House Committee ep1
Pro-democracy: our legal opinion says yours is wrong.
Pro-Beijing: our legal opinion says yours is wrong.
Pro-democracy: act harder later today! Beijing is watching you!
Pro-Beijing: you act harder! Pompeo is watching you!
House Committee ep 1 pt 1
The fight for meeting starts from the fight for meeting room.
House Committee ep 1 pt 2
Parliamentary rivals united by post-truth era doctrine: my phone, my truth.
Interval #recap: does DAB's Starry Lee have the usual power of House Committee chairperson to handle choked bills including the National Anthem Law?
LegCo legals said she couldn't last October. But after Beijing spoke out, outside legal opinion was sought to make way for her.
House Committee ep 2 pt 3
Junius Ho brought in freshly made posters saying "DQ Dennis Kwok. Violate Oath" and "Anti-HK Independence; Anti-subversion".
Pro-dem shouted "7.21 Junius Ho" to interrupt Ho's speech.
House Committee ep 2 pt 4
Competition of slogan chanting: "Starry Lee seizes power!" vs "Dennis Kwok abuses power!"
House Committee ep 2 pt 5
A new height was reached and soon lost by pro-dem lawmaker Eddie Chu.
It's past 2.30pm now so we are in the official time of the special House Committee meeting convened by Starry Lee. Lee remains on the top seat but apparently no meeting can be held.
House Committee ep 2 pt 6
The meeting must go on: across a 2 meter thick human wall consisting of LegCo security guards and pro-Beijing lawmakers, Starry Lee is giving her opening remark on the inside, and pro-dems are launching moderate scuffles on the outside.
House Committee ep 2 pt7
Starry Lee exercising power: @ray_slowbeat @ChuHoiDick @TedHui were forcibly removed from the meeting room and Democrat Andrew Wan had to pull himself together after falling on his back in scuffles.
House Committee ep 2 pt 8
Starry Lee gave a five minute break. Democrat Andrew Wan was carried away on a stretcher. Wan could not stand up to get on the bed on wheels but had to be pulled up in a sitting position.
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