New Legco must produce substantive policies
- Many Western governments and media have incessantly tried to discredit Hong Kong’s new election system. The local government and the newly elected lawmakers now need to do the work to show them the new framework functions better than the old
Hong Kong’s citizens have, for the first time, voted in an election redesigned at the direction of the central government since the introduction of the national security law more than a year ago. Many Western governments and media have incessantly been trying to discredit the new system with an expanded franchise.
Much work needs to be done by the local government and the newly elected lawmakers to prove them wrong. It behoves them to show the new system works better than the old.
The issue of whether the electoral revamp met Western-style representative democracy is now moot. The old quasi-democratic system didn’t work and ended up with individuals and groups who were happier to discredit their own government and society and to work with foreign governments and agencies to disrupt or destroy their own country.
The subsequent behaviour of many who have gone overseas and openly become puppets of the Anglo-American governments have demonstrated clearly their hidden intentions and agendas all along. Democracy is a great system of government, but not to the point of committing suicide to protect the rights of traitors and puppets of foreign governments to destroy their own country.
No alternative to electoral rollback
Based on the recent reform, the city’s 70-seat legislature has been expanded to 90 with more sectors of society being represented than ever. Originally scheduled in September 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic had forced the election delay. Undeniably, authorities also needed time to redesign and implement the new system.
Some people love to see Hong Kong fail. Some of them are even from the city. If they can’t have what they want such as their so-called democracy and secessionism, they rather see no one else benefit from the city’s prosperity. Such ill intentions have been hidden behind noble rhetoric. Those individuals are only too happy to offer their services to some hostile Western government led by Washington. At least we now know where everyone stands.
To prove their worth, the new Legco election winners will need to come forward with substantive policy proposals, especially with livelihood issues in housing, education, social welfare and public health care; and improving the lot of young people, ameliorating social and economic inequalities, and alleviating poverty.
They are put in Legco for a reason, and it’s not just to be wined and dined by senior government officials. Having identified themselves as “patriots”, this is their once-in-a-lifetime chance to serve their city and their country.
