Lam Lashes Out at Opposition

Carrie Lam tells people not to "demonize the new law"

Today marks the first anniversary when 2 million people marched on the streets to protest against the extradition bill. Coinciding with the date was a double rainbow that appeared in the late afternoon, and protesters took as a sign from above.

Wonder if Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor had another interpretation of the naturally-occuring sign?

Amazing double rainbow today -- is it a sign?

She coincidentally held her weekly news briefing today and aside from saying that social distancing measures would be further eased by Friday, Lam continued her tirade against those who were vocally against the national security bill.

"I urge the opposition to stop demonizing and stigmatizing [the law], so as not to pit themselves against the people in Hong Kong," she said. "The common goal must be for Hong Kong to maintain stability."

As if people weren't concerned enough, their worries were further heightened when Deng Zhonghua, deputy director of the cabinet-level Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office said Beijing would exercise jurisdiction over cases "in very special circumstances" when applying the new law, that Hongkongers might be extradited to the mainland for trials -- one of their greatest fears about the national security law.

Lam's response to reporters' questions about this was hardly comforting.

"Without any details about the provisions in the legislation, and how they are going to be applied, it is not possible and appropriate for me to express my opinion on comments made by my mainland counterparts, because I'm not a party to the lawmaking institution," she said.

So how can she even begin to reassure the public that the new law will only impact a small group of people when she even admits she doesn't know what is in the provisions of the law. It is completely backwards and the unknown is making people even more anxious.

When 2 million people marched a year ago

Hong Kong legal experts are wondering how this national security law will be compatible with the existing Basic Law and what does "special circumstances" mean?

Meanwhile Civic Party lawmaker Alvin Yeung Ngok-kiu accused Lam of applying a double standard in claiming that the opposition camp was "demonizing the new law".

"We challenged the law because it's uncertain and it lacks details," he said. "When all top officials are promoting the bill without details, they fail to show Hongkongers how they are able to safeguard human rights, and it's also unfair and illogical to criticize us.

"Is Carrie Lam demonstrating the new normal? That after the national security law is enacted, all voices from us will be seen as demonizing the government?"

Yes it seems Lam is taking it all very personally and lashing out with the word "demonizing" when lawmakers are just challenging her for more information.

Yeung challenges Lam to guarantee people's rights

It's pathetic, but then again that's what we ended up with, thanks to the election committee of 1,200 people, 777 of who voted for her in 2017.

What would have happened if her challenger John Tsang Chun-wah had won?

What would have happened if Hong Kong already had universal suffrage?

But no, we don't have universal suffrage, we don't have a leader defending Hong Kong's interests and one country, two systems is disintegrating before our eyes.

And she tells us not to worry...