Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council of China, proposed in his speech that after the local law should be reached an agreement with the Hong Kong National Security Law, Hong Kong Chief Executive Li Jiachao responded that the Hong Kong Maintenance of the National Security Council has held a meeting a few days ago, and the Hong Kong government will also be held.Make every effort to promote the work of Article 23 of the Hong Kong Basic Law.
Li Jiachao posted on his personal Facebook on Friday (January 13), in response to Xia Baolong's speech at the special seminar on the "Guarantee of the Hong Kong National Security Law" on the same day.
Li Jiachao said that the Hong Kong National Security Commission has previously held a meeting to actively perform the duties of the National Security Commission, including analysis and judgment of Hong Kong's maintenance of national security situation, planning related work, formulating Hong Kong to maintain national security policies, promoting Hong Kong to maintain the country.The construction of a security system and implementation mechanism, coordinate Hong Kong's key tasks and major actions to maintain national security, and make discussions and deployments, and will fully implement the responsibilities explained in the content of the interpretation of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.
He wrote that the National Security Commission supports the amendment to the regulations of legal practitioners, and appropriately handle overseas lawyers who have not qualified for comprehensive practice to participate in the issue of hazarding national security cases.At the same time, the Hong Kong Government will also make every effort to promote the work of Article 23 of the Hong Kong Basic Law as soon as possible.
Li Jiachao pointed out that the rule of law is the cornerstone of Hong Kong's success. Maintaining national sovereignty, security, and development interests is the highest principle of the "one country, two systems", and the obligation and important mission of Hong Kong.
He finally emphasized that the international economic and political pattern is complex and changeable. Hong Kong's administrative, legislative, and judicial organs should always pay attention to the new situation and new changes that endanger national security, and make every effort to prevent, stop and punish the national security that endangers national securityBehavior and activity.
According to Article 23 of the Hong Kong Basic Law, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region must carry out local legislation in splitting national behavior and stealing national secrets to ensure national security.However, since the 500,000 Hong Kong people went to the streets in 2003 and forced the then Chief Executive Dong Jianhua to abandon legislation, the previous Hong Kong Government has been extremely cautious on this issue, and dare not repeat 23 legislation.
Li Jiachao also temporarily suspended 23 legislative draft legislative drafts in the agenda of the Legislative Council in October last year, and did not include 23 legislative timetables into the performance indicators of the administrative report.The explanation given at the time was that 23 legislations need to be completed as soon as possible, but at the same time, it must be effective and safety factor to ensure that they can cope with unimaginable threats and have a preventive effect.
