HKSAR gov't to fully support national security legislation: chief executive

• Published date: 26 May 2020
• Publication title: Xinhua Finance Agency

head title/title/headbody HONG KONG, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that the national legislature's national security legislation for Hong Kong is in strict accordance with the Constitution and the Basic Law, and the HKSAR government will fully support the legislation.The decision by the National People's Congress (NPC) on national security legislation for Hong Kong has solid and unquestionable constitutional and legal basis, Lam said in response to the unwarranted remarks by some foreign politicians.

The legislation will not violate the Basic Law of the HKSAR, instead will improve the system and mechanisms related to the implementation of the Basic Law. It will help ensure the full implementation of "one country, two systems" in Hong Kong and safeguard Hong Kong's long-term prosperity and stability, Lam said at a media session before the Executive Council meeting on Tuesday morning.

The chief executive refuted the erroneous statement that "the central authorities replace Hong Kong's role in the legislation" as totally disregarding the constitutional relationship between the HKSAR and the central government as well as the fact that legislation on national security falls within the purview of the central authorities in countries of both unitary and federal systems.The foreign politicians who made the statement are holding double standards, she pointed out, stressing that the NPC's move is to exercise the power...