Tang Jiahua: The Democratic Party has the responsibility to make the parliament non-uniform.

Senior Counsel and member of the Executive Council, Tang Jiahua, was elected to the new election committee in the legal profession earlier. In an interview with the "Business Radio" program today (26), he revealed that he had written to Paul Harris, Chairman of the Bar Association, Asked the other party for nomination, but Xia Boyi refused.

He said that he had met with the Bar Association before the election. He said to Xia Boyi: "This vote is not yours (individual)." He believes that Xia Boyi cannot take a personal stand and decide whether the association will participate in the vote.

"Hong Kong 01" is inquiring with Xia Boyi about the situation.

The Democratic Party held a special membership meeting today to decide whether to send members to the Legislative Council. Tang Jiahua said that the Democratic Party has the responsibility to make the Legislative Council non-uniform. The survival value is better to disband.

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Citizens "two votes into one vote" Tang Jiahua: Hong Kong people should ask themselves

Tang Jiahua said that the change in the electoral system stemmed from a "earth-shaking shock" in Hong Kong in 2019. He believes that after two years of pain, it is time for Hong Kong to recuperate and not let politics go beyond the social and people's livelihood issues that must be dealt with.

Regarding the fact that the electoral committee’s voter base has narrowed significantly after the electoral reform, the citizens "two votes become one vote" in the Legislative Council elections. Tang Jiahua said that Hong Kong people should ask themselves whether they have made good use of one vote in the past and ask the citizens whether they have voted in the past. Based on the overall interests of Hong Kong, or let some people obstruct the operation of the Legislative Council.

He also said that in 2016, he played for the election committee of the legal profession, but at that time the democrats formed a list of 30 people to be elected, and the final list was all elected. He and many well-known people in the industry failed to be elected.

He pointed out that many people in the industry at that time also claimed that they did not know some pan-democratic candidates in private. After they were elected, apart from electing the chief executive, they "didn't make a difference."

In 2017, the Election Committee of the legal profession met with Chief Executive candidates Hu Guoxing and Zeng Junhua.

(Photo by Lu Yiming)

Approved the last election committee of the pan-civilian legal profession "no achievements"

Tang Jiahua and 14 members of the industry formed a list to compete in the legal profession election of this session of the Election Committee, and they were finally elected.

Tang Jiahua said that when he signed up for the election, he particularly hoped to obtain a nomination from the Bar Association. He said that he had written to Xia Boyi to ask for the nomination from the other party, saying that the other party rejected it as "the election is not worth participating in."

Tang Jiahua pointed out that the Bar Association eventually changed its position, including meeting and communicating with candidates last week and voting in the election committee election, describing it as a "Great Leap Forward."

Tang Jiahua, the former chairman of the Bar Association, revealed that during his earlier meeting with the Association, he said to Xia Boyi: "This vote is not yours (individual)." Said to point out to the other party that the first article of the Bar Association’s rules is to promote the development of the industry and maintain justice, and has nothing to do with political stance.

He said that in the past conversations or exchanges with the SBA chairman and executive committee members, he felt that they did not fully believe in the above concepts.

Democratic Party Chairman Luo Jianxi (photo by Luo Junhao)

If the party does not accept the system, it’s better to disband

The Democratic Party held a special membership meeting today to decide whether to send members to the Legislative Council. Tang Jiahua said that if the political party judges the situation and thinks that it has no chance of winning or needs to equip itself under the new election system, he finally decides not to stand for election. He thinks it is understandable. of.

He also believes that the Democratic Party has the responsibility to make the Legislative Council non-uniform. If a political party refuses to stand for election because it does not accept the current political system, the party has no survival value and it is better to dissolve, but he believes that the Democratic Party does not think so.

When asked whether he would nominate the democrats to run for the Legislative Council election, Tang Jiahua said that the party of the candidate would not be considered when nomination. Candidates who are committed, have vision, and are willing to serve the people of Hong Kong.

As for whether democratic thinking will send members to the Legislative Council, Tang Jiahua said that he must first see the Democratic Party’s orientation, because whether or not the Democratic Party will directly affect the estimation of the outcome of the democratic thinking, he will have a clear view after the Democratic Party has a decision. "Some members really want to vote," and they believe that even if the Democratic Party does not stand in the election, there are other parties who are willing to fill this space and will not change the parliament.

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