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Mr. BIDDULPH's good example Mr. BIDDULPH is a columnist
in the South China Morning Post), if I say that a certain
person gives me his support and if a third person hears
this, under the present amendment, I will be convicted.
The third example is,
is, I say that most of the
residents in a certain building give me their support
after my door to door visit. But under the amendment
Bill, the prosecutors may say that I quote or I make use
of the name of that particular MAC or OC without prior
written consent. So I think that the Bill is overdoing
hax things, and all the techniques that can be made
election campaigns will no longer be applicable.
should be adequate consultation on this.
made of
in
So there
At the beginning of
of the meetings of the ad hoc
group, we also talk about the 'banana skin' or banana
conspiracy mentioned by Mr. Desmond LEE. The compromise
that we arrive at is, grounds for defence, but we still go
back to section 16 of the original Ordinance regarding the
injunction order. So if a sponsor subsequently finds that
the candidate has a a bad character, he cannot withdraw his
support. So the banana conspiracy may really come into
being, that is, a sponsor will give his support initially
and then after the candidate has used up his money, the
sponsor withdraws his support. This will add to his
election expenses enormously. So all these questions must
be considered carefully. This has to do with the
amendments proposed in the Bill. I want to make three
suggestions for Members's consideration.