Author: Gan Wenfeng
Source: Ming Pao
Since the election period of the Hong Kong Legislative Council has been postponed, the concept of loyalty opposition has been proposed again.Especially in the current level of attaching importance to national security, the next living space of the opposition will definitely be smaller, so some people think that they should be transformed into a loyal opposition in this year.EssenceBut what are the so -called loyal opposition, what are they loyal?
The concept of the loyalty opposition comes from the United Kingdom, originally referring to His Majestys Loyal Opposition, which refers to the government's suggestion in the legislature, but this opposition often only involves policy content, or policy enforcement in terms of policy enforcement.Details, even gone between politicians to attack each other with words to achieve politics.But a government must have a loyal opposition. There is an important premise that the ruling party and the opposition party will not be too different on the basis of some of the country.For example, major political parties in the UK have always accepted the British royal family, and the British king is the head of Britain.Imagine that if the opposition demands the cancellation of the British royal family and changes the British Prime Minister as the head of state, then the opposition is no longer a loyal opposition.
Therefore, the loyalty of the loyalty opposition is not loyal to their own, nor is it loyal to the regime. The system in the UK is loyalty to the political system.To talk about loyal opposition in Hong Kong, we must make it clear what this loyal object is.Is it neither their own voters nor the Hong Kong regime. Is it Hong Kong's political system?Obviously not. After the return of the opposition, the main discussions have rarely touched the overthrow of Hong Kong's political system. In addition to some publicly discussed Hong Kong independence in recent years, most of the time after returning, the opposition still abides by Hong Kong's political game rules. If loyalty, if you are loyal,For the government in Hong Kong, most oppositions are already loyal oppositions and do not have to mention this issue in the near future.
Therefore, the object of loyalty must be a higher level, that is, the country's government.Today's politics is simple, that is, the Communist Party of China, as the sole leader of the ruling party, implements one -party governance, and the rest of the political parties can participate in politics through the CPPCC.Regardless of whether you like it, this is the political pattern of the mainland. There is even no concept of the opposition party in the mainland. Political parties outside the Communist Party of China are the political parties.In other words, the loyal opposition in Hong Kong must agree with the Chinese Communist Party as the only ruling party in China. Will they often shout that they will end the one -party dictatorship?
Of course, some people think that after the establishment of the National Security Law of Hong Kong, some opposition may take their heads up, but the problem is that if they publicly indicate that the Communist Party of China is the only ruling party, they can be sure that they will lose a lot of votes and lose their seats in the next election.Today's Hong Kong society tears, and the ideology is very different. It is impossible for the opposition supporters to accept the Communist Party's one -party governance.In this case, it is even more fantasizing to look forward to the emergence of loyal opposition in Hong Kong, because whoever becomes a loyal opposition will be defeated in the next election, and the seats will be returned to the next group of unfaithful opposition.
Therefore, the problem is not a loyal opposition in Hong Kong, because it is impossible to have it at all. It is not possible to return until 2047.The question is that the governance system led by Hong Kong needs a loyal opposition?If we really need, do we have a substitute?If not needed, there is no need to be entangled in this concept at all.The loyal opposition is just the concept of the political system from the British. If we are confident in our own system, in fact, we do n’t need to implant this concept into Hong Kong, and we do n’t need to deliberately enter the discourse system of others to judge ourselves and think that our system has something to do.Lack.
