日韩精品久久一区二区三区_亚洲色图p_亚洲综合在线最大成人_国产中出在线观看_日韩免费_亚洲综合在线一区

US EUROPE AFRICA ASIA 中文
Opinion / Editorials

Milestone for HK democracy

(China Daily) Updated: 2015-04-23 07:52

Milestone for HK democracy

People walk past a banner written by pro-democracy protesters at the area occupied by protesters at Causeway Bay in Hong Kong December 14, 2014. Banner reads "I want real universal suffrage". [Photo/Agencies]

By tabling a draft resolution on its electoral reform blueprint in the Legislative Council on Wednesday, the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has taken another crucial step toward realizing universal suffrage in the city.

Democracy eluded Hong Kong during its one-and-a-half-century colonial era. All of its 28 colonial governors throughout those decades were appointed by the British monarch, who had the exclusive power to appoint the members of the colonial legislature.

Implementing the reform would mean in the space of merely 20 years - between 1997 and 2017 - Hong Kong would have moved from having a British governor "parachuted in" by the British monarch to a leader chosen by its 5 million eligible voters.

Selecting the chief executive by "one person, one vote" is the common aspiration of the central authorities, the SAR government, as well as the people of Hong Kong. For this aspiration to become reality, the SAR government needs to secure the endorsement of its electoral reform plan by the opposition lawmakers.

Unfortunately, the opposition lawmakers, who enjoy a critical minority in the legislature, reiterated on Wednesday their vow to veto the government's electoral reform blueprint. They insisted that the proposed package, which is in conformity with the Basic Law and the legal framework laid down by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Aug 31 last year, did not meet "international standards".

But such standards are purely academic. The NPCSC's legal framework, designed specifically in the context of Hong Kong as a special administrative region of China under the "One Country, Two Systems" policy, is in keeping with the reality of the city. It is intended to help maintain the SAR's social stability and prosperity by ensuring that it is run only by patriots. A veto by the opposition lawmakers might serve the interests of some quarters of society, but it would not be in Hong Kong's overall interests.

Failure to push through the electoral reform plan would create a toxic political environment that would only make it impossible for the SAR government to restart the process for constitutional reform anytime soon.

Most Viewed Today's Top News
Being unaware of hypocrisy is itself hypocrisy
...
主站蜘蛛池模板: 成人免费毛片在线观看 | 狠狠操操 | 黄页网站免费高清在线观看 | 亚洲人成网站999久久久综合 | 久久伊人免费视频 | 色视在线 | 五月婷婷狠狠爱 | 国产日韩在线视频 | 九九精品在线 | 欧美午夜激情影院 | 亚洲国产精品一区二区第一页 | 欧美日韩亚洲高清不卡一区二区三区 | 好大好爽快点视频 | 日本最色网站 | 青久久 | 少妇的肉体的满足毛片 | 91精品国产爱久久久久 | 精品一区二区久久久久久久网站 | 欧美人成在线视频 | 奇米影视777中文久久爱 | 特黄a级片 | 五月久久婷婷综合片丁香花 | 欧美一级欧美一级高清 | 国产一级毛片夜一级毛片 | 欧美成人a∨高清免费观看 久久亚洲欧美日韩精品专区 | 日本黄视频在线观看 | jizz日本护士 | 成人免费一区二区三区视频网站 | 日韩一级视频 | 毛片成人永久免费视频 | 尤物视频在线观看 | 欧美黄区| 一级做a爰片性色毛片2021 | 久久草在线视频观看 | 久久久久欧美精品网站 | 日韩欧美视频一区二区三区 | 天天插天天射天天操 | 欧美日韩视频网站 | 爽爽影院在线看 | 范丞丞星座 | 欧美精品网站 |