Qu Yingyan, the "famous mouth" of the establishment and the host of the program, questioned why Legislative Council members have about 80 days of paid summer vacation every year, saying that it is inexplicable.
Jasper Jasper, the former chairman of the Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong who once served as the chairman of the Legislative Council, filmed a video explaining how many paid holidays he actually gets every year as a member.
Jasper Jasper said that members of the Legislative Council do not have statutory holidays, and the so-called "summer vacation" actually requires meetings and work.
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There will be no general meeting for two and a half months but there will still be small group meetings
Traditionally, the Legislative Council does not hold plenary sessions from July to September, that is, about two and a half months.
The outside world is concerned that members of parliament are "paying according to their salary" during this period, thinking that it is equivalent to two and a half months of paid vacation.
Jasper Jasper said in the video "Insightful Experts" that critics compare the holidays stipulated by officials including the chief executive, but members of the Legislative Council have no provisions to stipulate annual holidays, "there is no such thing as holidays at all."
He said that critics regard the time when members of the Legislative Council "do not have to hold plenary meetings" as holidays, "to be honest, it is not very fair" because the law stipulates that members can be called for emergency meetings if necessary, "the chief executive or legislature Even the chairman of the meeting, I have tried as a member of the council, returning to the meeting during the so-called "summer vacation".
Moreover, during this period of time, only plenary meetings were suspended, and other group meetings did not require adjournment.
There is no requirement for members of the Legislative Council to work full-time.
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Part-time jobs such as NPC deputies have no general job security
He believes that the nature of members of the Legislative Council and representatives of the National People's Congress is comparable. The law does not stipulate that the members of the Legislative Council must work full-time, and in fact they are not full-time. "If you are a representative of the National People's Congress, you are a doctor. After the representative continues to practice and continue to do the original job, the Legislative Council will have the same income." "Many of them are members of the brought-in job and the original position." Moreover, members do not have the retirement protection that ordinary jobs have, and I think they can't Measure their performance against general job requirements.
At the same time, government officials can only work full-time, and they need to give up their original positions when they take office. "Do you think it is more appropriate to be a member of the parliament than an official? Is it more appropriate to be a representative of the National People's Congress?"
He also made a comparison with the members of the Executive Council, pointing out that the guild holds a meeting once a week, taking into account the one-day preparation time, "Can you say that the members of the guild have five days off every week? You can't do it!" And Trade union members, like members of the Legislative Council, do not need to resign from their original positions.
At present, the monthly salary of members of the Legislative Council is about 100,000 yuan, and the executive council is also paid about 80,000 yuan. Jasper Jasper asked, if according to the saying that no meeting is a holiday, "there are more holidays in the guild?"
Initially working full time and now many MPs are working full time
Jasper Jasper said that the salary and work arrangement of members of the Legislative Council has undergone a development process. It was indeed similar to that of the National People's Congress at the beginning. It was completed after a weekly meeting.
Afterwards, the workload gradually increased, and they also had to contact voters and supervise the government's governance. Many MPs worked full-time in the Legislative Council, and their salaries were increased accordingly.
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