Chief Executive-designate Li Jiachao announced today (22nd) the list of unofficial members of the new Executive Council. Among the 16 members, as many as 8 are members of the Legislative Council. Among them, NDP Chairman Ye Liu Shuyi is the convener.
Based on the analysis of politicians and scholars, there are three main points of interest in the list of members of the guild.
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1. The first Legislative Council member to serve as the guild convener
Looking at the convener of the executive council after the handover, whether it is Zhong Shiyuan, Leung Chun-ying, Ronald Carlos, Lam Huan-kwong, or even the current Chen Zhisi, all have no political party background, and they were not members of the Legislative Council when they were in office. This is the first time that an incumbent member of the Legislative Council has served. Guild convener, and the first woman to hold this important position.
Liu Zhaojia, vice-chairman of the National Association for Hong Kong and Macau Studies, believes that the relationship between the executive and the legislature under the new political situation will require more cooperation to jointly promote the policy agenda reached by consensus in the patriotic camp and establish a governance alliance jointly formed by the executive and legislative organs. Therefore, the Legislative Council It is not a miracle that a member of parliament also serves as the convener of the Executive Council.
Member of the current Executive Council.
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Liu Zhaojia: Ye Liuke strives for the right to speak abroad
Liu Zhaojia pointed out that in the future, the Executive Council needs to strengthen its "combat effectiveness" and play a more active role in the process of policy implementation. Internally, it must absorb social opinions to persuade citizens to support the policy. The role of the guild was questioned as being too low-key. "Many citizens don't know who (members of the guild) are."
Liu Zhaojia even believes that Ye Liu Shuyi is very competent in the work of fighting for the right to speak abroad.
In addition, members of the Legislative Council with political party background serve as guild convener, which can make the relationship between the executive and the legislature closer, reduce the separation, and form a "community of destiny". When testing the water temperature, when there may be a problem in the end, the members of the guild did not have enough confidence to explain the government because they did not have enough time to express their opinions or have insufficient grasp of the policy. I hope the government can make better use of the guild in the future.
Ye Liu responded: Inquire about the policy as usual but will not criticize the collective decision of the guild
In reply to "Hong Kong 01", Ye Liu Shuyi said that the members of the guild, including the convener, have no administrative power, and are appointed as government advisers in their personal capacity, so their nature is consistent with members of other political parties serving as guild members. She also believes that since she is the chief executive Appointed as the convener of the guild, "he must believe that I am impartial and selfless, will not follow the interests of the party, but look at the overall situation, which is also my purpose."
In response to the former press coordinator Feng Weiguang's earlier questioning, Ye Liu often criticized other members of the establishment camp in the past. For example, in the case of Liu Liqun's promotion to the permanent secretary of the Food and Health Bureau, he pointed out that some people "Cultural Revolution-style criticism" Liu.
Ye Tai retorted that all his speeches were based on facts. For example, Liu Liqun's failure to clear the Lennon Wall earlier that day was not a personal decision, but a comprehensive decision by the top government officials, and there was an unfinished lawsuit at the time, "All my speeches have explanations, It is a comment based on objective facts.”
Mrs. Ye stressed that as a Legislative Council member, if you have questions about government policies, it would be a dereliction of duty not to ask questions; but as a convener in the future, if the issue has been discussed in the Executive Council and she feels that there are obvious problems, she will first report to the Chief Executive. Reflecting that if the Chief Executive has a final decision, he will not issue other attacks and objections, so as not to make the outside world feel that the Executive Council and the government are not at odds, "In short, I will question the details of daily documents as usual, but I will not criticize the collective decision of the guild. ."
She also pointed out that she agreed that the government should do more work on policy interpretation. I believe that in the future, the Chief Executive will carefully divide the labor. As the guild convener, she will help as much as she can.
Ye Liu Shuyi, chairman of the New Democratic Party, will serve as the convener of the guild.
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2. The financial background still occupies an important seat. 70-year-old Liang Gao Meiyi joins
In the composition of the new Executive Council, there are many influential people from the financial and financial circles.
Ren Zhigang, the former president of the HKMA, who was called by Carrie Lam as one of the "three financial backers", will remain in office. Among the new members are Leung Ko Mei-yi, a former senior executive of several banks, and Chan Kin-bo, a legislator from the insurance sector who is familiar with the business world.
According to the analysis of the people in the established system, the new SAR government is facing the complex and ever-changing internal and external situation. It needs people with experience and knowledge of finance to help the government and provide professional advice to the government. Members also need a number of people with experience in this area; Leung Ko Mei-yi has worked in banks with different backgrounds such as Hang Seng, HSBC, Chong Hing, etc., and currently has no other bank-related positions, so she will not give the outside world any “bias”. The look and feel of an interbank.
However, some senior members of the establishment party were surprised by the appointment of Leung Ko Mei Yi, who is in her 70s. She pointed out that the other party has already retired and may not be the most suitable for the market. Why not invite Wang Dongsheng, the non-executive chairman of HSBC Bank, but she believes that Leung Ko Mei Yi is familiar with the banking system and believes that she can work with other members. complement each other.
The DAB, the largest party in the Legislative Council, has only one representative in the new Executive Council.
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3. The rest of the DAB is on an equal footing with other parties
The new Executive Council also differs in the allocation of political party seats. The DAB has two members, Ye Kwok-him and Cheung Kwok-kwan, in the current guild, but only Chen Hacken will be left in the next session.
In fact, each establishment party generally has only one member in a guild.
The DAB has two members in this guild, which itself is a "special arrangement". After the chairman of the DAB, Li Huiqiong, resigned as a member of the guild in 2016, he was replaced by the party's veteran, Ye Guoqian.
When the government changed in 2017, Ye Guoqian hoped to stay in the guild, but at the same time the DAB hoped that the "star of tomorrow" Zhang Guojun would join the guild, so the two were appointed at the same time.
This time, the DAB has only one person left in the guild, and it is on an equal footing with other political parties, which can be regarded as "returning to normalcy".
In theory, there are two members in the guild, namely Lin Jianfeng and Liu Yeqiang, but in fact Liu Yeqiang joined the guild as the chairman of the Heung Yee Kuk.
Liu Zhaojia.
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DAB Chinese: I believe that some members will serve as deputy bureau political assistants
The DAB has two members in the current Executive Council, and there will be only one member left in the next term. Cheung Kwok-kwan also quit the party to focus on the work of the Deputy Secretary of Justice. Does this mean that the party's influence "does not rise but declines"?
Some people in Minji said that they do not want to put pressure on Li Jiachao. If necessary, the DAB is willing to "give up their love". At the same time, they also have to look at the overall situation. I believe that the new government will also recruit talents from this party to serve as deputy secretary and political assistant.
DAB Chairman Lee Wai-king pointed out that the number of members of the DAB Association and its gains and losses are not considered, but the most important thing is that the new government finds a suitable team and starts work as soon as possible, so that the public can see the "result-oriented" governance.
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