The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government submitted a draft of the Reform District Council to the Legislative Council on Wednesday (May 31st). It is hoped that it will be approved before the Legislative Council in July, so that the next district Council will fully implement the "Patriot Governing Hong Kong"Essence
The scholars of the interviewed believe that the district council was once controlled by democracy during the 2019 anti -repair campaign; the official reform will ensure that the district council will be firmly in the hands of the institutionalist in the future.
According to the Hong Kong government documents, the draft regulations cover six main laws and 15 affiliated laws, and set the provisions of nine main matters, including: district council functions, composition, establishment of district council qualification review committees, district council members lost qualifications to be qualifiedSituation, election methods and related election arrangements, as well as district council members' performance supervision mechanisms.
Draft suggestions, the new district council consists of the appointment, the regional committee sectors, the district council local constituency election, and of course.Special zone.The qualification review committee will be composed of chairman, two to four officials and dates, and one to three non -governmental and prestigious members, all of which are appointed by the Chief Executive's Constitutional Daily.
Integrated 44 direct election constituencies, the upper limit of election spending ranges from 512,400 to 951,600 Hong Kong dollars. The upper limit of the election expenses of the regional committee sectors will be set to HK $ 100,000 ($ 17,300).The official will give two election candidate election expenditures, and the amount of each vote will increase from HK $ 15 to HK $ 16 by inflation.
After being elected by members, the evaluation performance of the performance supervision mechanism must be accepted.If the chairman of the district and district council and the minimum of the minimum members of the motion proposed and the support of the members of the parliament will be launched, the investigation can be launched, and the director of the Civil Affairs and Youth Affairs Bureau will be appointed by the Director of the Civil Affairs and Youth Affairs Bureau.
The Supervisory Committee consists of a non -district member and four district councilors from other constituencies. After the investigation is completed, a written report shall be submitted to the Director of the People's Youth Bureau, suggesting whether and what sanctions are made.The People's Youth Bureau can warn, fined or suspend positions to the investigators.
The Legislative Council Conference on Wednesday on the draft of the Regulations on Wednesday and the second reading.Zeng Guowei, the director of the Political Affairs and Mainland Affairs Bureau, criticized that this year's district council provokes the citizens to hat their revenge on the government and deceive votes and seats. Therefore, it is necessary to reform the district council as soon as possible.
He said: "The last time the anti -China -China -Random Hong Kong molecule was used through an incomplete district council election system to use all kinds of despicable and confused (cunning) techniques to continuously create political issues, even rumors and false messages provokedThe emotions of the masses and the opposition and hatred of the government, thereby cheating a lot of votes and seats. "
Zeng Guowei said that since the Hong Kong Government announced the improvement of the regional governance suggestion plan, a number of patriotic and loved Hong Kong groups quickly set up a large league and collected more than 1.61 million signatures, reflecting the strong support and earnest expectations of all sectors of society on the plan.It also proves that what the Hong Kong government does echo the requirements of the people.
Dr. Chen Xiaofeng, Secretary -General of the Hong Kong Law Exchange Foundation, pointed out in a joint morning newspaper that under administrative leadership, the draft proposed by the Hong Kong government will be approved under the administrative leadership.This draft is expected to pass before the Legislative Council for the Central Legislative Council in July this year to cooperate with the new district council election at the end of the year and start a term of office in January next year.
Chen Xiaofeng pointed out that in the 2019 anti -repair campaign, the district council became a platform for a black storm.The official reform of this time, comprehensively implementing the "Patriot Governing Hong Kong" principle, can prevent the district council from being manipulated by the opposition again and returning to the right track of serving the citizens.
For example, he said that in the past, due to the fierce competition for seats, the political wrestling between the party was unavoidable, resulting in low efficiency of district councils and insufficient services to public interests."The reform plan proposes the method of arranging, indirect elections, direct elections, etc., and can choose more factors such as the ability and experience of candidates to consider more candidates' ability and experience.Well -serving the community, jumping out of gorgeous speeches, seeking truth from facts to solve practical problems. "
But Chen Xiaofeng also said that in actual advancement, officials need to give various forces to fully participate and express their own opinions to create a better community governance environment.The role of district councilors and caring teams in the future will be over again, and all parties will also discuss how to cooperate with each other to jointly contribute to improving regional governance.
