The Chinese Parliament approves Hong Kong’s electoral reform and Xi Jinping’s regime to veto candidates

The Chinese Parliament approves the cases by unanimity Hong Kong Electoral System Reform which will be the regime of Xi Jinping el power to veto candidates from the pro-democracy opposition in the legislative elections of the territory.

In this case, the advertisements of the Western capitals, the 3,000 deputies of the Popular National Assembly (APN) approve a “decision-making project on the majority of the electoral system” in the ancient British colony.

A round of applause greeted the result of the vote in the huge Palace of the People, seat of Parliament in Beijing. No deputies voted against the text and only one abstained.

During the announcement of last week’s reform, London, but also Washington and Brussels have announced a Chinese regime against a new attack on Hong Kong’s autonomy, which is what its freedoms are.

The change in the number of members of the Legislative Council (Legco), the Hong Kong Parliament, is being produced this year after Beijing imposes a national security clause that provokes a precedent. of the activists of the opposition in the autonomous territory.

The communist regime imposes its three huge protests in 2019 against the Beijing flu in Hong Kong. However, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s governor has not been able to prevent a 2019 local council consultant from winning a landslide victory over opposition councilors.

“Committee elections”

Through the vote of the Jews, it is hoped that the Permanent Commission of the APN will proceed to edit a project that will be formally approved by the Chinese Parliament before being taxed in Hong Kong.

The text was not published, but by the agency Xinhua explained that to mention the paper of the Hong Kong Electoral Committee, a subordinate body in Beijing that names directly on the basis of the deputies of the Legislative Council.

This mechanism has allowed the Chinese government to secure favorable municipalities for the Lego since the territorial recession in 1997.

The electoral committee, which will pass from the 1,200 current members to 1,500, will run the Ability to select candidates who can present the democratic process of elections, following the official agency.

The Legco will pass from 70 to 90 members, according to the agency, if the electoral committee can now name more than the number of Hong Kong deputies.

Last week, the European Union warned Beijing not to adopt this reform, saying it was ready to “take immediate action” to retaliate. United States denounced for its part “a direct attack on the autonomy” of the ancient colony.

The project is “imperative to maintain lasting stability in Hong Kong”, said Mr Wang Yi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of China.

Single “patriotas”

At the moment of the revolution in China, Beijing has guaranteed Hong Kong until 2047 it will have autonomy and freedoms in the country.

But the regime and the Chinese media are repeating that it is necessary a reform to ensure that only the “patriots” can lead the financial metropolis.

The term patriotism means “love the actual People’s Republic of China led by the Chinese Communist Party”, said March Ru’an, deputy commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong.

‘The Patriots must respect the Chinese Communist Party”, Añadió. ‘We will examine if the candidates complete these criteria”.

Hong Kong’s executive director Carrie Lam, who was present at the hearing, congratulated the Chinese parliament on the vote, saying ‘thank you very much’.

Sondeverbod, Suesor Bernard Chan, Hong Kong Deputy in the Chinese Parliament, dijo el lunes a la AFP that “no surprise that it will allow a large part of the opposition to fly” to the banks of Legco.

“If separatism is not promoted, it is calibrated” to be elected, aseguró.

In September 2020, the authorities will cancel the elections to renovate the Legco meeting, alleging the situation of the covid-19 pandemic.

On Monday, Lam insinuated that there was likely to be a new extension of the elections scheduled for September, due to change in Beijing.

(With AFP information)

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