Lin Dingguo, director of the Hong Kong Department of Justice, pointed out that the district council election must be held at the end of this year, so he hopes that the draft regulations of the District Council can be passed before the Legislative Council's summer vacation.
Lin Dingguo Sunday (May 7) wrote on the blog that the term of the current district council will end on December 31, 2023.According to the regulations of the District Council, the general elections of the district council must be held at the end of 2023.Therefore, "the SAR Government has urgently submitting a draft amendment regulations to the Legislative Council and striving for the Legislative Council to pass the draft as soon as possible, hoping to complete the legislative procedure before the summer vacation."
Lin Dingguo said that after the previous district council election, what a large number of district councilors did not only severely damaged the harmony of the community and hindered the development of the region, but also attempted to turn the politicalization of the district parliament into a political organization.Severe deviation from Article 97 of the Basic Law.
According to Article 97 of the Basic Law, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region can set up non -political regional organizations.Serve.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced last week that the new district council was greatly renamed, and the direct election seats were reduced from 90 % to 20 %.
According to the new plan, the direct election seats will be greatly reduced to 88 seats. The 179 seats are appointed by the Chief Executive. The 176 seats belong to the regional committee meeting. The remaining 27 seats are of course parliamentary seats.
