There were scuffles in Hong Kong's parliament Monday as lawmakers fought for control of a key committee chair.
Starry Lee, leader of the pro-Beijing DAB, the largest party in the body, was eventually elected with 40 votes. However opposition lawmakers said they would not recognize Lee.
"As you can see this is an illegitimate meeting, without any legal grounds, and Chan Kin-por in fact has exercised illegitimate power and so we don't count Starry Lee as the chairman of the House Committee,"Dennis Kwok, a lawmaker with the pro-democracy Civic Party, had chaired the House Committee until he was stripped of his responsibilities last week by LegCo President Andrew Leung, following a, who accused Kwok of "filibustering" and hinted at moving to have him...
"The reality in Hong Kong today is that whenever Beijing, whenever Carrie Lam and the pro-establishment don't like something, they will do whatever it takes, including breaking the system that we have, the rules that we have," Kwok said Monday.. The proposed law will make it a crime punishable by up to three years in prison "to insult the national anthem."
It has been widely criticized by opposition figures and human rights organizations, but is likely to pass the body, in which pro-Beijing lawmakers hold the majority. The government hopes to do so before the current term ends in July, ahead of parliamentary elections in September. Those elections, as well as the national anthem law, are likely to be a key theme of renewed anti-government protests, which have been gathering steam again after a prolonged break due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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