Ninety members of the Legislative Council were sworn in this morning (3rd). The Chief Executive Carrie Lam will personally administer the oath. Among them, the Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong for 13 years, Chen Hacken, did not raise his right hand to take the oath. Put your hands behind your waist.
Sitting in the front row of the conference hall, Jing Pakatan Lin Jianfeng once raised his right hand to remind Chen Keqin, but the other party did not seem to pay attention.
When the legislator-designate took the oath at the rehearsal last week, the Secretary-General of the Legislative Council, Chen Wei'an, reminded that when taking the oath, members must raise the Bible with their right hand or make a gesture of oath.
The Chairman of the Sixth Legislative Council, Leung Junyan, even pointed out that if there is no gesture for oath, the seat will be automatically lost if someone complains.
The Legislative Council Secretariat replied verbally, "The law does not specify that hands must be raised, but since the recent oath is to raise hands, the Secretariat recommends this for unification."
Lu Songxiong and Di Zhiyuan must reread the missed sentences
During the rehearsal oath of the elected member, Lin Jianfeng did not raise his right hand when taking the oath of the Pakatan Harapan League. He later referred to himself as a "negative teaching material" and specifically tested whether the Secretary-General was aware of it.
Liang Junyan said at the time: "If you don't raise your hand, you will automatically lose your seat when someone complains. It's as simple as that. If you do something wrong, you will be at your own risk."
When Chen Keqin took the oath today, he did not raise his right hand, and Chen Wei'an, who presided over the ceremony, did not give a reminder; when the Federation of Trade Unions Lu Songxiong and New Thinking Di Zhiyuan read the wrong words, Chen Zhu and the two read them again.
According to the regulations, the commissioner for oaths has the responsibility to ensure that the oath is legally carried out. The oaths that comply with the Interpretation of Article 104 of the Basic Law, the Oaths and Declarations Ordinance and the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall be determined as valid oaths; The oath that does not comply with the "Interpretation", the "Regulations" and the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall be determined to be invalid and the oath shall not be rescheduled.
Lin Jianfeng (bottom left) raised his right hand to remind Chen Keqin suspected.
(Legislative Council website)
90 members of the Legislative Council have completed their oaths