Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam holds a news conference in Hong Kong, China, August 25, 2020. REUTERS/Lam Yik/File Photoleader has left open for more than five months a seat on the panel that selects the city's judges, three lawyers familiar with the situation said.
The spokesman did not respond to questions over why the decision on Sarony had been delayed or whether Lam would reject him outright and seek a new name from Hong Kong's Bar Association. "Without a barrister, the set-up of the commission looks skewed in favour of the establishment," said a legal scholar who has monitored the committee for several years. "Barristers can provide an important independent voice, particularly when the prosecution side is represented through the secretary for justice."
The lawyers and scholars say they are not aware of a previous instance when Hong Kong's chief executive did not promptly accept the recommendations of the Bar Association or the Law Society, the solicitors' association. The spokesman said there was no question of the committee "acting other than independently", in line with the independence guaranteed by the Basic Law, Hong Kong's mini-constitution.
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