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Written by: Zhou Haoyi
2021-03-06 13:29
Last update date: 2021-03-06 13:34
The National People's Congress opened yesterday (5th) and will review the "Decision of the National People's Congress on Improving the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's Electoral System (Draft)".
About 200 members of the CPPCC National Committee of the Hong Kong District attended the joint meeting in the CPPCC Auditorium at 9 o'clock this morning and were received by Vice Premier Han Zheng, who is in charge of Hong Kong and Macao affairs.
After the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Standing Committee Tang Ying quoted Han Zhengzhi after the annual meeting, after the implementation of the "Hong Kong National Security Law", Hong Kong went from chaos to governance. Next, we must further improve the electoral system to ensure that "patriots govern Hong Kong."
He said that Han Zheng mentioned that the number of members of the Select Committee and the Legislative Council will be expanded, and the number of members of the Legislative Council will increase, but he did not disclose the specific distribution and details, nor did he mention the timetable for the Hong Kong Legislative Council, the Election Committee and the Chief Executive election And precedence.
Tang Yingnian believes that changing the electoral system does not mean that the democrats will disappear all at once. It is expected that there will be objective standards for the system for checking the eligibility of the election, and the democrats will still have the opportunity to participate and win the election.
Tang Yingnian quotes Han Zheng: The necessity of improving the electoral system will increase the number of electoral committees and legislative councils
Tang Yingnian said that Han Zheng delivered a speech for about one hour at the meeting. He mentioned that after the anti-revision campaign in 2019, Hong Kong society has gone from chaos to governance after the implementation of the "Hong Kong National Security Law". The next step is to further improve the electoral system and implement the "patriotism". The principle of "ruling Hong Kong" emphasizes the necessity and urgency of improving the electoral system, otherwise it will endanger "one country, two systems." It also requires the CPPCC to continue to support the government and provide more explanations.
Tang Yingnian said that Han Zheng did not disclose the specific details of the reform of the election. He only said that the election committee and the Legislative Council will be expanded, and the number of members of the Election Committee and the Legislative Council will increase by then. "In terms of representative government, there will be more representatives. So the representative will be better."
He continued that Han Zheng did not criticize anyone by name. He also quoted Han Zheng as saying that there will be three elections in Hong Kong in the future, namely the Legislative Council, the Election Committee and the Chief Executive's election. However, he did not mention the details of the election and the timetable.
Tang requested customs clearance as soon as possible, citing Han Zheng as saying that the Hong Kong epidemic should be better controlled
Tang Yingnian said that there were a total of 7 CPPCC speeches at the meeting. They talked about financial, medical and legal aspects. He also raised his hands to speak, expressing his hope that China and Hong Kong will clear customs as soon as possible. He quoted Han Zheng's response that he hoped that Hong Kong would do better in fighting the epidemic. , Learn more from Macau.
Tang Yingnian said that Han Zheng did not mention specific indicators, but believes that it should reach the "clearing" standard.
Tang Yingnian: Improving the electoral system is not to eliminate anyone, not to target the democrats
When asked whether the democrats cannot participate in the election after reforming the electoral system, Tang Yingnian believes that the democrats will not disappear all at once. Many democrats do not want to destroy Hong Kong. I believe that the final review mechanism will be reviewed by objective standards, and there will still be democrats. Participate and win, emphasizing that Hong Kong is a pluralistic society, not a single word.
He also said that perfecting the electoral system is not aimed at excluding anyone, nor is it aimed at democrats.
Regarding whether people who chanted "end the one-party dictatorship" can stand for election to the Legislative Council, Tang Yingnian said that he does not understand audits and reiterated that there will be objective standards for audits by then. He also said that he does not want anyone to ask the Communist Party to step down. "The Communist Party is the Chinese regime. If they say that they are patriotic but want the Communist Party to step down, whether this is self-contradictory, I think they know it well."
When asked whether the central government’s improvement of the electoral system this time overthrew the political reform plan that Tang Yingnian also participated in in 2012, and regressed the democratic process in Hong Kong, Tang Yingnian said that he was gratified that the political reform was passed, but after 9 years, what happened last year The internal disturbances have shown that Hong Kong’s representative government needs to be further improved to implement the principle of "patriots ruling Hong Kong".
As for whether this change will cause a social backlash, Tang Yingnian estimated that most people in Hong Kong would welcome the improvement of the electoral system and believe that the social unrest of 2019 will not recur because the "Hong Kong District National Security Law" has been implemented and Hong Kong people uphold the rule of law. , The vast majority of Hong Kong people abide by the law.
Lin Dahui, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, also quoted Han Zhengzhi, hoping that the members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference would interpret, promote and support the citizens in improving the electoral system.
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Lin Dahui, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, also quoted Han Zhengzhi, hoping that the members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference would interpret, promote and support the citizens in improving the election system.
Lin Dahui said that he fully supports Han Zheng's request to the committee members, supports the SAR government's anti-epidemic and anti-epidemic; advises the SAR government to solve the deep-seated conflicts between the economy and people's livelihood, and actively promotes the spirit of the two sessions, including accelerating the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area; encouragement; The young generation devotes themselves to the cause of national rejuvenation and develops with the country.
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