Political situation
Written by: Luo Kunyi
2020-11-12 14:04
Last update date: 2020-11-12 14:04
The SAR government announced yesterday (11th) that in accordance with the decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, four members of the Sixth Legislative Council, Yang Yueqiao, Guo Rongkeng, Guo Jiaqi, and Liang Jichang from the accounting community, were immediately disqualified as members of the Legislative Council, and 15 democratic members also immediately followed. Announce the general resignation.
After DQ4, the follow-up work of the Hong Kong government officially started. Chief Executive Carrie Lam said at a press conference yesterday that he would study and amend local laws to implement the NPC's 2016 requirements for public officials to interpret Article 104 of the Basic Law.
Several senior establishments said that it is expected that the "public officials" referred to by Lam Cheng will inevitably include district councilors in addition to the various personnel currently listed in the Basic Law. In the long run, the amendments this time will not It will affect the election of members of the Election Committee at the end of next year and directly affect the birth of the next chief executive.
Article 104 of the Basic Law states that the Chief Executive, principal officials, members of the Executive Council, members of the Legislative Council, court judges at all levels and other judicial personnel must swear to uphold the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China and be loyal to the People’s Republic of China when taking office. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Article 6 of the "Port National Security Law" also stipulates that when the residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region participate in elections or take up public office, they shall sign documents to confirm or swear to uphold the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and be loyal to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
At a press conference yesterday, Lam Cheng stated that he would study and amend local laws to implement the requirements for public officials to take oaths in the 2016 interpretation of Article 104 of the Basic Law by the National People's Congress, including specifying specific forms of oaths, arrangements for administering oaths, and The handling mechanism and consequences of violations of the oath, the government will complete the drafting of the bill as soon as possible and submit it to the Legislative Council for deliberation.
The example is the same as "Diamond Hoop" Lam Cheng did not respond directly
But when asked whether the scope of the amendment would cover district board members, Lam Cheng did not respond positively, saying only that under the "Hong Kong District National Security Act", public officials need to take an oath.
Many establishments believe that if the Hong Kong government amends the legislation, it will inevitably cover district board members, which means that when district board members take office in the future, they must swear to uphold the Basic Law and the SAR. Some people even describe this as a "diamond hoop". The 1,200-member election committee members believe Will also be within the scope of the oath.
The core of the establishment faction even frankly said that this NPC decision is only the "first wave," and it is expected that there will be a series of actions in the future to drive the democrats out of the political system.
The election committee is expected to take an oath, the democrats may be in a dilemma
In fact, the democrats currently hold most of the seats in the district councils and are expected to take all the 117 preferred seats in the next term. Together with their 325 seats in the previous election committee, the democrats will have about 440 seats, accounting for 1,200. One-third of the election committee is enough to influence the overall situation.
If the government in the future requires candidates for the election committee to set new requirements, requiring everyone to take an oath, the democratic faction will be in a dilemma as to whether or not to take the oath. By then, it is also unknown whether anyone will successfully "enter the gate" to make the king.
There is an established system to take advantage of the trend to modify the components of the election committee
In the face of the fact that there are only "uniform" establishments in the parliament, some establishments have even more extraordinary suggestions, suggesting that the government should consider taking advantage of the momentum to modify the components of the 1,200 election committee in the coming year, such as reducing the number of election committees for district councilors. Replace it with business people, or increase the number of electoral committees to disseminate the influence of the democrats.
However, some senior establishments said frankly that changing the composition of the electoral committee involves political reform and cannot be done overnight. However, as the central government intends to obtain full governance, "nothing is impossible."
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