The government revoked the isolation order today. New Thinking Legislative Council member Di Zhiyuan believes that now is the right time to review the government's anti-epidemic work. In the short term, the parliament will move to set up a committee to investigate and find out the shortcomings and responsibilities.
Jiang Yuhuan, another member of the election committee, even supported the establishment of an independent investigation committee, saying: "People are forgetful. It seems a bit difficult to recall what happened three years ago. Wait?"
However, Lin Zhexuan in the medical and health circle believes that the review should not be about blaming each other, but more importantly, making suggestions.
The government did not respond to whether it will launch a review, but said that the government has continued to summarize experience.
Di Zhiyuan: Motion to investigate and hold accountable for anti-epidemic work in the short term
Di Zhiyuan said that during the fifth wave of the epidemic, the government seemed to be in a hurry, and many elderly people passed away. "With these painful experiences, we should learn more experience, and it is time to review." The anti-epidemic work in the past three years also pointed out that the government should review the anti-epidemic work and find out who is responsible.
In addition to understanding the situation and making improvements, is there insufficient coordination between government operations or departments?
Will there be omissions by officials?
All these need to find out the truth.
Di Zhiyuan, member of the Legislative Council
Jiang Yuhuan: The government should set up an independent investigation committee
Jiang Yuhuan of the Election Committee believes that the Legislative Council should not be responsible for the investigation. She explained: "Will the Legislative Council have enough resources to formulate such an in-depth report? Although the Legislative Council has members with different backgrounds, it may not be enough. It would be better to leave it to experts (review). The new government should be proactive, expect the chief executive to make a decision, and not let the Legislative Council take the initiative.”
She believes that it is best for the government to set up an independent investigation committee to review various aspects, including vaccination, isolation arrangements, testing arrangements, epidemic prevention measures, institutional arrangements, protection for the elderly and young children, cooperation between public and private medical systems, cooperation between traditional Chinese medicine, data Data analysis and distribution, entry and exit restrictions, economic impact, school children's education and learning progress, citizens' emotional and mental health, etc.
She also pointed out that if the government follows the example of the post-SARS practice and sets up an expert committee, the degree of independence and scope of authority are sufficient, and she thinks it is acceptable.
However, Jiang Yuhuan emphasized that the review work should not be aimed at finding responsibility, and emphasized that the expectation of the society is to publicly and comprehensively review the anti-epidemic work. In addition, the new crown epidemic has spanned two governments. It is unfair for the new government to be responsible for the deficiencies of the old government .
If the old government has deficiencies, they are all gone, and it is not fair if the new government is responsible.
Legislative Council member Jiang Yuhuan
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Lin Zhexuan: The review should not focus on accountability
Lin Zhexuan, a member of the medical and health circles, believes that the fifth wave of the epidemic appears to be the government's bewilderment. He pointed out that according to rough calculations, the spread of the virus in Hong Kong was seven times faster than that in the UK at that time. The medical staff were exhausted and the public system was on the verge of collapse.
Afterwards, he recalled that the government could deploy it earlier, but he also understood that the government’s decision-making at that time also faced limitations. It could only be based on the understanding of the virus at that time and the degree of social acceptance, and the vaccination rate of citizens at that time was also not ideal.
Lin Zhexuan believes that the government can set up a committee composed of experts and people from the public to review the anti-epidemic work, but it should not aim at accountability, otherwise "everyone is very concerned and it is easy to criticize subjectively." Instead, the government should lay out the facts and explore room for improvement.
As for whether the Legislative Council should investigate, Lin Zhexuan believes that it is too early to say: "If the government really does it (objective review), I am inclined to let the government do it; but if it makes members feel that something is wrong and does not meet the requirements, the council can do it again. Decide."
Lee Hye Kyung: Not convinced to form a committee
As the largest party in the Legislative Council, Li Huiqiong, chairman of the Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong, said that although the quarantine order has been lifted, it does not mean that the epidemic is over. At present, we should continue to implement epidemic prevention and anti-epidemic measures and strive for full customs clearance as soon as possible. Meet, I believe there will be good news soon.
As for whether an independent investigation committee should be established to review the response to the new crown epidemic, Li Huiqiong said bluntly: "I have not been persuaded ... and the time is not right to deal with it." She emphasized that the government's current priority is to develop the economy and improve people's livelihood. As for the government Further review and optimization of epidemic prevention and anti-epidemic policies and improvement of the primary medical system, "the government should always do."
After the government and the Legislative Council respectively reviewed and investigated the SARS epidemic in 2003, the government set up a team composed of experts from the UK, the US, Australia, mainland China and locals. It took about 5 months to finally publish a report of more than 200 pages, recommending Set up a health protection center, strengthen the hospital's response capacity, and ensure sufficient supplies.
However, the report did not touch on the issue of responsibility. As a result, the Legislative Council set up a special committee to conduct an investigation in 8 months. The report was more than 400 pages long, naming and criticizing many officials for their mistakes. The then chairman, Leung Che-hung, resigned.
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