to recruit people with Panminist background to join his team. It can be said that he actively expressed his goodwill, and once made people feel good about her saying "create a favorable and promote political reform. The "social atmosphere" creates illusions.

Of course, it is understandable that she did not immediately proceed with political reform issues. The overall environment at the time was relatively "political and harmonious," and her relationship with the pan-citizens was also relatively harmonious. The government hopes to focus on the economy and people's livelihood, make practical achievements, and improve people's lives as soon as possible. Hope to create a good atmosphere to create a more relaxed political space is understandable.

But this does not mean that she can "delay" indefinitely.

As we all know, in the days to come, Lam Cheng gave people the impression that he deliberately avoided discussing political reform.

When she attended a question-and-answer meeting of the Legislative Council, she was asked that President Xi Jinping mentioned at the 19th National Congress of the need to promote democracy in an orderly manner. If the Hong Kong government has not consulted on political reforms in the future, it can only be maintained by 2022. In the election of the 1200 electoral committee, she questioned whether she had "determined the loss."

When Lam Cheng responded, she only repeated the old tune. She understands that the public has aspirations for the implementation of universal suffrage with one person, one vote, but the implementation of universal suffrage cannot ignore the reality. It is not simply a matter of proposing and "doing it if it is possible."

Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor cited the government's three political reforms since the reunification. Only one of them was successful, but both times brought turmoil to Hong Kong, making it difficult for society to focus on improving the economy and people's livelihood.

She mentioned that the Occupy Movement in 2014 was mainly due to dissatisfaction with political reforms. She believed that citizens clearly understood the trauma caused by the movement to society and that political reforms should not be restarted rashly. Otherwise, it would lead to a more divided society, which is irresponsible. It also pointed out that there is no space to cause more trouble in society.

Carrie Lam's answer, to a certain extent, obliterated the public's little hope for political reform, and her image of "avoidance" on political reform issues was deeply burned into the hearts of the general public.

Carrie Lam.

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In the past anti-amendment campaigns, citizens protested in series and demanded that the government respond to the five major demands, including investigating police violence, restarting political reforms and implementing double universal suffrage.

Some people criticized Lam Cheng for failing to respond to social and political demands in his policy address. He was negligent and negligent. He asked the government to immediately restart political reforms so that Hong Kong could implement a truly democratic double universal suffrage as soon as possible.

It was not until last October that Carrie Lam announced the third policy address during her tenure, which covered a lot of housing and land policies, but did not respond to the five major civil demands and restart political reforms.

Even so, there are still calls for political reform in the society, and even the establishmentists have clearly stated that they want to restart political reform so that young people can restore their confidence in "one country, two systems."

However, Carrie Lam said that the policy address is not the answer to the anti-regulation incident. It is "only the beginning." He hopes that he can continue to have more interactions with all walks of life.

She also stated that although the policy address did not propose a political plan, when the situation calms down, she hopes to have dialogue with all sectors of society. She will set up a committee to review various issues and find a way out for social conflicts.

In fact, to establish the "favorable environment" that Lam Cheng calls, the primary goal is believed to be to reduce social tears, but with the "efforts" currently made by the government, it is not easy to talk about.

The new crown pneumonia epidemic has been repeated, and it is basically an impossible task to force the current government to "face up to the difficulties" and implement political reforms, but it does not mean that Lam Cheng can "make the right way."

What she can do now is to at least do her best to alleviate major livelihood issues such as housing difficulties, ease social grievances, and try to ease the tears caused by various disputes in society, as well as the public grievances caused by the turmoil of amendments, and then repair Hong Kong people and Central relations.

Since she threatened to "do her best during her tenure to create a social atmosphere conducive to the promotion of political reform under the framework of "831", even if the current government fails to promote administrative reforms, she should pave the way for the next government. Administrative reform plans, consulting, or even serving as a bridge to communicate with the central government, creating favorable conditions for political reform.

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