During the election campaign and in the first policy address, Chief Executive Carrie Lam promised to resolve related constitutional and legal issues as soon as possible, amend the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance, and extend the application of Articles 3 and 8 to include the Chief Executive.
Carrie Lam attended the Chief Executive's Q&A meeting today (15th) and stated that he would definitely not amend the "Bribery Prevention Ordinance", "I must count", because the practice is "towards the Chief Executive's constitutional status", saying bluntly: "Today If it has not been done, it will not be done, and the future Chief Executive should not do it either."
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A member of the Legislative Council of Hot-blooded Citizens, Cheng Songtai, asked at the question-and-answer meeting whether Carrie Lam still remembered that he proposed to amend the "Prevention of Bribery Ordinance" in the first "Policy Address" to cover the regulations as suitable for the Chief Executive.
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Cheng Songtai pointed out that it is not enough for Lam Cheng to "anti-corruption and uphold integrity"
A member of the Legislative Council of Hot-blooded Citizens, Cheng Songtai, asked at the question-and-answer meeting whether Carrie Lam still remembered that he proposed to amend the "Prevention of Bribery Ordinance" in the first Policy Address to cover the regulations as suitable for the Chief Executive, but he admitted that this issue would no longer be a problem. Important because it is clearly understood that the amendment is a constitutional issue.
Cheng Songtai also "sent a high hat" to Lam Cheng, saying that in anti-corruption and upholding integrity, Lam will definitely be able to achieve integrity. However, it is certainly not enough for the chief executive to do "anti-corruption and upholding integrity." There is no fish."
Zheng Songtai reiterated the involvement of the Deputy Director of the Security Bureau, Ou Zhiguang, the Commissioner of Customs, Deng Yihai, and the Director of Immigration, Ou Jiahong, of the "fan gathering storm", saying that since the government has improved the electoral system and reorganized the government structure, the scandal has caused the government It was very embarrassing and said that these meetings caused too many speculations and guesses among the public.
Cheng Songtai bluntly said that the only and most important thing for the SAR government is cleanliness. He asked whether Lam Cheng has a way to maintain the proper standards and standards of the civil service team in combating corruption and advocating integrity, so that the relevant system will not become a political enemy. Tools and methods of different factions.
Lam Cheng responded that the conduct of civil servants and political officials must be "clean water," even if there is no fish, the water must be clean. This is also the requirement of public servants and the central government for politically appointed officials.
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Lam Cheng responded by saying that he agreed that the conduct of civil servants and political officials must be "clean water," that is, "clean water without fish." This is also the requirement of public servants and the central government for politically appointed officials.
She pointed out that the main advantage of Hong Kong is that it has a clean government and an economy governed by the rule of law. The government will not let it go.
Regarding the Fan Ju controversy, Lam Cheng stated that the government has explained the incident many times, hoping that the society will understand the circumstances under which the incident occurred. It does not involve the "behavior" that was hyped up by the public and social media. It means that the three senior officials have accepted legal responsibilities and paid extravagant charges. I believe that other civil servants have summed up their experience and become more sensitive and cautious.
Lam Cheng also made it clear that he would not amend the Anti-bribery Ordinance, saying bluntly that "it has not been done today, nor will it be done, and the future Chief Executive should not do it either." He believes that this is "against the constitutional status of the Chief Executive."
She explained that the Chief Executive is an official accountable to the Central Government and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, representing the entire Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and to a certain extent is above the three powers.
She also said that after reviewing some laws passed in the past 20 years, some of the provisions of the laws have always hoped to weaken the position of the chief executive so that it cannot lead the chief executive-led constitutional system in Hong Kong, thus making the chief executive unable to be accountable to the central government. Therefore, she bluntly said that the amendment to the "Prevention of Bribery Ordinance" "a certain number", and does not want the next government to deal with it, so as not to weaken the Chief Executive's constitutional responsibility in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
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During the election campaign, he promised to amend the law to resolve relevant constitutional and legal issues as soon as possible
In 2017, Carrie Lam contested for the throne of Chief Executive. She stated in her election platform: "I will resolve relevant constitutional and legal issues as soon as possible, amend the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance, and extend the application of Articles 3 and 8 to include the Chief Executive. "She made the same promise in her first "policy address" during her tenure. At that time, the media asked how Lam Cheng convinced Hong Kong people that she was determined to amend the law. Lam Cheng replied at the time: "In order to strengthen confidence and trust in the Chief Executive Since it has been revised once earlier to apply some provisions of the "Prevention of Bribery Ordinance" to the Chief Executive, and also follow the recommendations of the former Chief Justice Li Guoneng to do Articles 3 and 8. I personally agree with it, so I will serve. I will try my best to resolve legal and constitutional issues and hope to do a good job in this matter."
However, this promise was not fulfilled. Some media quoted sources saying that because the central government could not accept the establishment of a committee to approve the benefits of the chief executive through local legislation, which affected the constitutional status of the Chief Executive, he did not agree with Lam Cheng to amend the law.
In December 2020, Carrie Lam accepted a media interview for the first time and publicly stated that the "Prevention of Bribery Ordinance" would not be amended. He pointed out that the practice may affect the constitutional status of the Chief Executive, and emphasized that this is not a priority for the rest of the next term. The relationship between the Chief Executive is clear. The Basic Law states that the Chief Executive is accountable to the Central People's Government. If the Central People's Government sees the Chief Executive's wrongdoing, it will take appropriate action."
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