China News Agency, Brussels, August 3rd. On the 3rd, the spokesperson of the Chinese mission to the European Union responded to the statement of the EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy on Hong Kong's postponement of the Legislative Council election, emphasizing that the postponement of the Legislative Council election by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government due to the epidemic is reasonable, reasonable and legal.
A reporter asked, on the 3rd, the EU’s high-level foreign and security policy representative issued a statement on the postponement of the Legislative Council election by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government due to the epidemic. What’s China’s comment on this?
The spokesperson of the Chinese mission to the European Union said that Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China, and the election of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Legislative Council is a local election in China. It is purely an internal matter of Hong Kong. No foreign government, organization or individual has the right to interfere, and there is no reason to interfere.
The spokesman emphasized that in the face of a severe epidemic, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government decided to postpone the election of the seventh Legislative Council. This is a legitimate move to protect the lives and health of Hong Kong citizens and a necessary move to ensure the safety, fairness and fairness of the Legislative Council election. There is no shortage of precedents in the world for the postponement of elections due to disasters such as the epidemic. The decision of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government conforms to this prevailing practice and is reasonable, reasonable and legal. (Finish)