Hong Kong: Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam said on Friday that the HKSAR government fully assists the central government’s efforts to improve the HKSAR’s electoral system and practice the principle of “patriots governing Hong Kong.”
Lam made the remarks in a statement released shortly after a draft decision on improving the electoral system of the HKSAR was submitted on Friday to the National People’s Congress (NPC) for deliberation.
“This principle is fundamental to national sovereignty, security, development interests, as well as the long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong,” Lam said in the statement.
HKSAR government will collect the views of different sectors of Hong Kong and analyze them to assist the Standing Committee of the NPC in amending Annex I of the Basic Law, which concerns the method for the selection of the Chief Executive, and Annex II, which concerns the method for the formation of the Legislative Council and its voting procedures, she noted.
She said that as there will be a number of elections in the coming 12 months, so there is a “pressing need” to complete the necessary legislative work.
In recent years, there have been parties opposed to the central government and disrupted the law and order of Hong Kong, Lam said, adding they may enter the HKSAR political system through elections.
–The Daily Mail-CGTN
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