Liang Junyan, chairman of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, said that the beautification project of the demonstration area of the comprehensive building of the Hong Kong Legislative Council has been completed, but at least it will not be re -opened until early 2025.
The Hong Kong Newspaper On Wednesday (August 16) published an interview with Liang Junyan.Liang Junyan said that although the beautification project of the demonstration area of the Legislative Council building has been completed, the Legislative Council Building is undergoing expansion, and some of the demolished glass are still placed in the Legislative Council square next to the demonstration area.It is not until the completion of the expansion project in early 2025 before considering re -opening.
Liang Junyan emphasized that there was no other political considerations except the above factors.
According to the guidance of the Hong Kong Legislative Council Plaza, individual or groups are generally approved to petition or demonstrate in the demonstration area designated by the Legislative Council.After the Legislative Council building was officially opened in 2011, the position of the rain cover of the Legislative Council, part of the Square of the Legislative Council, and commonly known as the "bottom of the pot" was classified as a demonstration area.
In the past, when the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was reading a policy report or a fiscal budget, there would be a request for a request to demonstrate to the Chief Executive and Finance Division in the demonstration area.After a demonstrator broke into the Legislative Council on July 1, 2019, the demonstration area was once enclosed; after unblocking in 2021, it has not been opened to the outside world.
When asked if the demonstration area was reopening in 2025, it was justified that the Hong Kong Legislative Councilor Xie Weijun believed that peaceful demonstrations are the characteristics of Hong Kong, and even mainland Chinese tourists will visit the demonstration in Hong Kong; if the social environment is stable,Citizens should be allowed to express their opinions in places including the Legislative Council demonstration area.
He believes that after the outbreak of the Hong Kong anti -repair example, there are still other dissatisfaction voices in Hong Kong society, but it is difficult to express it. It should be like "Dayu's Water" to guide the people to resent for a long time.
Chen Baoying, the chairman of the Hong Kong Socialist, also said that demonstration and petition are constitutional rights given by the Basic Law. Relevant departments should assist the public to demonstrate peaceful demonstrations, especially the demonstration area managed by the legislature.And the past demonstration area allows different groups to petition at the same time, showing five lights.She believes that the Legislative Council has been prolonged for too long, and it should explain why they have long -term deprivation of citizens' petition rights and whether they can be replaced by a demonstration area in another area.
