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Action in Support of Margaret Ng’s Motion Debate on “Public Consultation on 2012 Constitutional Development”, 7 January 2009
2008-12-30 1. Advertisement in the Hong Kong Economic Journal Daily on 7th January 2009. Electors in FCs are being asked to sign up to a statement (see box) which will appear in Chinese (and may be in English as well), in the HK Economic Journal on 7 January 2009, the day of the debate. This campaign is being organized by Professional Commons who currently has over 50 signatories/supporters and is hoping for a great deal more. If you are prepared to have your name appear as a supporter, please reply to Mr. Simon Kwong at simon.kwong@procommons.org.hk with the name as you would like it to appear, your FC, and also if you would be prepared to contribute towards the cost of the advertisement, please indicate the amount. Current estimate is approximately $14,500. Names will be classified under their respective FCs although others who are not FC voters may also be invited to show support. 2. “20 hrs 12 min” sit-in outside LegCo from about 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, 6 January 2009 Organized by Civic Party: everyone whether FC members or not are welcome to visit the “booth” and sign up on the statement supporting the motion. Text of Proposed Advertisement Today, Ms. Margaret Ng, Legislative Councillor, will be putting forward a Motion for debate in the Legislative Council, calling upon the Chief Executive, when he puts forward his proposals for reform of the method of election of the Chief Executive and election of the Legislative Council, to make clear that Functional Constituencies are to be abolished and to ensure that his proposals lead to election systems in accordance with Article 25 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. We support the Motion demanding the abolition of Functional Constituencies and we call upon the Chief Executive to ensure that his proposals lead irreversibly to 1. the election of the Chief Executive through universal and equal suffrage where the nomination process fully complies with Article 25 of the ICCPR in assuring the right to stand for election without distinction and unreasonable restriction so that it cannot be used to screen out potential candidates on any prohibited grounds including political or other opinion; 2. the election of all its members through universal and equal suffrage and the abolition of all functional constituencies in the Legislative Council. 立法會議員吳靄儀將於今天立法會會議上動議，促請行政長官在制定行政長官和立法會選舉辦法時，須清楚表明廢除功能界別，其所提出的選舉方案，並須達到《公民權利和政治權利國際公約》第二十五條的要求。 我們支持該項動議，要求廢除功能界別，並呼籲行政長官務須令政府建議的改革方案不能逆轉地邁向以下目標： （1） 行政長官的選舉，要有一個充分尊重參選權，一視同仁，不受無理限制，不因政治立場、信念或其他分別而受排斥篩選的提名程序，以符合《公民權利和政治權利國際公約》第二十五條的普及而平等的選舉； （2） 取消所有功能界別議席，所有立法會議員必須以普及而平等的選舉產生。 |
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