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Source Title: Hong Kong Liaison Office Statement: Strongly Support the Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress that the patriots ruling Hong Kong is a political rule that must be adhered to
Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, November 11. The Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region issued a statement on the 11th, strongly supporting the 23rd meeting of the Standing Committee of the XIII. The Decision on the Qualifications of Members of the Legislative Council of the Special Administrative Region ”strongly supports the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region by stating that the sixth member of the Legislative Council, Guo Rongkeng, and others, will lose the qualifications of the Council. Legislative in accordance with the decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress.
The statement noted that the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress is a permanent body of the highest body of state power and has the power to make decisions on constitutional issues during the implementation of the Hong Kong Basic Law and the National Security Law. From Hong Kong. Its legal validity and authority cannot be questioned. The decision taken by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress established the institutional arrangements for members of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to lose their membership, and it clearly applied to those who were declared invalid during the nomination period. of the seventh legislative council election scheduled for September this year. Member of the Sixth Legislative Council. This is in line with Article 104 of the Basic Law and the interpretation of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, as well as the legislative spirit of the Hong Kong National Security Law. It is solid and perfect system of special administrative region under “one country, two systems”. This decision establishes a fund and rules to ensure that politicians in the governance structure of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region fulfill their constitutional responsibility of loyalty to the country and the Special Administrative Region. It also provides the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in accordance with the relevant interpretations of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress. And the decision to carry out local legislative work under article 104 of the Basic Law provides further legal support.
The statement indicated that during the nomination period for the election of the seventh Legislative Council, the Returned Official of the Government of the Special Administrative Region, in accordance with the Hong Kong Basic Law and local laws, determined that 12 persons were not complying “the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China and were loyal to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.” According to legal requirements and conditions, the nomination was declared invalid, including Guo Rongkeng and four other people. According to the decision of the Permanent Commission of the National People’s Congress, these four people have lost their qualification as members, and of course they cannot be extended as long as they continue to carry out their functions in the Sixth Legislative Council. We strongly support the legitimate announcement by the Government of the Special Administrative Region that Guo Rongkeng and four other individuals have been disqualified as members of Congress. We support the Government of the Special Administrative Region in the firm application of the will of the country and the spirit of the Constitution and in the serious maintenance of the constitutional order of the Special Administrative Region.
The statement emphasized that Mr. Deng Xiaoping pointed out long ago that “the people of Hong Kong who rule Hong Kong” have a limit and a standard, that is, the people of Hong Kong with patriots as the main body must rule Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China, and loving the country and Hong Kong is a political ethic that every SAR politician must adhere to, and it is also a fundamental requirement of the Constitution and the Basic Law. The special administrative region system under “one country, two systems” must be continuously developed, improved and finalized in practice, and some fundamental and long-term rules must be established. Only by firmly implementing the comprehensive central government governance over the special administrative region and always insisting on the patriots who rule Hong Kong, “one country, two systems” will be able to move on the right path and achieve Hong Kong’s long-term prosperity and stability. .
