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Written by: Zhou Lixi
2021-03-03 13:10
Last update date: 2021-03-03 13:12
Xia Baolong, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, recently went to Shenzhen to listen to opinions on "patriots ruling Hong Kong" and the local election system. Many participants put forward a number of suggestions at the meeting, including abolishing the 117-seat election committee elected by district councilors. , Replaced by representatives of other functional constituencies.
Liang Zhenying, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and former chief executive, believes that the current district councils have violated the provisions of the Basic Law and emphasized that after the district elections in the previous year, the district councils have mutated into "the extension of the territory-wide political struggle in the region." Therefore, a large proportion of district councilors have become elected. The committee members are unreasonable.
The former Chairman of the Legislative Council, Jasper Tsang, mentioned that many people have recently proposed to abolish the five super district council seats, and if there is a chance, they will not be able to hold the Legislative Council elections in September this year.
Jasper Tsang pointed out that the abolition of the super zone does not require amendments to Annex II of the Basic Law, only the approval of more than half of the Legislative Council members, and there is no need to go through the five steps of political reform.
Fan Xu Litai recently stated that the district councils are not political and that the abolition of their electoral committees will not affect their work.
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Fan Xu Litai, a former member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, said after attending a meeting with Xia Baolong in Shenzhen on Sunday (February 28) that district councils are not "political." The cancellation of their election committee seats will not affect the work of the district and government consulting organizations.
Tan Huizhu, deputy director of the Basic Law Committee, pointed out that the Basic Law stipulates that district boards are not the power organs of Hong Kong. Therefore, district boards have developed to the present day when there are district boards (2) functional constituency seats commonly known as "super district boards", and there are even 117 district members. To be an election committee member is inconsistent with the "Basic Law"'s intention to be a prairie.
Before the reunification, Leung Chun-ying, who served as the Secretary-General of the Basic Law Advisory Committee, wrote on Facebook that Hong Kong has two "Regional Organizations", one is the District Council and the other is the Urban Council.
He pointed out that during the drafting of the Basic Law, there were calls for abolishing the Urban Council and simplifying the so-called three-tier structure into a two-tier structure. Therefore, the relevant provisions of the Basic Law did not specify the "district councils" and the "urban councils", but only Collectively referred to as "regional organizations".
Leung Chun-ying continued that Article 97 of the Basic Law stipulates: "The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region may establish non-political regional organizations to receive consultations from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government on regional management and other matters, or to be responsible for providing culture, recreation, environmental sanitation, etc. "Service" refers to the provisions stipulating that the essence of the functions of the district councils is to "receive consultations." It also criticizes the district council candidates for amplifying the contradictions caused by the Fugitive Offenders Amendment Ordinance in the districts, causing the district council meetings to mutate and becoming a "Hong Kong-wide political struggle" at that time. "Extension in the region", the violation of the Basic Law on the functions of the "Regional Organization" and the fact that there is no sign of "returning evil to the right", so it is unreasonable for a large proportion of district councilors to become members of the Election Committee.
Jasper Tsang stated that the amendment to the Super District Council does not have to touch on the election method in Annex II of the Basic Law.
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Jasper Tsang stated on the Internet program that 5 super-district seats are listed in functional groups, but the business community believes that these 5 seats are actually directly elected seats. When there are voices requesting the cancellation of super-district 5 seats, he only said that it is progress not to discuss this. Or regress, but it is emphasized that the abolition of super-district seats does not need to touch on the election method in Annex 2 of the Basic Law and the five-step political reform, as long as the Legislative Council Ordinance is amended.
Therefore, Jasper Tsang believes that the abolition of the super district will not prevent the September Legislative Council elections from being held as scheduled, but factors such as the epidemic may affect whether the elections can be held as scheduled.
According to Annex II of the Basic Law, "Methods and Voting Procedures for the Formation of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region", it only specifies that the Legislative Council has a total of 70 members. Its composition includes 35 members elected by functional constituencies and 35 members directly elected by districts. Other references, therefore, the cancellation of super-district seats does not need to touch Annex II of the Basic Law.
Zeng Yucheng continued to point out that some people think that Hong Kong needs to improve the electoral system, or based on the five principles proposed by Xia Baolong, including respect for the central leadership, but emphasized that Xia's remarks only require "respect", for example when the "Hong Kong National Security Law" was enacted. It is by no means limited to "dominant", and the first principle is to strictly comply with the Constitution and the Basic Law. Therefore, it is not expected that the Five Steps of Political Reform will become a song.
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