Sha Banshan’s Notes︱ "National Team" Competition, Harmony, Dark Arrows Flying, and the old establishment system has become a target of public criticism

Entering December, only more than two weeks remain before the polling day of the Legislative Council elections. Candidates for direct regional elections even canvass votes in the sunset area. The newly established Election Committee sector does not have to fight street battles because of its small audience. Energetic "visit the pier", non-stop visits to different chambers of commerce, professional organizations, fellow associations, etc. For example, a few days ago I visited the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of the People's Political Consultative Conference, which holds 150 votes.

The "Gentlemen's Controversy" is one of the newest things in this election. The candidates abandon political offenses, dig black materials, and focus on comparing the political platform concepts. This is a good thing in itself, but there is always competition behind this "harmony". Interest relationship, Sha Banshan heard that an incumbent member of the institutional system continued to sell "the new is not as good as the old" at the exchange meeting, causing other competitors to say something...

The number of seats in the Legislative Council will increase to 90. Xie Weijun expects that two-thirds of the seats will be newcomers.

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Old people questioned the new Ding’s theory a lot

In the election committee considered as the "national team," 51 people competed for 40 seats, of which 9 were current members, including the DAB Zhang Guojun, the Economic Democrats Liang Meifen, the independent establishment Ho Junyao, and Xie Weijun.

After the nomination period ended on the 12th of last month, candidates successively visited organizations from different sectors to strive for support. Most of them were called "exchange meetings" or "meeting meetings" rather than "debating arenas". The candidates mainly expressed their own political platforms. , The politeness passed.

However, at least two candidates have revealed to Sha Banshan that the atmosphere of these exchange meetings is peaceful on the surface, but there are some rumors behind them. Some of them are dissatisfied with Xie Weijun attending the exchange meeting, often emphasizing that he is a senior congressman. Not as good as the old", emphasizing that the new council needs experienced members like him to be led by him.

The person pointed out that Xie Weijun believes that among the 90 seats in the next parliament, more than 60 people may be new members. The old people seem to be more important. There are many theories in secretly electing new ones, but the Legislative Council is a real political battlefield.

Sha Banshan heard that several candidates unanimously made comments on Xie Weijun's remarks. One of them seemed to be "superior" when he questioned him, and asked, "If the old man is really good, how about the Legislative Council, how long will it be?" the other said. It is pointed out that the Legislative Council has been completely different after the restructuring. Politics must be "buried aside" and focused on solving economic and people's livelihood issues. He disagrees with Xie Weijun's frequent "hardsell" parliamentary experience.

Xie Weijun, the chairman of the Council of Regulations, said he was "guts"

In fact, Xie Weijun also publicly made similar remarks. He stated at the Hong Kong Re-departure Major League Forum on November 26 that most of the coming Legislative Council will be newcomers. Two feet (newcomers) are good.” It means that the Rules of Procedure have just been revised on a large scale. It is very important to maintain a certain percentage of old people to “bring new people”, especially since he served as the chairman of the Rules of Procedure Committee and has more experience in this area.

Xie Weijun also pointed out that the next Legislative Council may be more conservative, and there may be fewer neutral and flat voices. He emphasized that based on his past performance, it can be seen that he is rational, fair, professional, and flat, and can allow the Council to have multiple voices.

Xie Weijun served as a member of the Legislative Council for 13 years.

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Xie Weijun: If you are not happy, you can't really need the old person to lead

For some people who were dissatisfied with his remarks, Xie Weijun said when he accepted the inquiry, "Everyone in the election committee sector is good." He does not intend to belittle anyone, but any structure also needs to have continuity in order to maintain culture and tradition.

He said that at least two-thirds of the next Legislative Council will be newcomers. In the past, the Legislative Council has never tried to change the term. It is true that the old people need to lead the newcomers.

He believes that there are candidates who are not mentally prepared to serve as members of the Legislative Council, "thought that the election of the National People's Congress and the CPPCC will be a think tank." And consulting officials, "It doesn't matter if you talk about the opinions, the platform and the delivery will count."

He also questioned that some candidates only talked about some lofty ideas, but failed to explain how to implement them, and that they were not "landing" enough.

Election forums have been held in succession in recent days. The previous scenes of mutual attacks and sparks will certainly not appear in the election committee circle. Some people laughed and said that the cold arrow behind it might be more exciting.

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