Point of (dis)Order: Multiple lawmakers thrown out of Carrie Lam Q&A session for heckling

(From left to right) Pro-democracy lawmakers Wu Chi-wai, Kwok Ka-ki, and Ted Hui were told to leave the Legislative Council chamber for disrupting Carrie Lam’s policy address Q&A with lawmakers. Screengrabs via Apple Daily.
(From left to right) Pro-democracy lawmakers Wu Chi-wai, Kwok Ka-ki, and Ted Hui were told to leave the Legislative Council chamber for disrupting Carrie Lam’s policy address Q&A with lawmakers. Screengrabs via Apple Daily.

Things got rowdy yet again in the Legislative Council this morning as multiple pro-democracy lawmakers were ejected from the chamber for disrupting a Q&A session with Chief Executive Carrie Lam.

Lawmakers could be heard chanting slogans like “Five key demands, not one less,” and “Carrie Lam, step down” as Lam entered the chamber. Lam had swung by the LegCo this morning to answer questions from lawmakers about yesterday’s “damp squib” of a policy address, which was similarly disrupted by pro-dem lawmakers, and resulted in Lam having to deliver the address via a pre-recorded video, making it the first time Hong Kong’s leader hadn’t delivered the policy address in person.

As Lam attempted to rebound with today’s Q&A, pro-democracy lawmakers accused her of being a liar and unfit to be chief executive, and urged her to set up an independent inquiry into police brutality, one of the key demands of anti-government protesters in recent months.

Other lawmakers attempted to interrupt the session by calling for points of order.

LegCo President Andrew attempted to power through, but after 20 minutes he ordered lawmakers Eddie Chu, Ray Chan, Claudia Mo, Jeremy Tam, Kwok Ka-ki, Wu Chi-wai, Ted Hui, and Andrew Wan to leave the chamber, and was ultimately forced to suspend the meeting entirely for a few minutes.

When the Q&A session resumed, Lam Cheuk-ting and Gary Fan, were also ordered to leave.

Finally, the session returned more or less to normal, with pro-establishment lawmakers querying Lam on the substance of yesterday’s address, which focused on housing and land use.



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