Overseas Network, March 5th. On March 5th, at the Fourth Session of the Thirteenth National People’s Congress, entrusted by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, Wang Chen, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress Explanation of the Decision of the Congress on Improving the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's Electoral System (Draft).

On the same day, the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Carrie Lam, the vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the first chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Tung Chee-hwa, and the vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the former chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region respectively issued statements to express their views on improving the electoral system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor: The SAR government will fully cooperate and implement and improve measures through local legislation

　　Carrie Lam and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government fully respect the central leadership’s leadership in improving the electoral system, and agree with Vice Chairman Wang Chen’s decision on the “National People’s Congress on Improving the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s Electoral System (Draft)” at the meeting on the 5th. The five basic principles set out in the explanation are to fully and accurately implement the principles of "one country, two systems", "Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong" and a high degree of autonomy; firmly safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests; insisting on governing Hong Kong according to law; conforming to the actual situation of Hong Kong and enhancing the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Governance effectiveness.

The SAR government will fully cooperate, implement and improve measures through local legislation, and adhere to the principle of "patriots ruling Hong Kong".

　　Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor pointed out that in view of the many elections in the next twelve months, the legislative work cannot be delayed. The SAR government will definitely go all out to reflect the opinions of all sectors of the Hong Kong society and assist the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in amending the method for selecting the Chief Executive in Annex I of the Basic Law. Annex II The method for forming the Legislative Council and the voting procedures, and the relevant local election laws will be formulated and revised in accordance with the annex provisions to be passed later and submitted to the Legislative Council for deliberation.

Tung Chee-hwa: Hong Kong has reached a critical moment where reforms will not work

　　Tung Chee-hwa believes that Hong Kong has reached a critical moment where reforms will not work.

From the perspective of Hong Kong governance, the full implementation of the principle of "patriots ruling Hong Kong" and the improvement of the election system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region are major measures taken by the central government to fully implement the "One Country, Two Systems" policy. It is not only related to the well-being of 7.5 million Hong Kong citizens, but also The long-term stability of the SAR brings sound institutional guarantees.

　　Tung Chee-hwa said that the principle of "patriots ruling Hong Kong" should be fully implemented to correct the chaos of Hong Kong's political ecology in the past few years, and to prevent anti-China chaos Hong Kong elements from entering Hong Kong's governance structure through elections, which is beneficial to national sovereignty, security, development interests, and The long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong have caused harm. This is what the people want and it is a matter of course.

　　Tung Chee-hwa believes that Hong Kong has reached a critical moment where reforms will not work.

It is the core of "One Country, Two Systems" that patriots hold important public positions, and it is also a universally recognized political ethic.

　Liang Zhenying: If the electoral system is not finished, Hong Kong will never have peace

　　Liang Zhenying said that some members of the Election Committee, Legislative Council members and district councillors elected in recent years have openly colluded with foreign governments to target the country and paralyze the administration of the SAR government, which is sensational.

If Hong Kong's electoral system is not perfected, there will be no peace in Hong Kong.

　　Liang Zhenying pointed out that the general idea of ​​the motion proposed today is to "restructure and increase empowerment" for the election committee. In addition to nominating and electing the chief executive, it is also responsible for electing a "larger proportion of legislative council members and directly participating in the nomination of all legislation." Candidates for conference members" implement the core election functions of the Election Committee.

　　He believes that the election committee nominates and elects the chief executive, and is also responsible for electing "a larger proportion of legislators and directly participating in the nomination of all legislative candidates". In addition to ensuring that patriots govern Hong Kong, it can also improve executive legislation. relationship.

(Overseas Net Wu Qian)