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Pro-democracy Legislators Censure Decision on Submitting Issue Regarding Vacuum Period to NPC, Citing Constitutional Loophole
Source: Stand News #Aug1
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Pro-democracy Legislators Censure Decision on Submitting Issue Regarding Vacuum Period to NPC, Citing Constitutional Loophole
Source: Stand News #Aug1
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#LegCoElection #NPC #InfiniteTerm #Vacuum #1C1S
Pro-democracy Legislators Censure Decision on Submitting Issue Regarding Vacuum Period to NPC, Citing Constitutional Loophole
Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced on Friday, 31 July that the election would be postponed to September 5 next year according to the Emergency Regulations Ordinance, yet the arrangements for the 1-year vacuum period remains to be determined by Central Government via the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. 22 pro-democracy legislators issued a joint declaration, censuring Lam for "creating the vacuum period and constitutional loophole out of thin air", and for bring Hong Kong "to a state of no return."
They stated that legal matters regarding the elections could be done locally as the elections are considered part of the local autonomy to reduce political shock, but since the government submitted this issue regarding the "vacuum period" to the NPC, they feared that Hong Kong would be trapped in a "sinkhole of the NPC's power", with Beijing taking the opportunity to create its own rules and pass "evil laws", trampling on Hong Kong's democratically-elected legislative system.
The legislators feared that submitting this issue to the NPC would shake the constitutional foundations for a high degree of autonomy to its core, likening it to surrendering Hong Kong's fate for the second time. They called Lam's decisions into question, claiming that Lam postponed the elections fearing the voice of the people after estimating the turnout rate of the elections to be around 70%.
They stated that public discontent has been deepening for the past year following the Extradition Bill, National Security Law, and the government's inability to control the pandemic, and they feared that the regime would "get greedy" and form the "indefinite extended-term Congress"
Editor's Note: The "indefinite extended-term Congress" refers to the Congress of the Republic of China (ROC) between 1948 and 1991, where democratically elected legislators stayed in power for over forty years due to the ROC never having "liberated the mainland", and thus was unable to let people in the mainland elect for their legislators.
Source: Stand News #Aug1
Pro-democracy Legislators Censure Decision on Submitting Issue Regarding Vacuum Period to NPC, Citing Constitutional Loophole
Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced on Friday, 31 July that the election would be postponed to September 5 next year according to the Emergency Regulations Ordinance, yet the arrangements for the 1-year vacuum period remains to be determined by Central Government via the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. 22 pro-democracy legislators issued a joint declaration, censuring Lam for "creating the vacuum period and constitutional loophole out of thin air", and for bring Hong Kong "to a state of no return."
They stated that legal matters regarding the elections could be done locally as the elections are considered part of the local autonomy to reduce political shock, but since the government submitted this issue regarding the "vacuum period" to the NPC, they feared that Hong Kong would be trapped in a "sinkhole of the NPC's power", with Beijing taking the opportunity to create its own rules and pass "evil laws", trampling on Hong Kong's democratically-elected legislative system.
The legislators feared that submitting this issue to the NPC would shake the constitutional foundations for a high degree of autonomy to its core, likening it to surrendering Hong Kong's fate for the second time. They called Lam's decisions into question, claiming that Lam postponed the elections fearing the voice of the people after estimating the turnout rate of the elections to be around 70%.
They stated that public discontent has been deepening for the past year following the Extradition Bill, National Security Law, and the government's inability to control the pandemic, and they feared that the regime would "get greedy" and form the "indefinite extended-term Congress"
Editor's Note: The "indefinite extended-term Congress" refers to the Congress of the Republic of China (ROC) between 1948 and 1991, where democratically elected legislators stayed in power for over forty years due to the ROC never having "liberated the mainland", and thus was unable to let people in the mainland elect for their legislators.
Source: Stand News #Aug1