Beijing officials ended a three-day “consultation” on electoral reform in Hong Kong, but refused to accept some of the fine-tuning proposals put forward by pro-establishment figures, insisting on cutting public opinion drastically and increasing the number of seats in the Legislative Council for members of controlled organizations, as well as setting up a screening mechanism for candidates, which Beijing officials said would ensure that “patriots The Beijing officials said that this can ensure that “patriots rule Hong Kong”, “but also put higher demands on the ability and standard of the SAR’s governing team.” Current affairs commentator Liu Ruishao pointed out that the so-called consultation is “fake to the point of juice”, while the higher requirements for Carrie Lam’s team is to put words in front of the head, “with a chicken feather to fall on the border (order)”, it is expected that Beijing will only on the NPC decision on Hong Kong elections The NPC Standing Committee on the Legislative Affairs
NPC Standing Committee on the legal work of the Committee together with the “two offices” (Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council and the Central Government Liaison Office in Hong Kong) on the implementation of the NPC decision on the “improvement” of the electoral system in Hong Kong and peach Hong Kong to listen to the views of three days of work yesterday (17) day ended. Xinhua News Agency issued a press release that officials in Hong Kong held more than 60 talks and visits, interviews and other activities, “extensive” to listen to the views of more than 1,000 people from all walks of Life, will be the relevant views and recommendations “comprehensively and objectively” to the NPC Standing Committee report.
However, many comments that Beijing is just going through the motions, the real purpose is to come to Hong Kong to declare, asking Hong Kong people to accept the NPC decision.
The only one with a “pro-democracy” background who has been questioned is TIK Chi-yuen, the former vice chairman of the Democratic Party who has since resigned to form “New Thinking” and become its chairman. The former chairman of the Civic Party, Ronald Tong, who has been appointed as a member of the Executive Council, was also invited to give his opinion, but Kwok Wing-clang of the Civic Party, who was stripped of his membership by the Chinese and Hong Kong governments, pointed out on social media with a picture of Tong, “I (Ronald Tong claimed to be) a democrat should be replaced with I am a ‘sell-out democracy’ faction. “.
Current affairs commentator Liu Ruishao told the station that the consultation was really “fake to the point of juice”. He recalled that the then director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, Lu Ping, had invited people from all walks of life to attend the consultation on the establishment of the Provisional Legislative Council in Hong Kong, and in order to avoid “missing one thing”, it was even stated that those who were not invited could go to the Hong Kong branch of the Xinhua News Agency, the predecessor of the Liaison Office, to request a meeting. In the patriotic debate in 2004, the then director of the NPC’s Legal Affairs Committee, Qiao Xiaoyang, even focused on answering questions from the pro-democracy camp, and only one question from the pro-establishment camp was answered at the meeting.
Commentary: Beijing will only fine-tune the disclosure requirements for election details as a “Chinese humiliation”
As the invitees themselves are from the pro-establishment camp, and Zhang Xiaoming, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, has also made it clear at the beginning that the discussion must be based on the relevant decisions of the NPC, and that opinions “cannot be pie in the sky”, as a result, all of them are basically supportive voices, and strive for a seat in the future Legislative Council for the sector they belong to, while those who deviate slightly from the NPC’s intention For example, the proposal that the proportion of seats in the Legislative Council should be one third each for the Election Committee, district-based direct elections and functional constituencies was rejected because it did not conform to the NPC’s draft statement that “the Election Committee should elect a ‘larger proportion’ of the members of the Legislative Council”.
In this regard, Liu Ruishao pointed out that Beijing officials have come to Hong Kong before the details of the reform of the draft of the belly, to Hong Kong just hope that through contact and lobbying, so that Hong Kong people agree or accept, it is estimated that Beijing officials will only fine-tune the details. As for the pro-establishment camp, they are fighting for their own interests or those of their sectors, so that there is no unity of opinion, or even friction and infighting, which Beijing would like to see, because it leaves more room for Beijing to make decisions.
In addition, Xinhua News Agency reported in a summary of the three-day trip of Beijing officials that Hong Kong people “unanimously support” the NPC decision, and revealed that Beijing officials in Hong Kong “listened to views expressed that …… the decision made by the NPC has the highest authority and must be The report said that Hong Kong people “unanimously support” the NPC decision and revealed that the Beijing officials in Hong Kong “listened to the views expressed that the NPC decision has the highest authority and must be implemented without compromise. …… improve Hong Kong … electoral system, not only provides institutional protection for “patriots ruling Hong Kong”, but also places higher demands on the ability and standard of the SAR’s governing team.” .
In response to reports that Beijing officials have made “higher demands on the ability and standard” of Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s governing team, Liu Ruishao pointed out that the Beijing government is clearly worried about the ability of Lam’s team to implement the NPC’s electoral reforms without compromise, both in terms of its ability to do so and in terms of the ability of the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau to implement the elections. The government is worried about the implementation of the NPC election reform, but also worried about the implementation of the election of the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, once the departure of key personnel, will shake the implementation of the policy, so first to the Hong Kong Government to pressure the big hat, to create internal political tension against their own people, in order to ensure that the governing team can firmly control.
He said that Xinhua News Agency revealed that the Beijing officials have made higher demands on Lam’s team, which is “to hold the duster of chicken feathers in place”, similar to Beijing scholar Tian Feilong’s criticism of Hong Kong’s pro-establishment faction as “loyal waste”. It is a “Chinese style humiliation”, the speaker must have been approved by the Chinese Communist Party, but the accusation was made through an unofficial person or a non-top-level official.
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