Straight News: What do you think of the election of the president and vice president of the Hong Kong Bar Association? In addition, why did Zhang Daming temporarily resign as a member of the Law Society?
Special Commentator Chen Bing: The Hong Kong Bar Association is a very historical professional association, but in incidents such as the storm over the revision of the law, the lawyers' association has been deeply involved in politics and has violated the professional line.
Last week, the lawyers' meeting conducted a partial re-election of directors, and as a result, the "professional" team won all 5 seats, while the so-called "enlightened faction" all lost the election, which is a good sign that the lawyers will return to the profession. The so-called "enlightened faction" in the law society are actually those who are deeply involved in politics, deviate from the profession, and even openly smear the police in the fight against violence and chaos, and some of them are also associated with foreign intervention forces, but only use the word "enlightened" to beautify it.
Now that the president and vice president have been elected, President Chen Zeming has been elected and said that he will welcome the future work with the most humble attitude, and lead the lawyers to uphold the professional spirit, political neutrality and impartiality to speak out on social issues from a legal point of view. It's also the latest sign that lawyers will put things right. However, the bar will have to act to prove, in fact, not in words, that it is taking a professional line. The spirit of the rule of law is the core value of Hong Kong, and the professionalism of lawyers is an important part of ensuring the rule of law in Hong Kong.
As for the sudden resignation of Zhang Daming, a lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong, he himself claimed to have resigned due to personal affairs, but it is more likely that he is making trouble, deliberately stirring up a topic and expressing dissatisfaction with the lawyers' return to the professional line. Zhang Daming is actually a "provocationist", that is, a person who incites "Hong Kong independence" and is famous for manipulating political topics. It would also be inappropriate for such a person to remain in the bar, so his resignation took effect immediately.
Straight News: The qualifications of the candidates for the Hong Kong Election Commission have been completed, and the two do not meet the qualifications, including Zheng Songtai, who is an ex-officio member, what do you think?
Special Commentator Chen Bing: The reason for setting up a candidate qualification examination committee is to ensure that patriotic people who love the country and Hong Kong govern Hong Kong, and that people who pretend to support the Basic Law and are loyal to the SAR are not allowed to enter the governance system under the guise of supporting the Basic Law and being loyal to the SAR. Hong Kong's Chief Secretary for Administration, Lee Ka-chiu, who also chairs the QC, also said he would not be deceived by rhetoric or deceived by fraudsters who were good at playing different roles.
Since Zheng Songtai entered politics, there have always been problems in his patriotism and love for Hong Kong, he was involved in the incident of planting the national flag and the district flag in 2016, and in 2019, he fueled the "black riot" incident and did not draw a line with the "black riot" elements. He now pretends to be patriotic and loves Hong Kong, and what he has done is the opposite, that is, Li Jiachao's liar who is good at using rhetoric and superficial kung fu. At the same time, he was disqualified, and at the same time, he was DQ as a member of the Legislative Council, which is a sign of strict control by the QC, which can effectively prevent people from fishing in muddy waters, build a protective barrier for Hong Kong society, and strictly enforce the standards of patriots governing Hong Kong.
Author: Chen Bing, Shenzhen Satellite TV direct news commentator, senior chief writer.