01 Exclusive│The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress is dealing with the issue of public office oaths, and the DQ district councillors have a final decision on Saturday

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Written by: Sha Banshan

2020-12-22 20:13

Last update date: 2020-12-22 20:16

Beijing is brewing to make another big move.

The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress held a regular meeting in Beijing today and closed on Saturday (26th). It is expected that there will be a major announcement. At least two sources from the establishment have told the reporter of "Hong Kong 01" that Beijing will deal with the issue of district councilors’ oaths. Democratic district councilors are accused of failing to meet the content of the oath, that is, sincerely supporting the Basic Law and allegiance to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, they will be DQ (deprived).

Sources believe that Beijing may specify that the relevant DQ seats will not be by-elections, and that the Hong Kong government may directly appoint local people to fill the vacancies.

However, this approach may cause shocks, because people who have not been baptized or won the election are appointed to replace members elected by the public.

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According to sources, it is understood that not all democratic district councillors have fallen into the DQ forbidden zone, but some councillors who have "touched the red line" in their words and deeds in the past are deemed to have not sincerely supported the Basic Law and loyalty to the SAR government. "Zhongjian", but the number is still large, but it is still enough to rewrite the regional power.

In addition, according to the South China Morning Post, the composition of the Special Selection Committee and the Legislative Council will also be "shuffled."

The Election for the Special Choice Committee will be held at the end of next year. The "Hong Kong and Kowloon District Councils" and "New Territories District Councils" will have a total of 117 seats, which will be elected by district councilors by a single vote.

Under the current district board territory, the democrats can take all 117 electoral committee seats, and the number of pan-democratic general electoral committees is expected to exceed 400 or even 500 seats, which is enough to influence the special first choice in 2022.

"South China Morning Post" quoted news tonight that Beijing will start a process to abolish 117 election committee seats elected by district councilors.

The report quoted another source saying that Beijing will reform the components of the election committee. Among them, the election committee of the CPPCC National Committee members in the port area has increased from 51 to nearly 200. All the CPPCC members will become members of the CPPCC.

"Southern Morning" quoted two sources as saying that the plan is still being listened to and has not been formally implemented.

The South China Morning Post also quoted news about the intention to abolish the district council (2) functional constituency seats commonly known as super district councils and formerly dominated by democrats in order to prevent democrats from gaining leadership in legislative council elections.

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