Separate Vote Count Mechanism
Topic: The Separate Vote Count Mechanism in the Hong Kong Legislative Council
In Hong Kong Legislative Council (Legco), the decision rule is difference for the bills by government and the bills by the legislative council members. There are different views about the Separate Vote Count Mechanism in the decision rule of Legco. Some people think that it cannot reveal public interest and some people think it has its function on resisting so called “unreasonable” or “nonsense” bills by the legco members. This essay is going to talk about the decision rules in the Legco and also it will focus on the separate vote count mechanism.
Introduction of Legislative Council and its decision rules
The Articles 66 to 79 of the Basic Law is the rules which set up for the formation, term of office, powers and functions and other matters of the Legco. The principle duties of the Legco are to enact, amend or repeal laws, examine and approve budgets, taxation and public expenditure as well as raise questions on the work of the government. Moreover, the Legco also has the power to endorse the appointment and removal of the judges of the Court of Final Appeal and the Chief Judge of the High Court and also the power to impeach the Chief Executive. In 2012, the fifth Legco is composited by 70 members. Thirty-five members of the Legco are returned by the geographic constituencies through direct elections and the other half of members are returned by the functional constituencies.
There are two types of bills and they are the bills and motions introduced by the government and by the Legco members. For the bills by the government, it includes important bills and the ordinary bills. And the important bills are related to the method of forming the Legco, Legco’s procedures for voting on bills and motions and the amendment on the provisions of annex 2 in Basic Law. Ordinary bills are all the bills which is unrelated to the above aspects. For the voting of bills, there should have
In Hong Kong Legislative Council (Legco), the decision rule is difference for the bills by government and the bills by the legislative council members. There are different views about the Separate Vote Count Mechanism in the decision rule of Legco. Some people think that it cannot reveal public interest and some people think it has its function on resisting so called “unreasonable” or “nonsense” bills by the legco members. This essay is going to talk about the decision rules in the Legco and also it will focus on the separate vote count mechanism.
Introduction of Legislative Council and its decision rules
The Articles 66 to 79 of the Basic Law is the rules which set up for the formation, term of office, powers and functions and other matters of the Legco. The principle duties of the Legco are to enact, amend or repeal laws, examine and approve budgets, taxation and public expenditure as well as raise questions on the work of the government. Moreover, the Legco also has the power to endorse the appointment and removal of the judges of the Court of Final Appeal and the Chief Judge of the High Court and also the power to impeach the Chief Executive. In 2012, the fifth Legco is composited by 70 members. Thirty-five members of the Legco are returned by the geographic constituencies through direct elections and the other half of members are returned by the functional constituencies.
There are two types of bills and they are the bills and motions introduced by the government and by the Legco members. For the bills by the government, it includes important bills and the ordinary bills. And the important bills are related to the method of forming the Legco, Legco’s procedures for voting on bills and motions and the amendment on the provisions of annex 2 in Basic Law. Ordinary bills are all the bills which is unrelated to the above aspects. For the voting of bills, there should have