[Legislative Council Election 2020. Depth] What kind of "opposition" do we need?

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Written by: Ling Yichen

2020-07-07 19:03

The Democrats will hold the primary elections of the Legislative Council on Saturday and Sunday (July 11, 12). In the general elections held in September, they hope to send the most likely representatives and obtain more than half of the seats (35+). The National Security Act of the Minato District is now in effect. In the case of the central government struggling against confrontation forces, "how to fight after entering the parliament" has naturally become the focus of the Pan-Primary Primary Election Forum, and the candidates have also shown "the opposition" "Resistance to will", without much mention of the current imminent reform of people's livelihood. In the parliament, the "opposition" was originally an important check and balance for the effective governance of the government. However, the so-called "check and balance" is to blindly oppose opposition, is it to use "performance art" to "fight", or to use wisdom and use What about the civilized way to practice what is required?

Join the Parliament, then?

At the New Territories West Primary Election Forum, Yuen Long District Councillor Wu Jianwei of the "Tian Shui Connection" stated that he would use "rogue-style resistance" to fight against the "rogue regime" and believed that the parliamentary system was already "untrustworthy and unreliable." The resistance is not enough to counterbalance the "collective violence", so the legislators will also take to the streets on behalf of public opinion. The Central and Western District Councillor Liang Huangwei also said in the Hong Kong Island Primary Election Forum that if he can be elected to the Legislative Council, he will use all means, including physical struggle, to win more time for Hong Kong people to fight the CCP; he has written before Ming Zhi: "There are actions to get into, depending on the situation at that time, it may be physical conflict, stinky fish and water, smashing the fire alarm, or other practices that no one has tried."

Yuen Long District Councillor Wu Jianwei (right) of the "Tian Shui Connection" stated that he would use "rogue-style resistance" to fight against the "rogue regime" and believed that the parliamentary system was already "untrustworthy and unreliable." "Collective violence". (Profile picture/Photo by Yu Ruijing)

In the current general election, the expectations and voices of the "35+" pan-popular people are increasing. The "Resistance" hopes to gather "nothing else" game chips to veto the "Ace Card" of all bills including the Budget. In exchange for the compromise of the SAR government's political demands. However, regardless of "35+" or "35-", the politicians who are interested in advancing to the parliament should not obey what kind of positions they should obey, what kind of parliamentary functions they should play, how to practice political ideas, and how to reform the social and livelihood of the society. The problem of not self-torturing is that, after all, politics and people's livelihood cannot be "cut off," nor can political demands override the people's livelihood issues.

The problem is that Hong Kong is currently highly politicized, and under the circumstances of severe tearing of the yellow and blue, the parliament has also set up a fierce battlefield, and the emerging "resistance" among the democrats are always showing a "fried" attitude, using "hate" "Compassion" and "empty slogans" snatch the position of public opinion; whether voters should also reflect on it-whether we want to choose whether it is a member of the parliament who rationally discusses politics in the Chamber, a social movement leader who drives street resistance, or does everything Who is extremely challenging the bottom line of "one country, two systems"? The parliament is a place where policy opinions meet. Imagine if the parliament has daily "smelly fish and water, smashes the fire alarm" or even physical conflicts and is "invited" by the chairman to go out of the chamber, resulting in many people's livelihood bills being blocked, why are voters Want to send such a member of parliament into the Chamber?

What do we want to choose, is it a rational debater in the Chamber, a social movement leader who drives street resistance, or a person who uses everything to challenge the bottom line of "one country, two systems"? (Profile picture/photo by Yu Junliang)

Reason should be the self-cultivation of MPs

Democrats had previously threatened to be willing to become the "opposition" of the parliament rather than participate in "ruling" in moderation before failing to implement the "general universal suffrage"; now, when they take advantage of the anti-central and anti-government turmoil last year 1. The trend of anti-establishment is very likely to obtain more than half of the seats, and you can taste the opportunity of "ruling". They still seem to choose to become the "opposition." However, the important meaning of the "opposition" in the parliament is to supervise and check the "ruling faction", but from past experience, the so-called "supervision and check" of the "opposition" is not a more rational analysis and a higher level On politics, measures that are more beneficial to people's livelihood, but pushing, slapstick, pulling banners, shouting slogans, and using various items to tease the boring "farce" of the opposite family. It is undeniable that the Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges) Ordinance does give Members the right to enjoy criminal and civil immunity in the debates of the Legislative Council, but the original intention is only to guarantee freedom of speech and debate, so that the motion can find the best in multiple opinions Options, and do not let chaos happen.

Of course, in today’s parliamentary chaos, in addition to the democrats, the formed factions are even more duty-bound—as a group with the most resources and power, they have long been unable to do what is right or wrong, or even reduced to the promised response. Regardless of organizational system or democracy, how can one avoid "blind support" and "blind reaction"? First of all, to reflect, what kind of parliament do we need? And what role and responsibility should the "opposition" and "ruling party" in the parliament play? Hong Kong’s political system has always been guided by Western parliaments, and the function of Western “opposition parties” is to allow “ruling parties” to consider more angles when making decisions and check and balance each other to a certain extent, but in the Hong Kong Legislative Council, “support” and What "opposes" is often not the government's public policy, nor the pros and cons of the policy, but the political ideology of the two camps, even the central government.

Regardless of organizational system or democracy, how can one avoid "blind support" and "blind reaction"? (Photo by Luo Junhao)

It is worth noting that Section 22(3) of the National Security Act of the Port Area stipulates that the use of force, threat of use of force, or other means to seriously interfere with, obstruct, or destroy the central authority of the People’s Republic of China or the authority of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in accordance with law Performing functions is a crime of subverting state power. Under such circumstances, if you still use tough "antagonism" as your parliamentary value, you will not only have the opportunity to break the law, but also be more likely to be unable to run for life. Some people said that the “dead by DQ” of local parliamentarians in 2016 caused their own destiny to be ruined, which also prevented the hope and public opinion carried by the ballots from appearing in the Legislative Council. It also proved that the Legislative Council did not allow irrational blind statements— — In the current political anxiety, whether these words are right or wrong is still to be verified by time, but in any case, what voters like to see will eventually be a fair and just distribution of resources and a system guarantee of basic human rights. On this island, live and work in peace and contentment.

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