[Budget] At the last juncture, a number of pan-democracy sectors are added to the epidemic

Politics

Written by: Zhou Lixi

2020-02-18 07:00

A new budget will be announced next Wednesday. So far, only the formed parties and the Democratic Party have "bid" and put forward different suggestions. Many pan-democracy sectors have continued to adopt a positive and uncooperative attitude towards the government due to the anti-revision law last year. This year's budget consultation.

The Citizen Party, professional parliamentarians and other individual Panmin members who have always made proposals on the budget have decided not to meet with Chen Maobo this year. However, due to the serious epidemic of new-type coronary pneumonia, many of them have "turned sharply", and specifically requested the government Support the citizens' anti-epidemic measures. The plan includes distributing cash and unemployment benefits to the entire population.

The Democratic Party's budget proposal includes many measures against anti-revision legislation and police forces. (Photo / Photo by Yu Junliang)

On the eve of the annual budget announcement, major political parties and members of the Legislative Council will each propose budget proposals to the Financial Secretary. However, among the popular parties this year, only the Democratic Party has acted for the time being, and it is full of political flavor. "Exercise public opinion, immediately reorganize the police to achieve political accountability". Among the 25 proposals of the Democratic Party, except for the 10,000 yuan for the entire people, which is the same as that of many establishments, the rest required the reorganization of the police force, the reduction of the establishment of the police force, and the establishment of a 500 million yuan "tear gas residue detection and cleaning fund". Anti Amendment Event.

Democratic Party Chairman Hu Zhiwei said at the time that the budget must face up to the anti-legislative movement and the five major demands of Hong Kong citizens. Therefore, in addition to rescue measures, it was also proposed to review the role of principal officials and guilds, reorganize the police force, etc.

As the other major party in the Legislative Council, the Citizen Party did not meet with Chen Maobo to make suggestions. Its party leader Yang Yueqiao said that they believe that the most important thing is to talk about the "five major demands" first, and believe that this can make people's livelihood stable and the people's livelihood policies effective.

However, in view of the current severe epidemic situation, the Citizen Party finally decided to launch a "anti-epidemic" budget initiative, arguing that the government should send cash discovery subsidies to the entire population. It is understood that they will also announce today (18th), suggesting that the government introduce measures such as unemployment benefits. They emphasized that the relevant recommendations were made purely for the epidemic situation and that there was a real need for them, and there was no change in the party's relationship with the government.

The Citizen Party will today announce its "anti-epidemic" budget initiative and propose the establishment of special subsidies for anti-epidemic support. (Profile picture)

As for the professional deliberations on behalf of MPs from various functional constituencies, many MPs have also proposed anti-epidemic measures that have nothing to do with the industry. Ye Jianyuan of the education sector suggested that the government should make every effort to provide anti-epidemic materials for medical personnel, to provide lump-sum cash benefits to all adult residents, and to issue emergency unemployment assistance for the unemployed, etc. There are also requests for assistance on the affected parts of the education sector. In his proposal, he emphasized that the foundation of government governance is fragile and called on the government to respond positively to the "five major demands" of the public and actively fight the epidemic in order to restore public confidence in the government.

The accounting profession Liang Jichang has not yet determined the details of his budget proposal, but he is also known to have the opportunity to add suggestions for the outbreak. Liang Jichang said earlier that he does not advocate cash distribution for the whole people, and believes that the situation of mask price increases will only cause counter-effects.

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As for Li Guolin, a member of the health service and the chairman of the Association of Nursing Care, who has had a more tense relationship with the government due to the medical strike, he bluntly stated that he did not intend to make a suggestion. In the social welfare sector, Shao Jiazhen also told "Hong Kong 01" that he did not submit a budget proposal to Chen Maobo. He criticized the SAR government as "failed state" and no basis for governance.

As the last piece of the Panpan's four major sections, the four "single-headed" members of the parliamentary front all met with Chen Maobo last year to make suggestions, but they will not see Chen Maobo this year.

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