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With Legal Process to support him 3 months on from devastating chemical explosion, the lebanese Capital Building we hear the story of 5 brothers and sisters who all of hong kongs prodemocracy lawmakers have resigned in protest after the territories government disqualified 4 of their colleagues that way and that decision came minutes after the chinese polland passed a resolution allowing carry law to expel legislators without having to go through the courts. And using this recently moved to clamp down on opposition, voices in hong kong by imposing a National Security law. After months of antigovernment protests rocked the city. Last year. I learned today that the squad, one of the 4 pro democracy and peace, the Hong Kong Government has expelled, gave his opinion to d. W. On callums. That reason for this decision, i think the one country 2 Systems Design all the original spirit of it. If any is now gone and im free that the Constitutional Order what we supposed. Ready to have the example
But for some the end date has already arrived. Well, theyve been a correspondent. Kong has been following events from taiwan. Welcome, phoebe. What was kerry alarms justification for dismissing the original 4 lawmakers . Well, one of the most controversial part of their this qualification is that beijing has taken and chosen an extraordinary path to achieve. So if by making a decision and resolution in beijing itself, late levon the matter be resolved in a local level in hong kong. And there has been actually, there is existing mechanics, them in home homes and see its a lawmaker. But now the resolution as simply and power as the whole whole no ministration to unseat anyone. They see there and they enjoy a National Security. So thats why some of the legal experts and also politicians, opposition activists saying that this is arbitrary route and thats why were her stance. Could be anyone in the future to be unseated. I think governments and carol them deny such accusation and saying tha
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Melissa chan. Welcome to news asia. Thank you for joining us. Hong kongs legislature now has effectively no opposition. Prodemocracy lawmakers have announced they will all resign. Its to protest against beijings new bill passed today. Wednesday, the law would allow the Hong Kong Government to expel legislators without due process. And as soon as that law went into effect, the executive expelled for lawmakers. The opposition called the act quote, ruthless and said it quote, sounded the death knell of the citys democracy fight. Joining us is holmes chan. A political journalist in hong kong holmes. Im a little curious this decision from beijing did that come as a surprise . Now the decision actually came as a result of chinas top law making Body National Peoples Congress standing committee. And the reason why i came as such a big surprise to people in hong kong was because this was not announced on the agenda beforehand. It was announced very rapidly and passed very quickly and taking eff