#ExposingChinaNews #ExclusiveFromChinasWebsite Bar Association denounced the core values of Hong Kong Federation slander 2014-10-09 08:26 Sing Tao Daily Sing Tao Global Network News: ACSF day before the opening after the preparatory meeting with the government, the Deputy Secretary-General of Cen Ao Fai questioned why the constitutional and legal basis of the provisions of the constitutional development Two issues are playing with the public and students, the Federation yesterday recurrence statement urging the government to stop the legal package of political trick. Bar Association issued a statement yesterday, referring to the ACSF these remarks very dangerous, is to discredit the rule of law. Guild also said that action has brought about excessive harm to many people, but the long-term and large-scale occupation of public places and roads, causing traffic congestion, such acts of civil disobedience, have a chance to break the law. Sing Tao Daily reported, the Bar Association following the September 29 issued a statement condemning the police excessive use of tear gas, yesterday issued a statement against the occupation of another people. Association said that Hong Kong is a long-term and large-scale occupation of a large number of people in public places and roads, have the opportunity to break the law; criminal prosecution even if the participants were described this as civil disobedience, they can not become a defense reasons. Guild also said that disobedience must also respect those rights and freedoms of other persons who hold different views, nor deal with the social cause excessive damage or inconvenience, but ready to act on their own criminal liability. But guild that there are indications of continued acts of the occupiers, many people have begun to bring the excessive damage and inconvenience, and even quoted occupation groups also acknowledged that action against the parents, wage earners as well as nearby residents and other ordinary people, causing life inconvenience, the Bar Association regrets this table, but fortunately most of the occupiers have shown peace. For the Government to discuss the constitutional basis of constitutional development and legal requirements, the two issues, the Federation questioned the Governments request to discuss the two is playing tricks students and citizens or just obsessed with trivial legal details. Bar Association stressed that even the decision of the Standing Committee of how dissatisfied Federation described the constitutional principle of the question, Is the spirit of the rule of law, public slander, these remarks very dangerous. Society and means to discuss the electoral system must be carried out within the framework of Basic Law, is the principle indisputable. Themselves as Senior Counsel guild members Andrew Liao said, very much agree with the Bar Association that civil disobedience grounds of non-defense and constitutional discussions of constitutional development, said playing petty tricks and promises to detail is slander the rule of law two . He stressed that the rule of law is an important core values of Hong Kong, the use of illegal actions against demonstrators, and to make other peoples lives affected by a sense of fear, particularly severe impact on students and other young people. For this action very large scale, would make enforcement difficult, Liao said the peaceful occupation of those acts, and quoted the Bar instructions for civil disobedience action, the police and the prosecutor to prosecute law enforcement and the exercise of discretion, the performance should also be considerate and moderate restraint . Andrew Liao believes that students and the public has been fully expressed, and the conflict has begun to appear in various districts and other unpleasant events, fearing sustained action will make the situation worse; and students took to the streets a long time, in addition to their academic impact, Yiling Parents worry, I hope those who have occupied the proper retreat. Bar Federation responded when stressed, always respect the law, the framework should also agree that universal suffrage Basic to. But as far as they understand, not necessarily undesirable citizens nominated framework Basic Law, but also that between the Basic Law Framework and National Peoples Congress decided that there is considerable room for interpretation. Federation explained that denounced government legal package politics, is criticizing the government lacks sincerity, and accused the government of law as a political tool, stressing that the Government is not a party to respect the law.
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 03:20:13 +0000