Election Restructuring | The Presidium of the National People's Congress listens to Li Fei's report and agrees to submit a revised draft

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Written by: Wu Zhuoan

2021-03-09 18:39

Last update date: 2021-03-09 18:39

Xinhua News Agency issued a paper today (9th). The first meeting of the Executive Chairman of the Fourth Session of the National People's Congress was held in the Great Hall of the People this morning (9th). Li Zhanshu, Executive Chairman of the General Assembly Presidium and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, presided over the meeting.

The meeting heard a report by Li Fei, chairman of the Constitution and Law Committee of the National People's Congress, on the results of the committee's deliberations on the draft decision on improving the election system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and reviewed the revised draft decision.

The meeting agreed to submit the above-mentioned draft resolutions, reports, draft decisions, and revised draft decisions to the second meeting of the Presidium of the General Assembly for deliberation.

On March 8, the Constitution and Law Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress convened a plenary meeting. Based on the deliberations and opinions of the delegations, the draft amendments to the Organic Law of the National People’s Congress, the draft amendments to the rules of procedure of the National People’s Congress, and the National People’s Congress The draft decision on improving the electoral system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will be reviewed in a unified manner.

(Xinhua News Agency)

Unanimously in favor of adopting the "decision + amendment" approach

The Xinhua News Agency issued a statement that the Constitution and Law Committee of the National People's Congress convened a plenary meeting last night (8th) to conduct unified deliberations on the draft amendments to the National People's Congress Organizational Law, the draft amendments to the rules of procedure, and the draft decision to improve the election system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

According to the schedule of the Fourth Session of the 13th National People's Congress, on the morning of March 8, the delegations reviewed the draft decision of the National People's Congress on improving the election system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

The Bills Group of the Congress Secretariat collected and sorted out the opinions put forward by the delegates in a timely manner.

The opinions put forward by the delegates at the Constitution and Law Committee meeting, together with the previous deliberation opinions of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, were carefully studied one by one, and the draft decision was revised and improved.

The members of the Constitution and Law Committee agreed that after the return of Hong Kong to the motherland, Hong Kong was re-incorporated into the national governance system. The Constitution and Hong Kong Basic Law together constitute the constitutional basis of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

The electoral system implemented by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, including the method for selecting the Chief Executive and the Legislative Council, is an important part of the political system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It should conform to the principle of "One Country, Two Systems" and the actual conditions of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Hong Kong is conducive to safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests, and maintaining Hong Kong's long-term prosperity and stability.

According to Xinhua News Agency, the members of the Constitution and Law Committee unanimously agreed to adopt the "decision + amendment" approach, and believed that the National People's Congress would make decisions on improving the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's electoral system and clarify the basic principles that should be followed for the amendment and improvement of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's electoral system. Principles and amendments to improve the core elements, and at the same time authorize the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress to amend relevant annexes of the Hong Kong Basic Law, which conforms to the constitutional provisions and principles, conforms to the Hong Kong Basic Law, and has a solid political foundation and a foundation of the rule of law.

Xinhua News Agency continued that members of the Constitution and Law Committee generally agreed with the draft decision of the National People’s Congress on improving the electoral system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. They believed that the content of the draft decision was necessary and feasible, and fully considered the actual needs and requirements of improving the electoral system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The specific situation of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is to improve the election system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, promote the development of a democratic political system suitable for Hong Kong's actual situation, and make new constitutional system arrangements.

Tan Yaozong, Member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (photo by Yu Junliang)

In accordance with the relevant provisions of the Legislative Law, the Constitution and Law Committee submitted a report on the review results of the draft decision on improving the election system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the revised draft decision. The presidium decided to submit the revised draft decision to the delegations for deliberation.

Tan Yaozong, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, said yesterday that he had read the draft document and revealed that the draft was only a few pages long and only proposed principled practices, without specifically mentioning the distribution of seats in the Legislative Council.

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