Hong Kong authorities after three -month protests decided to withdraw a scandalous bill on extradition

The head of Hong Kong Carrie Lam announced the recall of the bill of the extradition of criminals on mainland China, which caused great resonance, BBS reports.

On Monday, September 2, an audio recording appeared on the Internet, on which Lam assigned responsibility for the political crisis that erupted in Hong Kong. On this entry, the head of the Hong Kong administration also said that she would resign if she had such an opportunity. Later on the same day, at a press conference, Lama denied the information that she wants to leave her post.

"After more than two months of social unrest, it is obvious to many that dissatisfaction goes far beyond the bill. It covers political, economic and social issues," said Lama in a television, CNN reports.

At the same time, Lam stated in the previously recorded appeal that the government would not accept other requirements of the protesters, including an independent investigation of the police against protesters, reports AR.

The government believes that issues related to police law enforcement actions can best be resolved using the already existing and well -established independent council for considering complaints about the actions of the police (IPCC), which was created for these purposes, ”Lam said (quote from RIA Novosti ).

According to her, the Hong Kong Administration will fully support the IPCC work, in addition, two new members and foreign experts were scheduled for the Council. Lam promised that the government would "seriously follow the recommendations that will be made in the Council report."

Mass protests provoked by the consideration of the law on extradition have been held in Hong Kong since the beginning of June. The Hong Kong government proposed amending the existing "law on suspects on the criminals on the run." The proposed mechanism would allow suspects by decree of the head of the district administration to jurisdictions with whom Hong Kong does not have an agreement, including the mainland part of China. However, opponents of the bill believe that this will undermine the independence of the Hong Kong judicial system in accordance with the principle of “one country, two systems” and will allow the central government to fight people objectionable to the authorities.

After large -scale protests of the Hong Kong power, they made concessions, announcing an unlimited suspension of consideration of amendments. However, opponents of the bill remained unhappy and demanded a complete abandonment of it, putting forward an ultimatum to the authorities, which was not satisfied. Protests are accompanied by violence and clashes with the police , blocking airports and stopping railway expresses

In addition to the recall of the law on extradition, the protesters demand to investigate the abuse of authority by the police, refuse to qualify the protests as "uprising", free the arrested demonstrators and move on to the direct elections system.

The central government of China condemned the protests and accused foreign powers of inciting the riots. The Foreign Ministry has repeatedly warned other countries against interference with Hong Kong affairs, repeating that the situation there is "internal". It was also reported that Beijing rejected the proposal of the head of the Hong Kong Administration Carrie Lam to completely abandon the extradition bill and ordered her not to give in to any other requirements of the protesters.