Professor Johannes M. M. CHAN, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Law, Hong Kong University, said that the interpretation of the Hong Kong Basic Law by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the Beijing regime seriously undermines the rule of law in Hong Kong, especially in a situation where the Hong Kong Basic Law (the mini-Constitution of Hong Kong) is arbitrarily amended by the Beijing regime at a close door meeting.
Beijing regime is good at manipulating politics. Under the dictatorial rule of Beijing regime, even China's Constitution can be amended at any time, if necessary. Beijing regime fully understands when, and how, to amend the Hong Kong Basic Law.
Unlike the Hong Kong Basic Law that is a social contract and a political contract, a commercial contract does not even entail one signatory's uninvited interpretation of the contract itself and forcing the other signatory to obey the unilateral interpretation.
After April 6, 2004 every Hongkonger questions, 'is the Basic Law the Law of Dictatorship? ' Since the Hong Kong Basic Law is deemed the mini-Constitution of Hong Kong, should Beijing regime have been so careless as to create ambiguities in the Hong Kong Basic Law during the legislation process in the late 1980s? Would Beijing regime have been so foolish that it considered it worth leaving a stigma on the National People's Congress that enacted and passed the Hong Kong Basic Law in the early 1990s?
Given the notorious track record of Beijing regime, we shall not be surprised at the fact that Beijing regime is always willing to give its promises for the sake of expediency but it seldom takes it serious to keep its promises.
Posted by independenthongkong
at 2:52 PM JST
