In the press

    Updated: 2013-05-16 05:02

    (HK Edition)

      Print Mail Large Medium  Small 分享按鈕 0

    In the press

    Ho Chi-man

    ATD's plan unconstitutional

    The Alliance for True Democracy (ATD) recently published a preliminary proposal about the method of electing the Chief Executive (CE) by universal suffrage in 2017, including the selection of Nomination Committee (NC) members by secret ballots from all eligible voters. A hopeful becomes a legitimate candidate if he/she has the support of one-eighth of the NC members or is promoted as such in a written petition signed by a sizable number of eligible voters.

    Elsie Leung, former secretary for justice of the SAR government and deputy director of the Basic Law Committee, said the ATD's proposed format of the 2017 CE Election by universal suffrage does not comply with relevant decisions of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) announced in 2007. Indeed, discussions about the method of selecting NC members can be wide open so as to gather as many ideas as possible, provided they follow the Basic Law and relevant decisions of the NPCSC faithfully and do not step out of the boundaries of the rule of law.

    Qiao Xiaoyang, director of the Law Committee of the NPC, said earlier this year that all existing systems of democratic election by universal suffrage are established on a constitutional foundation unique to each society and the one for Hong Kong is none other than the Basic Law and relevant decisions of the NPCSC. The foundation is also the common platform for popular discussions about universal suffrage. Without this common platform, consensus will be impossible because there are no boundaries and everyone is free to fantasize. That is why there are so many different electoral systems in today's world but no universal template to copy.

    An electoral format removed from its constitutional foundation is illegal; while blindly copying a foreign system will only create confusion and chaos. Hong Kong's constitutional foundation for elections by universal suffrage can only be the Basic Law and relevant decisions of the NPCSC, not the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights the ATD is obsessed with day in and day out.

    The author is a current affairs commentator. This is an excerpted translation of his article published in Hong Kong Commercial Daily on May 15.

    Judicial review farce

    Legislative Council (LegCo) President Tsang Yok-sing formally terminated the filibuster by four opposition lawmakers against the 2013-14 Budget Plan at noon on Tuesday. His decision was made and executed according to the Rules of Procedure of LegCo. It was meant to prevent the SAR government from being disabled by a "fiscal cliff", allow measures aimed at benefiting the public to be implemented and restore order in LegCo.

    The LegCo president's power to terminate filibusters has been recognized by the court, but the lawmakers who used it against the Budget Plan threatened to overturn the decision through a judicial review, which can only be seen as an unjustifiable ploy.

    The Civic Party and Democratic Party both said they did not support the latest filibuster, but are now opposing the decision to terminate it. Their self-contradicting outburst tells people they are in fact partners with People Power (PP) and the League of Social Democrats (LSD), which are responsible for the filibuster, and therefore should be condemned.

    Tsang had every reason and unquestionable power to cut the ill-motivated, dragging filibuster game short. However, PP chief Wong Yuk-man immediately requested a break of the scheduled session to debate Tsang's decision; while his fellow PP troublemaker Chan Wai-yip and LSD's "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung went a step further into preposterousness by threatening to harass Tsang with another judicial review.

    Leung filed for judicial review twice against Tsang last year after the LegCo president terminated a filibuster he launched against the LegCo Ordinance (Amendment) Bill, designed to prevent lawmakers from resigning to force by-elections and calling them "referendum" at taxpayers' expense, and lost. The Court of Appeal ruled earlier this year that Leung must pay the full expenses of both parties in the case because he lost.

    The verdict also reaffirmed that Tsang as LegCo president has the power to cut filibusters short to protect public interest as well as ensure normal operations of LegCo. Leung and Chan will only show the public they are thoroughly incorrigible if they go ahead with the judicial review farce.

    This is an excerpted translation of a Wen Wei Po editorial published on May 15.

    (HK Edition 05/16/2013 page9)

    曰批全过程免费视频在线观看无码| 久久中文精品无码中文字幕| 亚洲AV无码成人精品区狼人影院| 少妇无码太爽了不卡在线观看| 天堂网www中文在线| 午夜无码A级毛片免费视频| 中文字幕免费视频| 亚洲一区二区无码偷拍| 国产av无码专区亚洲av桃花庵| 国产色无码精品视频免费| 日本乱中文字幕系列观看| 免费无码AV一区二区| 日韩乱码人妻无码中文字幕久久| 惠民福利中文字幕人妻无码乱精品| 天堂无码在线观看| 久久久久久久亚洲Av无码| 久久久久久国产精品无码下载| 亚洲国产综合精品中文第一区| 最好看的2018中文在线观看| 久久国产三级无码一区二区| 精品无码一区在线观看 | 亚洲AV无码成H人在线观看| 国产午夜无码视频在线观看| 亚洲av中文无码乱人伦在线咪咕| 高清无码中文字幕在线观看视频| 欧美日韩国产中文精品字幕自在自线| 中文字幕无码第1页| 天堂亚洲国产中文在线 | 国模无码一区二区三区不卡| 人妻中文字系列无码专区| 亚洲av中文无码乱人伦在线播放| 久久亚洲AV无码精品色午夜麻豆| 亚洲精品欧美二区三区中文字幕 | 国产中文字幕在线观看| 亚洲色成人中文字幕网站| 中文字幕精品无码一区二区| 中文字幕人妻无码专区| 日韩一本之道一区中文字幕| 制服丝袜人妻中文字幕在线| 人妻少妇久久中文字幕| 中文字幕14页影音先锋|