Impeachment of Lin Zheng's motion was rejected and six formed MPs voted "escorted"

Politics

Written by: Chen Xintong

2019-12-05 17:33

After a total of more than 20 hours in two days, more than 30 members of the Legislative Council debated the impeachment of Chief Executive Lin Zheng Yue'e and voted at 7 o'clock tonight. The final motion was approved by more than half directly elected members, and the functional constituency was not. More than half of the bills were rejected. At the voting stage, only 63 members were present. All 26 Democrats voted in favor and 36 against, all of which were institutionalists. Among them, Xie Weijun, Liang Meifen, He Junyao, and Tian Beichen from the directly elected institutionalists, as well as the Liberal Party of the functional constituencies. Party leader Zhong Guobin and the sports and art publishing industry Ma Fengguo and six others did not vote for "escorting". According to the minutes of the meeting, Zhong Guobin was present and was the third-to-last person before the concluding speech of the Chief Secretary for Administration, Zhang Jianzong, about one hour from the voting time.

The Anti-Amendment Movement brought Chief Executive Lin Zhengyue into a crisis of governance never seen before. The Legislative Council meeting resumed this morning to debate a motion proposed by 25 non-constitutional MPs at the end of June, accusing Chief Executive Lin Zheng Yue'e of serious malfeasance and requesting the establishment of an independent commission of inquiry to investigate Lin Zheng's malfeasance. A number of pan-democracy and constitutionalists have spoken. Although the constitutionalists have expressed their opposition, Li Huiqiong, the chairman of the DAB, took the opportunity to "spit hardships", saying that the government had not communicated with the DAB when it was considering the amendment of the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance. The Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong only knew the day before the introduction of the amendments. It was also said that the Government should reflect on the results of this uprising district election.

Li Huiqiong pointed out that 60% of the votes of the general public in the district board elections were obviously dissatisfied with the government, but 40% of the votes obtained from the organizational system were actually very dissatisfied with the government, saying that the government needs to reflect. She also criticized the government team for not uniting to stop the riots and seize the opportunity to deal with the amendments, which has caused the relationship between officials, the public and the police to fall into an unprecedented crisis. She said that government officials were just walking and did not take the initiative to stop the riots, such as preventing students from being incited and dealing with online rumors.

She specifically criticized the Chief Secretary for Administration, Zhang Jianzong, for failing to "break up" the chaos, and criticized the Secretary for the Environment Huang Jinxing for continuing to "grab the big ghosts to attend different environmental protection activities" at a difficult time, as if living in parallel time and space Many deputy directors also didn't see anyone, "Everyone was so surprised, so that they would bury themselves."

In the end, Li Huiqiong said she would oppose the bill. "Although we have a lot of complaints against the government, we hate iron and steel." It means that if the bill is passed at this difficult time, it will create political chaos and social unrest. Governance vacuum appears.

The Legislative Council Member of Architecture, Surveying, Urban Planning and Gardening, Mr Tse Wai-yin, said that whether a person has violated the law is not really a matter for the Legislative Council members to decide, but should be handed over to the court for a ruling. In addition, Xie pointed out, of course, whether there is sufficient prima facie evidence to show that the chief executive may have committed serious violations of the law or malfeasance. The four major allegations and evidence and grounds raised by Lin Zheng in the impeachment motion are considered to be quite weak. You can even speak wrongly.

The impeachment motion pointed out that the SAR Government and the Hong Kong Police Force, led by Lin Zheng, violated citizens' freedom of assembly and speech protected by the Basic Law when handling anti-revision demonstrations. Xie Weiyi pointed out that although the Basic Law stipulates that Hong Kong residents enjoy freedom of speech, assembly, procession, and demonstration, but these freedoms and human rights are not completely unrestricted and must be allowed by law.

When demonstrators violate the law and use violence, which seriously undermines the basic human rights and freedoms of other Hong Kong citizens, the government and the police must take action to stop and punish them in accordance with the law. If the Chief Executive is allowed to continue with violations and violations of law, let the masked black thugs under the banner of democracy, freedom, and human rights, wantonly undermine the rule of law and social order in Hong Kong, and violate the human rights and freedoms of other law-abiding citizens. With the police not taking any measures to try to stop these atrocities, the chief executive really did not perform his due duties.

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At the meeting, Fanmin continued to lash out at Lin Zheng. Democrat Chung Yu-woo called Lin Zheng the "mother of speculation", referring to what he did and couldn't understand. He also mentioned that if the government raises the salary of civil servants in the future, including the proposal of increasing the salary of police officers, it will be "pulled into darkness" if it is approved by the Finance Committee.

Accounting expert Liang Jichang pointed out that the amendment of the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance is the most controversial draft since the reunification, but the consultation time is only three weeks, which is shorter than the garbage levy, saying that the authorities regard the public as inferior to waste.

The parliamentary front Zhu Kaidi also said that Lin Zheng's function was responsible to the citizens, but since February he has not been responsible for clear public opinion, nor has he complied with his solemn promise to Hong Kong people during the election. He believes that Lin Zheng is a malfeasance.

The Citizen Party Yang Yueqiao, who moved the motion, pointed out that the establishment faction claimed that the motion had nothing to do with itself, saying that they had escorted the government many times, but Lin Zheng's inability and mistakes in governance led to the defeat of the establishment, which made the establishment "eat the cat." He also mentioned to officials that supporting a chief executive with a low popularity is equivalent to an accomplice. When the metaphor stinks, the entire refrigerator will stink, and he urges officials to stop supporting the chief executive. He pointed out that Hong Kong has many long-standing problems and needs an opportunity to start again. The first step is to step down and call on the constitutional faction, who has already scolded Lin Zheng as a dog, to have the courage to vote for the impeachment case.

The Chief Secretary for Administration, Zhang Jianzong, responded that Chief Executive Lin Zheng Yue'e did not break the law or dereliction of duty, and the motion had no basis. He reiterated that the amendment of the non-political task is for the Hong Kong Government to fight for justice and patch up legal loopholes, but he will also sincerely discuss the long-standing backlog with various stakeholders in society to draw lessons from social conflicts. He emphasizes that the government advocates the establishment of an independent review committee It is not "language falsification", in order to examine the causes and consequences of social events, so as not to repeat the same mistakes. He also criticized some for failing the cause and reversing right and wrong. The police did not need to enforce the law if there were no thugs breaking the law, saying that the open call for non-establishment factions to sever the violence and reject the motion.

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