For the first time, He Junren was slammed and elected the Chief Executive to the Liaison Office of the Central Committee. The negotiation has led to the most classic political reform.

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Author: Zheng Baosheng

2021-05-18 20:16

Last update date: 2021-05-18 20:20

On the Hong Kong Island parade on National Day 10.1 the year before, 10 pro-democracy activists, including Li Zhiying, Ho Chunyan, and Yang Sen, pleaded guilty to organizing an unauthorized assembly. Among them, 6 defendants who were not in custody were revoked their bail today (18th). Awaiting sentence, this time He Junren, Yang Sen, Shan Zhongkai and others were in jail for the first time.

He Junren has been involved in the pro-democracy movement for more than 30 years. He has served as the chairman of the Democratic Party and the chairman of the stake. The most classic event is that he entered the Liaison Office of the Central Committee to negotiate political reform in 2012 and finally voted in favor of the first successful political reform after the return.

He Junren has many classic deeds in his political career, including once running for the Chief Executive and seeing photos of sexy girls in the Chamber of the Legislative Council.

Concerned about China's development four times to Diaoyutai to declare sovereignty

He Junren has always been concerned about China's development and has been fighting for the "redress of June 4th" for many years. He has also declared sovereignty in Diaoyutai four times.

In 1990, Ho Chunyan formed the "United Democrats" with other democrats. After 1994, Meeting Point merged into the Democratic Party. Before the reunification, he was a member of the Legislative Council, a district council member, and a "three-material member" of the regional council.

After the reunification, He Chunyan has been re-elected as a member of the Legislative Council and served as the chairman of the Democratic Party from 2006 to 2012.

At the end of 2009, the Social People’s Company and the Civic Party jointly initiated the "Five District General Resignation". Five members of the Legislative Council resigned and held a by-election in 2010 in order to initiate a "disguised referendum" and strive for "true universal suffrage." However, the Democratic Party refused to participate in the five regions. District Chief's speech.

Entered the Liaison Office of the Central Committee in 2010 and was sniped by radicals

In Hong Kong’s political history, the Democratic Party’s entry into the Liaison Office to negotiate political reform is an important chapter.

In August 2009, He Junren asked the then Chief Executive Tsang Yinquan to help arrange direct dialogue with the central government, and indicated that he would accept any method of dialogue, hoping to understand Beijing's roadmap for universal suffrage.

On May 24 of the following year, the Democratic Party officially met with Chinese officials for the first time since its founding.

At that time, He Junren, Vice Chairman Liu Emily, and Legislative Council Member Zhang Wenguang walked into the door of the Liaison Office, and had a historic two-hour meeting with Li Gang, then Director of the Liaison Office, Feng Wei, Minister of the Legal Department, and Liu Chunhua, Deputy Minister of the Legal Department. Hong Kong's political reform plan.

According to reports, when the Democratic Party was considering the 2012 political reform plan, it "decided to adopt a moderate and rational attitude to cooperate with the central government and the SAR government." In the end, the meeting and dialogue led to the passage of political reforms. The Legislative Council will start from 2012. The number of seats increased from 60 to 70, of which 5 were directly elected, and the 5 new functional constituencies were all allocated to the district boards (2) commonly known as "super district seats".

However, less than one month after the Democratic Party entered the Liaison Office of the Central Committee, the Pan-Democracy Party suffered a major internal division. The Democratic Party was severely criticized for "secret room negotiations" with the Central Committee. The Social Democratic Company and other emerging radical parties began to attack the Democratic Party.

Speaking of being accused of "secret room negotiation," Ho Chun-jen mentioned in an interview with "Hong Kong 01": "In front of everyone, everyone must have their own position at the beginning. In fact, there is no opportunity for frank dialogue. It is impossible to talk about some sensitive issues. The topic must be discussed privately and intensively to reach some concrete consensus. Of course, some friends will dislike it and think this is a "secret room negotiation," but this is the historical reality."

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McDonald’s attacked in 2006

The "white dove", who has always been mild, has not only been "difficult to be a man" in Hong Kong's political situation, but has also been attacked.

On August 20, 2006, after participating in a parade, Ho Chun-jen went to a McDonald’s in Central for a meal. He was attacked by several assailants with bruises in his head and bursting of his nose. He was the first legislator to be attacked after the return of Hong Kong. Junren was therefore named "Tie Tou He".

The then chief executive, Tsang Yinquan, visited the hospital that night and threatened to "track to the ends of the world to catch the assailant." The assailant was later arrested.

However, the assailant claimed at the time that he hired thugs for 25,000 yuan to commit the crime because he asked for help in matters such as public housing and CSSA. However, there were many doubts in this case. For example, the defendant had lived in Hong Kong for less than 7 years, and there was no reason. Eligible to apply for public housing, so the real motive is still unclear.

By 2011, the pan-democratic faction decided to nominate a candidate to participate in the 2012 Chief Executive election. He Junren qualified for the primary election. He Junren, who was nominated by 188, competed with Liang Zhenying and Tang Yingnian in the same competition, and ultimately only lost 76 votes.

Netizens who watched photos of models during the expected case will be named "AV Ren"

With the inauguration of the chairman of the Democratic Party in 2012, Ho Chun-jen gradually withdrew from the party leadership and decided not to run for the Legislative Council after 2016.

However, Albert Ho broke out a classic incident at the end of his term of office: In February 2014, the then Financial Secretary Tsang Chun-wah announced the "Budget" in the Legislative Council. Some media photographed Ho Chun-yan watching a female model wearing three-point underwear. photo.

He later stated that he was distracted at the time and promised to avoid the incident in the future. At the same time, he believed that the incident did not involve moral issues.

The incident was fermented on the Internet. He Junren was called "AV Ren" by netizens. The Democratic Party publicly condemned He Junren and fined him 10,000 yuan as a punishment.

In recent years, the Democratic Party has been led by a new generation. When Ho Chun-jen appeared in the media, he mostly hung the "card" of "Vice Chairman of the Stake".

In a recent interview with "Hong Kong 01", Ho Chun-jen, who has always been gentle, also had a lot of dissatisfaction with the central processing methods.

He Junren said that Beijing's Hong Kong policy in recent years has tended to "no communication, no concessions, and no understanding." Everything is handled in the most severe manner, and the scope of the blow has been expanded to the greatest extent.

He quoted a warning from a CCP veteran more than 30 years ago, saying that Beijing's most fearful work in Hong Kong and Macao is "one left and two narrow": it takes the extreme left line and makes too many enemies.

However, judging from the recent situation, He Junren believes that Beijing seems to be embarking on this old road again, which makes people feel that even the "moderate democrats" are not the way out.

Further reading:

Interview ︱ He Junren: Beijing's Hong Kong policy is "one left and two narrow", and there is no way out for moderates

Yang Sen pointed out that democrats play a "gateway" role for the citizens in the parliament, including preventing Article 23 of the Basic Law from being included in the Legislative Council.

(Photo by Lu Yiming)

Scholar Yang Sen participated in "Meeting Point" and later merged into the Democratic Party

Yang Sen, another former chairman of the Democratic Party, was also remanded for the first time.

Yang Sen, who is a scholar, has served at the University of Hong Kong for many years. His "star taste" in the Democratic Party is not as good as Martin Lee, Szeto Wah, and Emily Liu. However, as an academic think tank in the Democratic Party, Yang Sen is not a small participant.

As early as 1983, a group of Hong Kong University graduates who were concerned about the political prospects of Hong Kong formed the "Meeting Point" to support Hong Kong's "democratic return." Yang Sen was one of the members and the chairman from 1988 to 1989.

In 1994, Meeting Point merged with the United Democrats of Hong Kong to form the Democratic Party. As an important member of Meeting Point, Yang Sen served as the vice chairman of the Democratic Party.

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The former chairman of the Democratic Party has supported elections for his party members in recent years

Yang Sen participated in the Legislative Council elections in 1991 and was elected for three consecutive terms after the reunification. He is a key member of the Democratic Party in the Legislative Council.

He served as the chairman of the Democratic Party in 2002, but experienced Chen Weiye's resignation from the party and the departure of the young and powerful members. In the 2004 Legislative Council election, the Democratic Party was reduced from 12 seats to only 9 seats. Yang Sen resigned as the chairman and was responsible for the result.

In 2008, Yang Sen ranked second in Gan Naiwei, and helped the other party to complete the generational change of the seat. After more than ten years, Yang Sen mainly appeared in the region to support the democratic parties.

Last year refuted the "power seizure theory" and emphasized the struggle for a high degree of autonomy under one country, two systems

In response to the increasingly fierce criticism of the democrats in recent years, there are also remarks that the democrats’ plan to win more than half of the seats in the Legislative Council is "to seize the power of governance." When Yang Sen received an exclusive interview with "Hong Kong 01" before the central government changed the election system in Hong Kong last year, It refers to the "theory of seizure of power" reflecting the central government's lack of confidence in "one country, two systems" and that the democrats "just strive for a high degree of autonomy of the "two systems" in "one country", and ask: "Which power to seize? It is the Basic Law." Allowed."

Further reading:

[Legislative Council Election. Interview] Yang Sen analyzes the situation: Democrats can win 37 seats and increase 2 seats in direct elections

10.1 Assembling the case, He Junren, Yang Sen and the 6 defendants all returned to the audience and waved goodbye

10.1 Assembling the case ︱ He Junren, Wu Wenyuan and most of the defendants pleaded guilty: He is expected to be remanded immediately

8.18 Assembled Case丨He Junren appeals to persevere to the end. Li Zhuoren: The heart of the people is not dead and the spirit will last forever

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