A fire in Porto Alegre on Friday left 13 hospitalized, some critical. About 30 lived in the guesthouse; cause unknown. President Lula da Silva sent condolences; guesthouse housed "vulnerable" people. Mayor Melo declared three days of mourning.
and participation in hong kong. so during that period of time, there were no change in our political system. the participation in our legislative body is still diverse. 0ur rule of law is intact. so the accusations about the so called deteriorating situation is simply unfound. and also what s interesting is another one of their seminar s objectives, according to them, is for delegates to share knowledge and good practice with other legislatures. if the cpa indeed thinks that the situation has got so bad, like, in hong kong, why don t they take this opportunity to learn more through our participation? if they find it, like, you know, not good, then they can start criticising them. western politicians, well, they have always stressed the importance of listening to the people of hong kong. well, being a directly elected official myself, i have received north of 60,000 votes in our last election. even if i cannot represent everyone in hong kong, i can at least represent a good
you were supposed to come to the united kingdom, i think, earlier this year, to a seminar on effective parliaments that was organised by the commonwealth parliamentary association. you were suddenly disinvited. why do you think so many parliamentarians and others in the western world look at people like you right now and think that you represent nothing more than an apology for authoritarianism? ithink. well, the conference was being held, organised by the cpa, the commonwealth parliamentary association, and i think what they did was, like, a child play. well, the invitation was sent to the legislative council in november last year and they rescinded the invitation in february this year. so within that three month period, they cited the reason for rescinding that invitation for deteriorating situation and a serious erosion of political plurality
UN Watch Presents Statements at 53rd Session of Human Rights Council miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.