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Written by: Luo Jiaqing
2021-03-07 14:04
Last update date: 2021-03-07 14:04
The central government proposes to reform the Hong Kong electoral system, and the National People's Congress, which is currently being held in Beijing, will deliberate a draft decision on "improving Hong Kong's electoral system."
According to the news, the number of seats in the Legislative Council will be greatly increased to 90, and the electoral committee will be added, but it is unknown how many seats will be occupied by the electoral committee.
Liu Zhaojia, vice chairman of the National Hong Kong and Macau Research Association, said today (7th) that if there are only 20 direct elections in the region, there will be little room for regional political parties. He believes that the patriotic force is not only the elite, but also a group of people to connect with the masses.
When introducing the draft, Wang Chen, vice committee of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, pointed out that the election committee was given a "larger percentage" of legislative council members. Liu Zhaojia pointed out that before the reunification, the election committee of the first legislative council only occupied 10 seats, and the second The number of seats has been reduced to six. At present, the Election Committee accounts for a large proportion of 30 seats, accounting for one-third of the total. It is considered reasonable for the three sectors to have 30 seats each.
The central government proposes to reform the Hong Kong electoral system, and the People's Congress meeting in Beijing will consider a draft decision on "improving Hong Kong's electoral system."
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Liu Zhaojia said on the radio program "Speaking Clearly and Speaking of Chu" today that reforming the electoral system can strengthen and expand the power and functions of the electoral committee, while narrowing the voter gap between the executive and the legislature.
He believes that if the Election Committee is increased to five sectors and more people representing the middle class are added, the influence of large consortia and senior elites will be diluted, and the Election Committee and the future Legislative Council will be more concerned about the interests of the middle and lower classes than before. Achieve the goal of promoting in-depth reforms.
After public officials are required to swear an oath and implement the "National Security Law," why still carry out comprehensive electoral reforms?
Liu Zhaojia believes that requiring public officials to swear an oath cannot completely prevent radical forces from entering the governance structure, but will only let those who intend to engage in the struggle to retreat.
Liu Zhaojia: 30 seats each accounted for less rebound
There are currently two specific versions of the distribution of seats circulating. They are to reduce the number of directly elected seats to 20, the functional constituency to 30 seats, and the Election Committee to occupy 40 seats; the other plan is to have 30 seats for each of the three sectors.
Liu Zhaojia said that it is more reasonable to have an average of 30 seats for the three major sectors, and there is less rebound.
He said that only 20 seats in direct elections have little room for regional political parties. He believes that the patriotic force is not only the elite, but also a group of people to connect with the masses and expand the social foundation.
Regarding the draft granting the Election Committee to elect a larger proportion of Legislative Council members, Liu Zhaojia stated that before the reunification, the first Legislative Council Election Committee only occupied 10 seats, and the second term was reduced to 6 seats. The current Election Committee occupies 30 seats. A considerable proportion, accounting for one-third of the total.
As for the draft’s mention of “establishing a full-process qualification review mechanism,” Liu Zhaojia anticipates that a powerful high-level review mechanism will be established to be responsible for the qualification review of all election participants. The entire process includes formulation, review, decision-making, and appeals. Need to be dealt with.
He suggested that government officials and social elites should be responsible and give them a certain investigative ability to examine the past words and deeds of those who participated in the election.
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