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Beijing Intervenes Hong Kong Local Affairs, taking avantage of the pandemic to flout "One Country Two Systems"
On April 13, Beijing's top offices overseeing Hong Kong affairs, namely the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council and the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong SAR, have hit out at pro-democracy lawmakers, claiming that their behavior could have violated lawmaker’s oaths and breached the council's regulations.
Beijing particularly named pro-democracy legislator Dennis Kwok Wing-hang, who had presided in 14 meetings without any success in electing the House Committee’s chairperson.
In a press conference on April 14, pro-democracy legislators condemmed Beijing for taking advantage of Coronavirus Outbreak to influence the local affairs of Hong Kong. The violation of One Country Two Systems was equivalent to declaring war to the people of Hong Kong.
Wu Chi-wai of Democratic Party criticized Beijing for being "completely inappropriate" and trampling on the "one country, two systems" policy. Beijing's statement also reflected that the Central Government has long been disrespected by the people and will ultimately resort to political repression to sustain its governance.
Pro-democray legislator Claudia Mo explained that filibustering is the last option of every legislator with conscience to veto evil laws that bring injustice, “if the Government does not push through controversial legislations such as the National Anthem Law and Article 23 of the Basic Law, no one in the legislature would ever filibuster.
Pro-democracy Chan Chi-chuen of People’s Power denounced Beijing's action as a “self-directed political storm”, showing that China is stepping up their interference on Hong Kong against the will of the local population: “China is taking advantage of the spread of Wuhan Pneumonia around the world, as other countries are probably too busy to comment on these nasty doings.” Chan called for Hong Kong people to stand firm and resist.
Pro-establishment legislators defended that it was obstruction of legislative Council’s operation that courted intervention from China. They will urge the Council’s Chairman to investigate and they will explore all possible ways to follow-up, including suing Kwok for violating the lawmaker’s oath.
Source: InMedia; Now News
https://bit.ly/2y8U4j8
#Apr14 #Filibuster #FreedomofSpeech #OneCountryTwoSystems
Beijing Intervenes Hong Kong Local Affairs, taking avantage of the pandemic to flout "One Country Two Systems"
On April 13, Beijing's top offices overseeing Hong Kong affairs, namely the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council and the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong SAR, have hit out at pro-democracy lawmakers, claiming that their behavior could have violated lawmaker’s oaths and breached the council's regulations.
Beijing particularly named pro-democracy legislator Dennis Kwok Wing-hang, who had presided in 14 meetings without any success in electing the House Committee’s chairperson.
In a press conference on April 14, pro-democracy legislators condemmed Beijing for taking advantage of Coronavirus Outbreak to influence the local affairs of Hong Kong. The violation of One Country Two Systems was equivalent to declaring war to the people of Hong Kong.
Wu Chi-wai of Democratic Party criticized Beijing for being "completely inappropriate" and trampling on the "one country, two systems" policy. Beijing's statement also reflected that the Central Government has long been disrespected by the people and will ultimately resort to political repression to sustain its governance.
Pro-democray legislator Claudia Mo explained that filibustering is the last option of every legislator with conscience to veto evil laws that bring injustice, “if the Government does not push through controversial legislations such as the National Anthem Law and Article 23 of the Basic Law, no one in the legislature would ever filibuster.
Pro-democracy Chan Chi-chuen of People’s Power denounced Beijing's action as a “self-directed political storm”, showing that China is stepping up their interference on Hong Kong against the will of the local population: “China is taking advantage of the spread of Wuhan Pneumonia around the world, as other countries are probably too busy to comment on these nasty doings.” Chan called for Hong Kong people to stand firm and resist.
Pro-establishment legislators defended that it was obstruction of legislative Council’s operation that courted intervention from China. They will urge the Council’s Chairman to investigate and they will explore all possible ways to follow-up, including suing Kwok for violating the lawmaker’s oath.
Source: InMedia; Now News
https://bit.ly/2y8U4j8
#Apr14 #Filibuster #FreedomofSpeech #OneCountryTwoSystems