The Democratic Party rings the bell twice to interrupt He Junyao's speech for the third time after the loss of the establishment and the postponement of the party

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Written by: Wu Zhuoan

2020-11-04 15:51

Last update date: 2020-11-04 15:51

The Legislative Council held a meeting today (4th). The democrats will calculate the number of people at six degrees and stage a parliamentary offensive and defensive battle with the establishment.

At half past one in the afternoon, He Junyao, who had gotten angry with his remarks, put forward an oral question at the meeting on "activities and measures to enhance national awareness." The Democratic Party Xu Zhifeng asked for a number of people to be counted nearly one and a half minutes after He Junyao spoke.

About ten minutes later, when there was a quorum in the meeting, He Junyao read out his verbal question again. However, about a minute later, Lin Zhuoting of the Democratic Party asked for an algorithm to determine the number of people and interrupted He Junyao’s speech. Acting Chairman Li Huiqiong rarely used his discretion to allow After He Junyao finished speaking, he counted the number of people, and Xu Zhifeng questioned that his practice violated the Basic Law.

After He Junyao finished his speech, Li Huiqiong allowed Xu Zhifeng to decide the number of people. However, the establishment "lost" and the meeting was passed due to insufficient quorum. This was the third time after the postponement.

After He Junyao spoke at the meeting for a minute and a half, Xu Zhifeng (third from left) asked for an algorithm to determine the number of people.

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Liang Junyan denounced the abuse of procedures and Hu Zhiwei immediately ordered the number of people

He Junyao asked an oral question on "activities and measures to enhance national awareness" at the meeting. After about a minute and a half after speaking, Xu Zhifeng asked for an algorithm to determine the number of people.

About 13 minutes after counting the number of people, there were enough people in the meeting. He Junyao asked to re-time and speak. Li Huiqiong refused to re-time but allowed He to read the question again.

Li Huiqiong's practice of allowing Ho Junyao to repeat the reading aroused the dissatisfaction of the democrats. Lin Zhuoting worried that this would become a precedent. In the future, many congressmen may "repeated" their speeches.

(Photo by Gao Zhongming)

Li Huiqiong's practice of allowing Ho Junyao to repeat the reading aroused the dissatisfaction of the democrats. Lin Zhuoting worried that this would become a precedent. In the future, many congressmen may "repeated" their speeches.

Lin Zhuoting then asked for a point algorithm to determine the number of people, and Li Huiqiong rarely used his discretion to allow He Junyao to count the number of people after he finished speaking.

The democrats are extremely dissatisfied with Li Huiqiong’s quotation of discretionary power. Xu Zhifeng pointed out that the meeting must have a quorum and questioned that Li Huiqiong’s actions violated Article 75 of the Basic Law and the Rules of Procedure. According to the "Rules of Procedure," waiting for many people to hear the style of Lawyer He's speech, are there any problems?"

After Ho Junyao finished his speech, Li Huiqiong allowed Xu Zhifeng to decide the number of people. However, the establishment "lost". At that time, only 34 members were present. The democrats were only present at Lin Zhuoting. The meeting was lost due to insufficient quorum and became the third party after the extension. Times.

The meeting resumed at 3:15 pm. The President of the Legislative Council, Leung Junyan, expressed respect for the power of the parliament to order the number of people. However, within just two or three minutes of He Junyao’s speech, some members asked for the number three times, which consumed 30 minutes of meeting time. It is an obvious abuse of procedures, delaying the progress of the meeting, and affecting the integrity of the meeting.

After Liang Junyan finished his words, the chairman of the Democratic Party, Hu Zhiwei, pointed out that the quorum was insufficient and requested a quorum.

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