Political situation
Written by: Lin Jian
2020-05-10 14:07
Last update date: 2020-05-10 14:08On Friday, the House Committee of the Legislative Council "fucked twins". The DAB Li Huiqiong and the Citizen Party Guo Rongheng all claimed to have the right to preside over the meetings based on their respective external legal opinions. Sending "competition" to successfully handle matters other than the election of the chairman, many democratic factions were expelled.
Liu Jianyi, the honorary chairman of the Liberal Party who has been the chairman of the internal conference for many years, today (10th) expressed in the Hong Kong and Taiwan program "City Forum" that he agreed with the legal opinion that Li Huiqiong as the chairman of the in-house conference, the functions, powers and responsibilities are still there, and that Li Huiqiong needs Regarding the situation of the Parliament, determine which legal opinion is shared. She also recalled that, in fact, internal affairs need not be so arrogant, the two camps should have consultations and seek consensus.
However, Chen Shuzhuang, the convener of the Democratic Conference, sighed that the time when the two factions had discussions was over: "The past can only be remembered."
Liu Jianyi: The biggest "harm" lies in the failure to elect the chairman
Participants at the forum included Chen Shuzhuang, Liu Jianyi, Li Huaming, a former Democratic Party vice chairman, and Guo Yongjian, chairman of the Labor Party. Liu Jianyi said that everyone may have different opinions when looking at legal opinions. In the end, if they can't talk, they can only take legal action to challenge the power of the current chairman, but she said that if everything goes to law, the two factions will only continue to tear.
She emphasized that the provisions of Rule 75 (2) of the Rules of Procedure concerning the election of the chairman, behind the spirit, ensure that there will not be a chairman ’s vacuum. At present, the biggest "harm" in the face is that the chairman cannot be elected after 17 meetings, and a large number of regulations are stuck.
Li Huaming believes that there is now a "law reduced to a political tool" phenomenon, and the current situation is obviously that those in power use their own perspective to get the legal advice they want. He criticized that when the government responded to "a breakthrough in the work of the internal committee to review bills," the National Anthem Act would be dealt with first. Although the draft has reached the final stage, the political perception is still ugly.
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Chen Shuzhuang approves the legal adviser to become a "political adviser"
Chen Shuzhuang pointed out that before Liang Junyan hired a senior barrister, he never explained how to choose a lawyer. He just felt that the opinions were in line, and suddenly "interpreted the law", overriding the opinions of the former legal counsel of the Legislative Council. During the 5th meeting, it also became an argument in favor of the establishment faction, and Chen Shuzhuang criticized "the legal adviser became a political adviser."
Liu Jianyi pointed out that in the past, when the Legislative Council dealt with internal affairs, the Pan-Democratic Construction System was open to negotiation and reconciled as much as possible. When dealing with internal affairs, she would first discuss with Li Huaming to seek consensus. Chen Shuzhuang said that he had been a colleague with Liu Jianyi and Li Huaming in the Parliament from 2008 to 2012, and said with a smile that Liu Jianyi has been regarded as an "enlightened establishment", but the current Legislative Council "is an environment that you can hardly imagine". The faction always "more people and fewer people". Before the session started, it had vented to the media. It planned to take over the chairman and deputy chairman. It refused all the discussion space at all.
Guo Yongjian pointed out that for the predecessors Liu Jianyi and Li Huaming, what happened in the political circles in the past year or two may not have been experienced by them. Many things that were considered "unconventional" in the past can also happen in Parliament today. For example, he pointed out that the members of the institutionalists He Junyao and Guo Weiqiang acted violently in the parliament last Friday, and they have started the "struggle mode", and they have no room for "consultation and quantity". It's just that the wood is begging for fish.
Liu Jianyi finally mentioned that he was very sad and unacceptable to see the conflict in the internal meeting last week. He believed that the internal meeting was a very important committee in the legislative process and should perform its duties properly and not mess up the parliamentary procedures. Li Huaming concluded that the society has deepened tears in the past year, and the conflict in the Legislative Council only reflected the situation outside. He criticized that when Lin Zhengyue changed the director, the people most wanted to change, and the credibility of the government had been lost. Li Huaming believes that the way out is that the government will review its own problems and the formation factions should also converge.
The government welcomes the breakthrough of difficulties in the internal society and hopes that Members will support the deliberation of the National Anthem Law
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