The democrats and the central government should interact well

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Written by: Commentary Editing Room

2020-10-03 08:00

Last update date: 2020-10-03 08:00

After months of harassment, the democrats made the political judgment of staying behind in the parliament. It is not difficult to imagine that the "protestants" who advocate boycotts will be dissatisfied with this.

Democratic Party Chairman Hu Zhiwei succeeded Chen Shuzhuang, who had withdrawn from politics, as the convener of the democratic faction. On Wednesday (30th), he stated that it is very important to build trust with the local factions and protesters and will start dialogues with different democratic political organizations.

Dialogue is indeed very important, but it is not enough to talk to the "stratos". More importantly, it is to communicate with Hu Zhiwei's "rivals"-the Hong Kong government and the central government. If necessary, we must even show courage to compromise, otherwise It is difficult to break through the political dilemma.

The experience since the reunification proves that confrontation is not a feasible way out at all, including the "Occupy Central", the Mong Kok riots, and the anti-regulation movement cannot achieve the results that the protesters want.

On the contrary, dialogue and compromise are not without results. For example, the 2010 political reform plan was passed because three important Democratic Party members entered the Central Liaison Office.

Because of that contact, the number of directly elected seats in the Legislative Council and the number of seats in the "Super District Council" increased by five seats, and the "democratic component" of public opinion institutions has increased significantly.

Afterwards, Kong Ming, if the democrats had more pragmatic contacts with the central government, the political situation in Hong Kong would not necessarily evolve to the point where it is now so bad.

Regrettably, the emergence of political populism blocked the path of communication and compromise.

Chen Zhiquan, who recently refused to extend his post as a member of the Legislative Council after September 30, started his career by "sniping" the Democratic Party ten years ago; coupled with the emergence of local factions, self-determination factions, and Hong Kong independence factions, the line of communication was distorted. "Kneeling down" and "surrendering." The Democratic Party, which was originally relatively moderate, regarded communication with the Liaison Office as a daunting path, fearing that radical voters would be punished. The Democratic Party even acquiesced to violent demonstrations last year, completely losing the proper sense of a moderate party. .

Rediscover the forgotten road of communication

Hu Zhiwei wanted to establish a relationship of trust with the local factions and the protesters, and emphasized that sticking to the parliamentary front would help the three major fronts (civilian, parliamentary, and international) to complement each other. Obviously, he did not come out of the cognitive confusion and mistakenly believed that "struggle" What a way out.

When the central government can pass the "Hong Kong National Security Act" to quell street riots, and when a resolution of the National People's Congress can determine the term of office of members, politicians with a little sense of reality will understand whether "resistance" or dialogue is more pragmatic, and which is more for Hong Kong. favorable.

Hu Zhiwei said, "Whether it is a moderate or a radical democrat, the ways of doing things are getting closer." This sentence reflects that the moderate democrats do not intend to draw a line between the radicals. If this is the case, it is tantamount to putting themselves Head to head with the central government.

In political reality, the result can only be that the democrats are severely dealt with by the central government, while the mainland remains intact.

Instead of thinking and acting arbitrarily, why not regain the spirit of communication and compromise after a decade of detours?

On the other hand, the government, the establishment, and even the Liaison Office of the Central Committee do not have to treat the democrats in a distinct manner.

Hong Kong’s people’s livelihood issues and even the political reform plan should be co-operated with the democrats who represent many citizens.

Only by joining hands in this way can Hong Kong repair the tear and move forward.

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