China News Service, Hong Kong, March 30 (Reporter Zhang Xiaoxi) Liang Zhenying, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and former chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, said when meeting with the media in Hong Kong on the 30th that the most important thing about democracy is representativeness, and the more representative the better The 40 members of the Legislative Council elected by the Election Committee (Election Committee) represent the views and interests of various sectors in Hong Kong on the issue. Their importance is not less than the opinions of the district directly elected members. Therefore, this is not a retrogression in democracy.
The 27th meeting of the 13th National People’s Congress Standing Committee unanimously adopted on the 30th the newly revised “Annex I to the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China for the Selection of the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region” and the newly revised “Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China” Annex II to the Basic Law: Methods for Forming the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Voting Procedures.
Regarding the establishment of a convener system for the Election Committee, which is responsible for convening meetings of the Election Committee when necessary, and handling related matters, Liang Zhenying pointed out in response to a reporter’s question that he currently does not understand the specific requirements for the convener, but if necessary, he is willing to help the country. , Serve for Hong Kong.
Regarding the 90 members of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, consisting of 40 members elected by the Election Committee, 30 members elected by functional constituencies, and 20 members directly elected by districts, Leung Chun-ying believes that this is not a retrogression in democracy, because democracy The most important thing is to talk about representativeness, the more representative the better.
The 20 members of the district direct elections represent various regions; while the 40 members of the election committee represent the views and interests of all sectors of Hong Kong, and the importance is not less than that of the district direct elections.
As the former chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region elected by the Election Committee, Leung Chun-ying also shared experience and said that there are some sectors that may not be very important in Hong Kong society and cannot be heard every day, such as the agriculture and agriculture, medicine, and Chinese medicine sectors. But if you want to run for the Chief Executive, you need to listen to the opinions of various sectors. For example, he has listened to the views of the Chinese medicine sector when running for the election, and after taking office as the Chief Executive, he promoted Chinese medicine and announced the construction of the Hong Kong Chinese Hospital.
He also said that after the National People's Congress Standing Committee passed the newly revised Basic Law Annexes I and II, local legislative work in Hong Kong must be done as soon as possible so that the election of the Election Committee, the Legislative Council and the Chief Executive can be conducted as soon as possible.
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