Pro-Beijing camp goes all out to stop retaking of oaths by Hong Kong localist legislators who insulted China
Pro-establishment lawmakers pile pressure on Legislative Council president Andrew Leung to prevent Youngspiration’s Sixtus Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching retaking their oaths
Pro-Beijing lawmakers are piling pressure on the head of Hong Kong’s legislature to impose an outright ban on swearing in two localists who insulted China, and have threatened to use “all possible means” – including another walkout – to get their way.
The pro-establishment camp said on Friday it was up to Legislative Council president Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen to decide how he could make use of rules and laws to reverse his own decision to allow the localist pair to retake their oaths, even though his lawyers had advised him to give them a second chance.
Also on Friday, Bar Association chairwoman Winnie Tam Wan-chi reflected Beijing’s worries about the impact of newly elected radical lawmakers on Legco operations. After leading a delegation to meet the director of the State Council’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, she revealed that Wang Guangya had called for “determined action” to be taken against “illegal conduct”.
While Wang did not comment directly on the oath-taking row, the pro-establishment camp called an urgent press conference on Friday night to announce their decision ahead of next Wednesday’s meeting when Youngspiration’s Sixtus Baggio Leung Chung-hang and Yau Wai-ching are due to retake their oaths.