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Written by: Luo Kunyi
2021-03-05 13:44
Last update date: 2021-03-05 13:45
The National People’s Congress meeting opens today (5th). This meeting will review the motion of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on submitting for deliberation the "Decision of the National People’s Congress on Improving the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Election System (Draft)". The morning refers to amending Annex I and Annex II of the Basic Law, emphasizing that it does not involve amendments to the main text of the Basic Law.
Liu Zhaojia, vice chairman of the National Society for Hong Kong and Macau Studies, pointed out that there is no need to amend the Basic Law for this change, but only to amend Annex I and Annex II. In the 2010 political reform campaign, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress also revised Annex I; and also pointed to strengthening the role of the election committee. , Include the candidate review mechanism and other categories, and there is also no need to amend the Basic Law.
Wang Chen, 70 years old, from Beijing, is currently the Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress (ranked number one), Deputy Secretary of the Party Leadership Group, President of the Chinese Law Society, and a member of the 19th Central Political Bureau.
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When introducing the draft, Wang Chen, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, said that the election committee should be adjusted and optimized, a democratic election system with Hong Kong characteristics should be established, the election committee for electing the chief executive should be rebuilt, and the method for selecting the chief executive and the legislative council should be revised.
Wang Chen said in his speech that in order to maintain the connectivity and stability of the relevant systems of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, only Annexes 1 and 2 of the Basic Law will be amended, and the text of the Basic Law will not be amended.
After the National People's Congress makes a decision, it will authorize the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress to initiate relevant amendment procedures as soon as possible in accordance with the relevant decision. When the revised Annexes 1 and 2 are promulgated and implemented in accordance with the law, the original Annexes 1 and 2 will be abolished.
Looking through the records, regarding the 2012 Legislative Council election and the Chief Executive election, the SAR government proposed to amend two election methods. In August 2010, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress approved amendments to the "Decision" in Annex I, increasing the electoral committee from 800 to 1,200. The nomination threshold has been raised by 150 from 100 nominations.
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