[Cancelling separation of powers in #HK]
1. #Carrielam claimed today there's no separation of powers in HK after #HKGov’s recent textbook censorship. Even the next Chief Justice that she appointed, Andrew Cheung, said in 2008 that separation of powers is enshrined in Basic Law.
2. More ridiculously, education bureau once published a slide in 2011 on its website citing Court of Final Appeal judge that HK practised separation of powers. But in order to fit the new narrative, #Hkgov just deleted the slide today.
3. In fact, the city’s Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal, Geoffrey Ma, had once rebutted the "no separation of powers" narrative in 2014, but #Carrielam insisted today that local courts have to be responsible to #Beijing.
4. Evidently, the decision is one step closer to the implementation of “cooperation of powers” policy proposed by #Xijinping in 2008, emphasizing that judiciary and legislature are required to support the administrative branch.
5. The implication is enormous - while investors value rule of law & judiciary independence as crucial factors for their confidence in this global city, the new interpretation on the roles of judiciary and legislature will further harm their confidence under #NationalSecurityLaw
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