Named in 2017, the Executive Check of the China’s Special Administrative Region announced that it would not brigperate a second term. At 64, it leaves a very criticized record, including among the pro-Beijing.
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The head of the Hong Kong executive, Carrie Lam, at the head of the Government of the China Special Administrative Region since 2017, announced, Monday, April 4 in the morning, that it will not brighed a second term of five years . The election was to take place on March 27, but the ballot was shifted on May 8 to allow the Government to focus on the cataclysm provoked by the fifth VVID wave, facing which the authorities were not at all at all. prepared. Many deployed measures have been as drastic and inconsistent, to the point of achieving the world’s highest per capita mortality rate.
“After forty-two years old serving the government, it’s time for me to go home,” said Carrie Lam, 64, at his daily newspaper. The executive clarified that he has informed the central government of his intention not to reflect second term at the Congress of the National People’s Assembly in Beijing, March 2021. “I expressed my aspirations and personal wishes and they [the Government Central] have shown comprehension, “she said.
There is no doubt that the last three years, marked by a long season of violent riots in 2019 and then by the epidemic of Covid-19, had to be painful for its two sons, young adults, and her husband , all incomes in Hong Kong to surround it in its number one role. But “the family” is a justification that does not deceive anyone and who had already served excuses at his predecessor, Leung Chun-ying, when he had also had to give up a second term.
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“Beijing is crazy furious of the damage that Carrie Lam caused, both in Hong Kong and for the image of China. The discontent of Hong Kong citizens highlighted the antagonism between the Chinese model and the Western values. under The direction of Carrie Lam, Hong Kong has shamed China and put China in spanning several times, and that, Beijing can not forgive it, “explains to the world, under anonymity, an old high government official. For some time, the sling was rising from everywhere, including business circles, pro-Beijing newspapers and within its government.
By arriving in 2017, Carrie Lam had had hope and ambition to unite Hong Kong society, already worried about the growing grip of China in the territory, where citizens were strongly attached to Western values, including universal freedoms (freedom of expression, freedom of the press). This is exactly the opposite that has happened. The company is more divided than ever, while China’s control has increased considerably in a few years.
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