China News Service, Brussels, January 7 (Reporter De Yongjian) On the 7th, the spokesperson of the Chinese Mission to the European Union answered questions from the reporter on the European side's accusation of the Hong Kong police for arresting persons suspected of subverting state power, emphasizing that the European side deliberately used "democracy." The words "rule of law" and "primary elections" are confusing.
In any country, violations of the law must be punished by the law, and they cannot be excused because they were once parliamentarians or so-called "activists."
A reporter asked that the EU’s High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy issued a statement on the 7th stating that more than 50 people in Hong Kong were arrested by the police for participating in the “democratic primary elections” in July 2020, calling on the Hong Kong authorities to respect democracy and the rule of law and immediately release the arrested persons. Any comment on this?
The spokesperson of the Chinese mission to the European Union said that the Hong Kong police recently arrested a group of activists suspected of subverting state power. This is a legal action taken in accordance with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Basic Law and the Hong Kong National Security Law. It belongs to China's internal affairs and the EU has no right to interfere.
The spokesperson emphasized that the European side deliberately used the words "democracy", "rule of law" and "primary elections" in the statement to confuse people.
Elections are an important manifestation of citizens' exercise of political and democratic rights, and must be conducted in accordance with the law and its prescribed procedures.
There has never been a so-called "primary election" procedure in Hong Kong's electoral system.
The "primary election" planned and implemented by the relevant personnel in July last year is actually illegal, seriously disrupting and undermining the Hong Kong electoral system and its fairness and justice. Its real purpose is to seize control of the Legislative Council and paralyze the SAR government. It is against the Basic Law of Hong Kong and the national security of Hong Kong. The law's blatant provocation.
"In any country, violating the law must be punished by the law. These people cannot be excused because they were members of the law or so-called'activists'. This is precisely what democracy and the rule of law should be." The spokesman said.
The spokesperson urged that the EU stated in its statement that it hoped that Hong Kong's "one country, two systems" and "high degree of autonomy" principles would be respected. Then it should first respect China's judicial sovereignty, stop interfering in Hong Kong affairs, and stop interfering with the Hong Kong police in performing their duties according to law.
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