It is better to reflect on your own responsibilities than to shirk others

On Wednesday (29th), the vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, Lu Wenduan, wrote in a newspaper that the main reason for the low voter turnout in the Legislative Council election was "interference and destruction by external forces". In particular, these foreign forces have adopted "vigorously inciting" boycotts. "Election" and "slander and slander" the electoral system have caused the low turnout this time.

The turnout rate in this general election of the Legislative Council is only 30.2%, which is the lowest record since Hong Kong introduced direct elections.

Even if Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was "fully affirmed" by President Xi Jinping when she reported on his duties last week (22), the question of turnout apparently still caused some establishments to worry about it.

However, regardless of how many members of the public are affected by these "foreign powers," shouldn't all the candidates competing for the 20 directly elected seats of the Legislative Council be responsible for winning the vote?

If the results are not as expected, various external causes that cannot be controlled are resorted to. Would this be a way of governance that society would like to see?

On Wednesday (29th), the vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, Lu Wenduan, wrote in a newspaper that the main reason for the low turnout in the Legislative Council election was "interference and destruction by external forces."

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The imaginary "external power" theory

It is true that this general election of the Legislative Council has attracted the attention of many foreign governments and media. However, if the result of simply deducting the voter turnout is directly related to the influence of external forces, the relevant statement is too arbitrary and lacks substantive evidence to support it. .

It is always difficult for society to judge the authenticity of the so-called "intervention by foreign forces", even though some foreign newspapers and media published articles criticizing Hong Kong's election system as "false polls" during the election period, and proposed that the Hong Kong city should be "boycotted." , Such as the "Wall Street Journal" in the United States, but it is always hard to say that an English-language media has a direct relationship with the public's desire to vote.

Moreover, the media's comments and appeals to various governments occur daily, and it would be a bit of a nuisance to understand the media's comments as intervention.

What's more, the society itself understands that the turnout rate involves a basket of factors. It is still obsessed with the turnout rate and blamed on "external forces," which undoubtedly gives people a feeling of blame.

In fact, more than a week has passed since the election, and the new session of the Legislative Council will officially start next Monday (3rd).

The society is no longer obsessed with the high or low turnout rate. Instead, it has focused on the next year's meeting and various legislative agendas.

Why not let the controversy over turnout come to an end?

Even though some foreign newspapers did publish articles during the election period criticizing Hong Kong’s election system as "false polls" and suggesting that Hong Kong should be "boycotted", such as the "Wall Street Journal" in the United States, but it is still difficult to speak English. The media has a direct relationship with the public's voting intentions.

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Hong Kong wants to bid farewell to shirk the game

In the past period of time, many politicians were accustomed to shifting responsibility for governance and failure of governance to others.

In the past, when the pan-democrats were still in the parliament, many people blamed the opposition's rabble and protests. However, the democrats may not necessarily oppose the government's plans to build public housing and promote universal withdrawal of insurance.

In recent years, the government’s administration has been repeatedly criticized for failing to solve various deep-seated problems in Hong Kong, and civil servants have become scapegoats. But shouldn’t the chief policy bureau chiefs, chiefs, and chief executives be responsible for leading the civil servants? Has the responsibility of "no leadership" been swept away?

Even more broadly, if the democrats "cut off" violence as early as possible in the anti-regulation movement, it may not be the situation today.

In the past, Hong Kong was too much in this type of shirk and blamed games, and lacked the consciousness to reflect on one's own responsibilities.

The turnout rate in the election is of course affected by various factors, but does it mean that the candidate failed to attract the support of the majority of voters?

This time the question of voter turnout should be put to an end, and let us take this to reflect on what kind of governance Hong Kong actually needs.

If a society cannot reflect on its own successes and failures, and only knows how to shirk responsibility for other factors, it may end up missing the opportunity to recognize the problem.

The role and limitations of opinion polls The White Paper explains that the democrats of the tone should actively recruit new members of the Legislative Council. How many non-partisan parties test the government how the executive leads the Legislative Council election. The victory of the Legislative Council election is a major test for the establishment. After the election of the Legislative Council, the government should unite the majority. Rebuilding political harmony. Members of the functional constituency have a long way to go. Legislative Council elections serve the society in one day but four years