China News Service, April 13th. A spokesman for the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council responded to reporters regarding the chaos in the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on the 13th. This behavior is tantamount to "political speculation." This is strongly condemned.
Q: The new annual session of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region began on October 16, last year. The former Vice-Chairman of the House Committee, Mr Kwok Kwong Kwong, presided over the election of the committee. However, due to the deliberate delay of him and the opposition MPs, the House Committee has held 14 meetings so far and has not yet elected the chairman, resulting in a large amount of work in the Legislative Council being suspended. The Chief Executive and all sectors of the society expressed concern and dissatisfaction with this. A few days ago, more than 40 members of the establishment faction issued a joint statement condemning Mr. Guo Rongkeng. How does the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office view the chaos of the House Committee?
Answer: The House Committee is the most important committee of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Due to the abuse of power by the members who chaired the election of the chairman of the House Committee and some opposition members, the malicious delay of the procedural issues caused the House Committee to fail to elect the chairman for nearly six months, which has seriously affected the normal operation of the Legislative Council A large number of important legislative activities involving economic livelihood and social development cannot be carried out.
At present, the epidemic situation of New Coronary Pneumonia in Hong Kong is still grim, the economy is getting worse, many merchants are having difficult operations, and many families are under heavy pressure. At this very moment, as a member of the Legislative Council representing the public opinion, this emergency response to the public's urgency takes the overall situation as the priority, fulfills its due responsibilities, and works together with the SAR Government and all sectors of the society to overcome the difficulties.
However, in order to seek political private gains, some opposition MPs disregard the public interest and use a despicable method to paralyze the operation of the legislature. This behavior is tantamount to "political speculation." What he has done is questionable and violates the oath, which constitutes a misconduct of public officials. We strongly condemn this. It is hoped that all sectors of Hong Kong society will recognize the serious consequences that the opposition may have, and they must not allow these members of parliament to do whatever they want to do. The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region must resume normal operations as soon as possible.