Political situation
Author: Zhen Yiheng
2020-07-15 18:32
Last update date: 2020-07-15 18:32The former Chief Executive, Liang Zhenying, received about 50 million yuan from the Australian company UGL Limited without reporting. The Legislative Council established a select committee in 2017 to investigate the incident. The committee issued a report today (15th) stating that it was difficult to enter the stage of discovering facts and deliberation on the matters involved according to its terms of reference, so it decided to end its work. The four members of the Democratic Legislative Council, including the accounting functional constituency Liang Jichang, the Democratic Party Yin Zhaojian, Lin Zhuoting, and the Citizen Party Yang Yueqiao, will not accept the report and will issue a "minority report" separately.
The report pointed out that the "Committee Report" did not elaborate on four aspects, including the background of the agreement between Liang Zhenying and UGL, Zhou Haoding's proposed amendments to the proposed main research area, and Legislative Council Member He Junyao complained to the above four members and asked Liang Jichang to resign The matter of going to the post of the select committee.
The four members of the Democratic Legislative Council include the accounting functional constituency Liang Jichang, the Democratic Party Yin Zhaojian, Lin Zhuoting, and the Citizen Party Yang Yueqiao. (Photo by Yu Junliang)
Liang Jichang: More than half of the MPs need to support the restart procedure
Liang Jichang commented on the background information of the agreement signed between Liang Zhenying and UGL, emphasizing that the investigation committee was established by itself and Yin Zhaojian according to the rules of procedure in the past, and the current procedure requires more than half of the members to support and pass the relevant procedures of the internal meeting, so the situation is already very different.
Regarding that "Zhou Hao Ding Men" did not appear in the theme report, Liang said that the members of the select committee did not want the "ugly things" to appear, but they did not agree with them.
Liang Xu pointed out that the third difference is that He Junyao complained to the four members. At that time, the committee also asked all members to sign a confidentiality commitment. However, of course, the four members have rejected it, and no investigation committee has this arrangement.
Liang said the fourth point was about asking him to resign from the Select Committee. Since his civil lawsuit with Liang Zhenying is continuing, it is not convenient to comment.
Lin Zhuoting pointed out that the four members of the Legislative Council have tried their best to pursue them in the Legislative Council, but they cannot use the Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges) Ordinance to summon Liang Zhenying under the cover of the members of the formed faction. (Yu Junliang)
Lin Zhuoting: I have tried my best to make more than half of the next Legislative Council Democrats to make a breakthrough
Lin Zhuoting said that Liang Zhenying refused to attend the meeting at that time, and was very concerned about the committee's investigation results. In fact, he privately asked Zhou Haoding to "reserve as an internal response" through the back door, intending to intervene in the Legislative Council Select Committee, and eventually made a scandal. I believe that the public's intentions are "within my heart". After the investigation by the Independent Commission Against Corruption was completed, the Department of Justice issued a one-page statement on the case, and did not seek independent opinions from the external barristers. As a result, Liang Zhenying was "released".
Lin pointed out that the four MPs have tried their best to pursue them in the Legislative Council, but they cannot use the Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges) Ordinance to summon Liang Zhenying under the cover of the members of the formed faction. Lin believes that depending on the composition of the next Legislative Council, whether there will be a breakthrough in the situation where the democrats occupy the majority. He also pointed out that his two Yin Zhaojian initiated the "World for the Public" project and hoped that private prosecution Liang Zhenying would only raise 300,000 yuan and appealed to the public to donate.
Yin Zhaojian: The survey faces three restrictions on the truth of the public
Yin Zhaojian expressed confidence that the general public felt sorry for Liang Zhenying's "no comment". The investigation faced three limitations. First, the vice-chairman of the committee, Zhou Haoding, misrepresented his opinion, intending to directly influence the results of the investigation committee, and tried to conceal the true "writer" Liang Zhenying, which was a bankruptcy of integrity; Evidence, but the process consumes a lot of time. Yin Zhaojian pointed out that someone may have deliberately procrastinated and hoped that the committee would not get a report within the time limit. Finally, Liang Zhenying refused to attend any meeting of the select committee, which was a cowardly act.
Yin Zhao insisted that although the investigation cannot be carried out in the face of the above three restrictions, the truth of the matter is believed to be in the hearts of the people of Hong Kong.
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