Political situation
Written by: Luo Jiaqing
2021-05-09 14:29
Last update date: 2021-05-09 14:34
Under the new electoral system, the electoral committee responsible for electing the chief executive and electing members of the Legislative Council has increased to 1,500. Many subsectors that were originally regarded as the "vote warehouses" of the democratic camp have undergone major changes. Among them, the education sector, which previously occupied 30 seats each And the higher education sector will be merged and reduced to 30 seats, from individual votes to group votes.
When receiving enquiries, Feng Weihua, the president of the Education Association, said that it has not yet decided whether to send people to participate in the election. It is expected that a decision will be made after the summer vacation or until September. However, it is "no suspense" to bluntly not send people to the election committee election. Basically, there is no chance of winning.
Feng Weihua pointed out that the new electoral system is undemocratic and has many barriers. Candidates need to be nominated by the election committees of five major sectors, and they must also be screened by the qualification review committee. Therefore, they will consider whether to accept an unreasonable system.
After amendments to Annexes 1 and 2 of the Basic Law, the education sector and the higher education sector merged into 30 seats. 16 seats are ex officio members, including 11 university presidents and 5 school-sponsoring body representatives. The remaining 14 seats are funded by the UGC Educational institutions, or schools entirely maintained and managed by the government, are voted on.
Feng Weihua, president of the Association of Educational Associations, said that the Association for Educational Associations did not send people to participate in the election committee elections "without any suspense," because the new ex-officio members of the sector have also been converted from individual votes to group votes, which is basically a zero chance of winning.
As for the Legislative Council, although the education sector still retains individual votes, he believes that the new system is undemocratic. Candidates need to obtain two to four nominations from the five major sectors of the Election Committee, and they must also be selected by the Qualifications Committee. Therefore, it is necessary to consider whether to accept the unreasonable system and whether there is still room for exertion after entering the parliament.
Feng Weihua emphasized that we should discuss with other members and communicate with other pan-democratic organizations.
Liang Zhenying, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, quoted media reports on Facebook that the Educational Association stated that it "may not send people for election."
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Liang Zhenying: "Crimination of the death education association has long been abandoned
Liang Zhenying, the vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, published a number of posts on Facebook this morning (9th) about the Education Association, which quoted media reports that the Education Association stated that "it is not necessary to send someone to the election."
He said that the Association of Education had selected the issue of sending people to elect the Legislative Council at the General Assembly last month. At that time, he had "approved the death education association for abandoning the election." He also believed that the association of education was a political party, and the criminal liability risk was too great. The world boy with eyebrows and eyebrows."
Liang Zhenying even pointed out that he heard that some of the Education Association wanted to immigrate.
Feng Weihua said that he did not comment on Liang Zhenying's remarks, but emphasized that an earlier survey conducted by the Education Association found that 40% of the teachers interviewed intend to leave the education sector in Hong Kong, many of whom are middle and high-level teachers. He is worried that there will be a fault and that it will affect the quality of education.
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