今日曾特首在電台接受訪問是,竟然認為市民爭取民主,等同中國文化大革命,其訪問原文如下:
Host :
I was struck by one phrase at the end of the policy address, towards the end of the conclusion, you say, we promote democratic development without compromising social stability or government efficiency, that kind of implies that democratic development does compromise social stability or government efficiency?
Donald Tsang :
It can, it can, if we go to the extreme, people go to the extreme, and you have a cultural revolution, for instance, in China. When people take everything into their hands, then you cannot govern the place.
Host :
But Cultural Revolution wasn’t really an extreme example of democracy.
Donald Tsang :
What is it? People taking power into their own hands! Now, this is what it means by democracy, if you take it to the full swing. In other democracies, even if you have an elected person, then you overturn the policy in California, for instance, you have initiative number, number, number what, then you overturn policy taken by the government, that’s not necessarily conducive to efficient government.
每半個鐘看到這段新聞,都會火都嚟埋。原來我們的特首是如此看待、界定民主。首先,他究竟知不知道甚麼是文化大革命,看看大陸官方的介紹、定義(請特別留意第19至26段)吧!哪一點可以看到民主?那不過是一班狂熱、盲目的人,被一個別有用心的人愚弄了,在那十年間絲毫不見有任何民主行為、民主程序,相反,不民主的情況俯拾皆是,看看那十年有多少人枉死慘死無謂地死,就可見一斑。若這是民主的極端,相信舉世不會有那麼多人會為民主拋頭顱、灑熱血。
甚麼是民主?眾說紛紜。維基是如此說、John Stuart Mill又如此說,實難有一統的定義,而且民主必有瑕疵,但若以管治效率作依歸,正如他舉美國加州罷黜(Recall)州長的例子,他只見到效率這一面,卻看不到人民意願及共同參與的天賦權利的重要,背後還隱約帶有精英份子高高在上的味道──我叻過你,你要俾我管。題外話:加州州政府和加州人聽到曾特首的言論,會有甚麼反應?拭目以待。
有如此的特首,其施政報告做得如何美觀動聽也難令人信服。
