Lu Wenduan, vice-chairman of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, wrote an article in a newspaper, pointing out that Chief Executive Lee Ka-chao had requested the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress to interpret the law regarding the participation of overseas lawyers in the case of the Hong Kong National Security Law, which received firm support from the central government.
He pointed out that the current problem is not whether to interpret the law, but how to interpret the law, and there must be enough time to comprehensively review the implementation of the National Security Law in Hong Kong.
Lu Wenduan emphasized that the central government firmly supports Li Jiachao's request for interpretation of the Li Zhiying case.
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Lu Wentuan wrote in Ming Pao that Li Jiachao’s request to the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress for interpretation of the Lai Zhiying case was a decision made after close communication with relevant parties from the central government, and it was fully affirmed and firmly supported by the central government. Interpretation.
He pointed out that the central government has asked Li Jiachao to submit a report on the implementation of the National Security Law, and the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office has also proposed to implement the requirements of the report of the 20th National Congress to ensure the implementation of the National Security Law. It is necessary to comprehensively review the implementation of the National Security Law, and it needs enough time to deal with it.
It is unimaginable for the central government to turn back and let the SAR handle it on its own
Lu Wentuan pointed out that from the perspective of the central government and the SAR government, the Jimmy Lai case is regarded as the "number one national security case", and outside interference in the trial of the case will never be allowed.
He also pointed out that, from a common sense point of view, it is impossible for the chief executive to act on his own. Without the support of the central government, he hastily proposed an absolution, and then the central government turned him back and let the SAR handle it himself. This is unimaginable.
Therefore, for some local legal professionals who proposed that Hong Kong should amend the law itself to replace the interpretation of the law, Lu Wentuan said that with the ruling of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal, it is difficult to guarantee that there will not be unexpected problems or even legal challenges. If the case is lost again, We have to go back to the track of the National People's Congress interpreting the law.
Therefore, only the interpretation of the law by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress can ensure the fundamental solution to the problem, ensure the accuracy and implementation of the National Security Law, and try to prevent some issues that could have been resolved within the judicial system of the SAR without interpretation.
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