District Councillors’ oaths have repeatedly changed. The government should clarify the boundaries

After the electoral reform, public officials successively took oaths or signed declarations. The long-awaited oath of district councilors finally began. The first batch of Hong Kong Island district councilors were under the oath of the Secretary for Home Affairs, Xu Yingwei, in the North Point community last Friday (September 10). The synagogue swears.

However, the swearing of district councilors this time has aroused criticism, and after large-scale resignations and DQ, the relationship between the district council and the government needs to be re-understood. The government cannot just think that the district councils are just consulting organizations and ignore other functions. .

In July of this year, the government "released the wind" and drawn four "DQ" red lines, including participating in the primary elections of the pro-democracy; The display of the slogan "Recover Hong Kong, Revolution of the Times" touches the "negative list" and will be disqualified as a member. DQ people are more likely to be charged for all salaries and subsidies since they took office in 2020. Each person is expected to exceed 1 million yuan.

After the above-mentioned rumors spread, a large number of pro-democracy members "resigned in panic," and eventually more than 200 pan-democratic district members resigned.

On September 10, the first batch of Hong Kong Island District Councillors took the oath under the oath of the Secretary for Home Affairs Xu Yingwei at the North Point Community Hall.

(Government News Network)

However, the "wind" changed. At the end of July, there was a sudden report of "great reduction of spicy food." After passing the oath of public officials in May, the line was crossed, and only subsequent salaries would be recovered.

The government used the media to disseminate different news. The Chief of Home Affairs Bureau Xu Yingwei and even the Chief Executive Carrie Lam did not clarify. The practice is insulting.

Democratic Party Chairman Law Kin-hee wrote to Carrie Lam in early July to no avail. He later claimed that the government had failed to clarify the rumors and allowed the rumors to spread, which was a negligence of the government.

Yuan Haiwen, another member of the Democratic Party, criticized the government for disseminating wrong information without clarifying it, which is despicable.

The swearing of a district councilor should be a very serious matter. There should be rules and regulations, early arrangements and explanations of practices and results, so that the outside world can look at the incident more positively.

It’s hard to tell the right way to deal with serious issues with this "pop-and-pop" approach, and it is reasonable to attract criticism.

In addition, after Zheng Songtai, a member of the Legislative Council, was DQ earlier, the government uncharacteristically refused to disclose the reasons for the DQ, which also caused a lot of controversy.