Tian Beichen expects to run for the Legislative Council to be nominated by 5 sectors from the Election Committee

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Written by: Zhou Haoyi

2021-03-15 12:20

Last update date: 2021-03-15 12:20

The National People’s Congress passed a decision on “Improving Hong Kong’s Election System” last Thursday (March 11). The number of seats in the Legislative Council will increase from the current 70 to 90. Participating in the Legislative Council must be nominated by the Election Committee. Number of votes required.

Tian Beichen, a representative of the Hong Kong People’s Congress and member of the Legislative Council of the Real Political Roundtable, predicts that the central government will require legislative council candidates to be nominated in all five sectors of the Election Committee, and it is recommended to require candidates to obtain 3 votes in each sector. "Enter the gate."

The National People's Congress decided to set out that the Legislative Council will add an electoral committee category. Tian Beichen suggested adopting the "333" scheme, that is, direct elections by districts, functional constituencies, and electoral committees with 30 seats each.

Tian Beichen: Participating in the Legislative Council Election Committee can be open to non-election committees

Tian Beichen said that the new electoral system can promote and ensure the long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong. In the past, because the Legislative Council was not dominated by patriots, many problems had arisen, including confronting the Basic Law and requesting foreign sanctions on Hong Kong. I believe there is no one. The government will allow this.

He estimated that the central government would require legislative council candidates to obtain nominations from the five sectors of the Election Committee, and suggested that candidates can be "entered" by obtaining 3 votes from all sectors.

He believes that those who run for the election of the "Election Committee" of the Legislative Council do not need to be members of the election committee, as long as they focus on the long-term development of Hong Kong, they can also be promoted to the Legislative Council through the electoral committee.

He revealed that he has received an invitation to attend a forum organized by the Central Committee in Hong Kong. By then, he will reflect his hope that the Legislative Council will adopt the "333" plan, with 30 seats each for direct elections, functional constituencies, and electoral committees.

▼Change of Election Committee Sector▼

Proposal to allow the Judicial Review Committee to decide

Tan Yaozong, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, said yesterday (14th) that the decision made by the Eligibility Review Committee in the future should be final, and personally think it may not be suitable to allow judicial challenges.

Tian Beichen believes that the decision made by the DQ can also be subject to judicial review, and consideration should be given to allowing citizens to review the decision of the review committee.

Tian Beichen added that according to his understanding, the review committee has replaced the work of the former returning officer. Therefore, the government should decide on the candidates for the committee, provided that the members of the committee can explain the definition of patriot.

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