Political situation
Written by: Peng Zhuowei
2020-12-09 14:14
Last update date: 2020-12-09 14:16
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor stated in his Policy Address earlier that he would submit a draft to the Legislative Council to amend local laws such as the Oaths and Declarations Ordinance and the Legislative Council Ordinance to improve the oath arrangements and deal with violations of oaths after taking the oath. .
The Yuen Long Monitoring Parliamentary Union launched an online poll earlier this month. The results showed that 98.1% of the voters who voted said that the district councillors are public officials, and 99.5% of the public believed that before running for election and accepting the appointment of district councilors, they must swear to support the Basic Law and allegiance Special Administrative Region Government.
In addition, more than 99.4% of the people who voted believed that the "District Councils Ordinance" and "Oaths and Declarations Ordinance" should be amended to disqualify district members who violated oaths.
The DAB Legislative Council Member Leung Chi-hsiung believes that the polls reflect that the public is dissatisfied with the incumbent district councilors, and that it is a natural move for public officials to swear allegiance to the SAR.
The DAB Liang Zhixiang.
(Photo by Peng Zhuowei)
The effective date of the proposal goes back to the current District Council
Yuen Long to monitor the Inter-Parliamentary Union to vote through Facebook from 3 to 8 this month. A total of 11,371 people successfully voted.
At the press conference, Leung Zhixiang pointed out that the Tai Po District Council had inappropriately used resources including visits to the elderly, giving volunteers a subsidy of $200 per person. He also said that there was no fair procedure for recruiting volunteers, which was staggering.
In addition, in the Sha Tin District Council, Leung Chi-hsiung criticized the district councillors for not approving money to organizations related to the establishment. There were also officials who attended meetings "being imprisoned" and discussed matters unrelated to the powers of the district council.
Leung Chi-cheung also pointed out that a Yuen Long district councillor used his office to sell masks and violated the district council's code. He hoped that the Home Affairs Bureau would follow up the investigation and called on law enforcement agencies to follow up, otherwise it would be suspected of misusing public funds.
The IPU urges the government to immediately amend the "District Councils Ordinance" and "Oaths and Declarations Ordinance" to introduce local legislation on the object, content, form, rules, implementation, management and penalties of the oath, and to retrospect the effective date to the current District Council , To remove the qualifications of district councilors who refused to support the Basic Law and loyal to the SAR government
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Zhou Haoding: Xu Zhifeng involved in colluding with foreign law enforcement agencies should follow up
Regarding the absconding of former Legislative Councilor Xu Zhifeng, DAB Legislative Council Member Zhou Haoding believed that the incident was very serious and questioned Xu's involvement in serious fraud and collusion with foreign forces, and emphasized that law enforcement agencies should follow up seriously.
He also pointed out that in recent days, defendants have arbitrarily abandoned bail and absconded. The situation is worrying. He believes that the current bail practice violates general legal principles and even systematically makes mistakes. He emphasized that the judiciary should seriously review the judge's bail order to avoid recurrence.
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