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Alvin Yeung Ngok-kiu, Kwok Ka-ki, Kenneth Leun, Dennis Kwok
All the opposition MPs in Hong Kong resigned to protest the dismissal of their four colleagues.
On Wednesday, Beijing approved the “Decision of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly of China on the status of the member of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.”
This decision establishes that the members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong have acted in favor of the policy of “the force that promotes the independence of Hong Kong”; refusing to acknowledge that China has and exercises sovereignty over Hong Kong; seek foreign or non-Chinese power to interfere in Hong Kong affairs; or that damages national security in another way, will immediately lose the status of parliamentarian of the Legislative Assembly.
Due to the resolution, four congressmen – Alvin Yeung, Kwok Ka-ki and Dennis Kwok and Kenneth Leung – immediately lost their status.
Soon after, opposition MPs said they would resign to show solidarity.
This is the first time since 1997 that the Hong Kong Legislative Council has nearly stopped its voice of opposition.
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Opposition MPs stand in front of the press
Hong Kong leader Ms. Carrie Lam is in favor of Beijing and has the support of the Chinese government.
In June, China introduced Hong Kong’s national security laws.
The so-called “pro-democratic” deputies have 19 seats in a 70-seat council.
But the remaining 15 people have now simultaneously resigned to protest.
Hong Kong Democratic Party Chairman Wu Chi-wai said: “We can no longer say that there is still ‘one-nation duality’, a development that defines official death.”
‘Today’s Hong Kong Law’ Made in China ‘
Yang Duan’s immediate comment on Germany’s DW page said that with the departure of all opposition MPs at the Legislative Institute (LegCo), Hong Kong’s “autonomous painting” is considered erased.
From now on, Hong Kong is essentially nothing “democratic” and Hong Kong people have to live with the “Made in China” law, drawn up by Beijing.
The Chinese journalist also recalled that Article 79 of the Basic Law – Hong Kong’s mini-constitution – under the international agreement with the United Kingdom, requires a 2/3 majority of the votes in the LegCo to remove a congressman. .
A dispute over whether a deputy will occupy the post will require a court ruling.
But Beijing can now use the direct decision of the National Assembly to remove Hong Kong MPs.
Without waiting until then, all the non-Beijing elected members have left.
Furthermore, according to British newspapers, the Beijing government no longer “pretends” to let Hong Kong’s limited democracy work.
The 11/11 Guardian cited a document from Beijing’s Hong Kong-Macao Liaison Office confirming that “Hong Kong must be ruled by patriots.”
British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab has said that “removing parliamentarians from the opposition of the Legislative Assembly is a new attack on the level of autonomy of Hong Kong and the freedom that the Anglo-China Joint Declaration has.” write the”.
