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Chinese pro-establishment Lee Wai-chung became chairman of the Hong Kong legislation Committee

[China News]     19 May 2020
The election of the chairman of the internal affairs committee of the Hong Kong legislation Council ended in chaos, and Li Huiqiong, the former chairman of the pro-Beijing establishment, was "elected" by the pan-national councillor without a vote. The pan-democrats said they did not recognize the result.
Chinese pro-establishment Lee Wai-chung became chairman of the Hong Kong legislation Committee

Hong kong legislation council chairman election venue may 18 chaos.


The election of the chairman of the internal affairs committee of the Hong Kong legislation Council ended in chaos, and Li Huiqiong, the former chairman of the pro-Beijing establishment, was "elected" by the pan-national councillor without a vote. The pan-democrats said they did not recognize the result.

On monday (may 18), the inner-committee meeting of the hong kong legislation was thrown into disarray when pan-democratic councillor ocratic councillor questioning the qualifications of the founding councillor, chen jianbo, who presided over the meeting, as many as 14 pan-democratic councillor expelled. It was the second time this month that the inner-committee meeting was in disarray.

Election of the chairman of the internal committee of the hong kong legislation council was delayed by seven months. legislation meeting resumed in October 2019, because the last chairman of the internal committee Li Huiqiong ran for re-election, the internal committee vice-chairman of the citizen party councillor Guo Rongkeng presided over the chairman election agenda.

On may 15th, mr. liang, the chairman of the pro-china legislation council, deprive mr. guo's authority, appointed mr. chen jianbo, chairman of the legislation finance committee, to chair the meeting, but the pan-people councillor said the establishment was tantamount to "taking power ".

Li won 40 votes to be elected chairman of the inner-committee, but after the meeting, chen shuzhuang, conven chen shuzhuang, said the election was "not well-deserved" and pan-people would not acknowledge the result.

After her re-election, Li Huiqiong, who is also chairman of the NLD, said the election process was controversial and that if councillor had different ideas, they could seek adjudication through other means, including judicial means.

The Committee is composed of all councillor other than the President of the legislation Committee, has the function of preparing for legislation meetings, including an important function of considering proposals submitted to the Committee.

The Hong Kong legislation Hong Kong legislation Council has issued a statement stating that Mr Kwok has repeatedly used the status of Vice-Chairman of the House Committee to block the election of the Chairman, causing the bill and subsidiary law to fail to set up a subcommittee to follow up before the amendment deadline.

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Responding to the remarks made by the two offices, Mr Kwok said that under the checks and balances "constitutional principle, the two offices had no authority or qualifications to influence and comment on the functioning of the legislation and committees, nor any authority or qualifications to influence and comment on the way in which legislation would perform their duties. The two offices were criticized for not being familiar with the above-mentioned law or rules, for making statements that were totally unjustified accusation and political abuse.

Guo has previously said that "Rabu" is to block the "National Anthem Bill" legislation. After the passage of the bill, those found to have tampered with and insulted the national anthem will be fined HK $50,000 or imprisoned for three years.

And Li Huiqiong, a pro-Beijing establishment councillor, was elected chairman of the inner-committee to pave the way for debate on the bill.

Earlier, the "national anthem law" after the internal committee review, will be scheduled for 27 this month at the legislation session of the second reading. The councillor of several deputies and CPPCC members of the Hong Kong People's Congress are expected to remain in Hong Kong to vote as the Chinese People's Congress CPPCC "the" two sessions ".

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