Mingbao approves the Hong Kong Government to overly tighten the district council elect

(Hong Kong News) The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced on Tuesday (May 2) to announce the regional council reorganization plan. The Ming Pao issued a new plan for social reviews the next day, "Directly cuts directly, excessive tightening is unnecessary."

The Hong Kong Government announced in the new plan that it will restore the appointment seats, and the direct election seats will be reduced from 90 % to 20 % in the past.

The Ming Pao Agency commented that in the past 40 years, the composition and functions of the district council have continued to evolve. The general direction is that the proportion of the election seats has continued to increase and the functions continue to expand.trend.

"After the central amendment of the SAR election system, the district council has no power to elect the Legislative Council and the Chief Executive; under the new plan, the district council will no longer have the function of managing or approved funding.

"Since the consultation is to listen to opinions, the higher the public participation and openness, the better. The election ingredients have fallen to only 20 %, and the political tightening is over.The civil affairs commissioner is the chairman. If the work is not done well, the government has no responsibility. "

Social comments pointed out: "The government said that he hopes to listen to more opinions, and on the other side, there is a power of appointment. Whether the district councilors will dare to criticize and tell the opinions of other government standpoints, it is concerned."

Hong Kong officials proposed to introduce district council members' performance supervision system, hoping to strengthen accountability and transparency.Social comments believe that if the actual implementation will affect the district councilor's words, it also needs to pay attention.The district council can no longer become a platform for publicity in Hong Kong independence, but if the so -called "negative behavior" list is too strict, it may also over -restrict the expression of district members, which hinders the expression of criticism.