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Written by: Zhou Lixi
2021-04-07 14:54
Last update date: 2021-04-07 14:54
Beijing has started to reform Hong Kong’s electoral system, and some people have protested by voting in vain. The government recently stated that it will study whether the law is adequate to deal with vain votes.
The Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Zeng Guowei, said today (7th) that the NPC Standing Committee passed amendments to Annex I and Annex II of the Basic Law, which set out acts that the SAR needs to regulate and disrupt elections. He said that he organized or incited voting in vain. , Invalid votes have the opportunity to affect the results of the election, to a certain extent equivalent to manipulation of the election, the authorities will study and regulate.
The DAB Leung Chi-hsiung asked in a committee of the Legislative Council whether calling for a vain vote would violate the amended Oath Ordinance.
Zeng Guowei responded that everyone has the right to decide whether to vote or not. If someone organizes or incites unqualified votes, invalid votes, etc., "a certain degree of manipulation is attempted," the results of the election will be affected. As for whether or not to manipulate, it does not necessarily belong to the law at present. Therefore, the authorities need to study whether to regulate, so as to meet the relevant requirements of the National People's Congress Standing Committee on Annex 1 and Annex 2.
Leung Chi-hsiung asked, if he called for someone to vote in an election, it would also affect the results of the election, but he said that this behavior should not violate the law.
Tang Renguang, the Permanent Secretary of the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, responded that this kind of behavior does not violate the law in the current law, because it is not a problem to promote someone to be un-elected or to be elected.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall adopt measures to control and control election manipulation and sabotage in accordance with laws and regulations.
Article 6 of Annex II to the Basic Law
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