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Written by: Wu Zhuoan
2021-06-11 12:15
Last update date: 2021-06-11 12:15
Democratic Party Shan Zhongkai was sentenced last month to 14 months’ imprisonment with a two-year probation for the "10.1" demonstration the year before.
According to the "District Councils Ordinance", Shan Zhongkai will lose his qualifications as a district councilor.
When Shan Zhongkai accepted the inquiry of "Hong Kong 01", he pointed out that since he was sentenced to more than three months in prison, he is not a district councillor strictly speaking. However, it will take some time for the government to gazette his seat vacancy. If he does not resign as chairman, civil affairs The General Administration and other departments will still regard him as the chairman, and even arrange for him to preside over the district council meeting next month. Technical and legal issues will arise at that time, so to avoid chaos, they decided to resign as chairman of the district council.
Shan Chung-kai was "out of the mountain" in the district council elections in 2019 and successfully won in the "Lao Lao" constituency. He was re-elected as a member of the Kwai Tsing District Council and was nominated by the democrats to serve as the chairman of the Kwai Tsing District Council again. 10.1" In the parade case, a sentence of more than three months will result in the disqualification of a district council member.
The unresigned district councillor was not a district councillor on the day of the sentence
When Shan Zhongkai accepted the inquiry, he stated that he had resigned as the chairman of the district council a few days ago, but he had not resigned from the district councilor's post.
He explained that he was sentenced to more than three months in prison on May 28. Strictly speaking, he was no longer a district councillor and could no longer be the chairman of a district council since that day. However, it takes time for the government to gazette a vacancy. Take worker Liang Yaozhong as an example. He was sentenced to prison for more than three months in February, but the government gazetted his vacancy on May 28.
He continued that since the government has not published a gazetted seat vacancy, if he does not resign as chairman, the IACM and other departments will still regard him as chairman, and even arrange for him to preside over the district council meeting next month. Technical and legal problems will arise by then. , Including whether the meeting was legally valid, etc., so to avoid chaos, it was decided to resign from the post of chairman of the district council.
Shan Zhongkai also pointed out that resigning as the chairman early can reduce the vacuum period in the district councils and help speed up the promotion of people's livelihood affairs.
Recently invited other district councillors to have dinner and bid farewell to continue to perform the work of the Democratic Party treasurer
Shan Chung-kai said that recently he began to invite other Kwai Tsing District Councillors to have dinner in batches to bid farewell to colleagues.
Shan Zhongkai, who is a fellow of the Democratic Party, said that after losing the qualifications of a district councilor, he will continue to perform the work of treasurer and will not increase or decrease his participation in party affairs in the short term.
In addition, the government gazetted that due to the resignation of the elected member of Wong Tai Sin District, Cheng Zijian and the elected member of Shatin District, Huang Manxuan, according to section 26(b) of the District Councils Ordinance (Chapter 547), the two members’ seats were held on 1 this month. Sun and the 4th of this month are suspended.
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