香港民主自己爭 黏上台獨恐壞事

<轉載自2017年6月13日 明報 社評>

台灣時代力量與民進黨立委成立「台灣國會關注香港民主連線」（下稱「連線」），邀請多名香港立法會議員出席「成立茶會」，時代力量主席聲稱，希望建立台港兩地議員交流的平台，然而「連線」成員主張修改《港澳關係條例》（下稱《港澳條例》）給予港人政治庇護、在立法院召開聽證會討論香港情况等，令人質疑「連線」有意介入香港事務，超越正常對等交流的界線。「自己民主自己爭」，香港民主運動必須與獨立思潮清晰切割，萬萬不能與台獨力量合流，更沒有理由讓外人利用香港撈「政治油水」。

深綠立委成立連線 推動立法干預港事

香港和台灣都有言論自由，民間交流只要不涉違法成分，當然無可厚非。每逢台灣大選，本港政黨人士也會赴台觀摩，拜訪各大政黨候選人的競選總部。不過這次「連線」邀請本港本土派和自決派議員赴會，本質明顯有別。首先，「連線」是由台灣立委成立，「茶會」舉行地點是立法院，明顯超出「民間交流」層次。其次，時代力量主席黃國昌形容，「連線」是一個跨黨派立委同好會，不過只消看看「連線」18名成員名單，已充分說明所謂「跨黨派立委」，實際全是民進黨和時代力量的深綠人士，國民黨和親民黨立委都沒有響應，突顯「連線」並非包羅不同政治光譜意見的議員聯盟，而是一個有明顯政治傾向的團體。本地政界人士若要跟台灣立委交流議政經驗，理應廣泛接觸不同派別，而非只與某一派系人士打交道，令人有結盟的聯想。

長期以來，台灣政界對香港事務並不特別關注，不管是陳水扁還是馬英九時代亦然。然而隨着蔡英文上台，台灣對港政策悄然起了變化。本港學者指出，現在民進黨的兩岸政策幕僚認為，台港兩地可為「捍衛彼此共同的核心價值，如民主、自由、司法獨立等並肩而戰」。「連線」正是在此背景下成立。黃國昌聲稱，成立「連線」是想邀集台灣跨黨派立委關注和支持香港爭取民主，讓兩地議員就青年事務、土地正義等公共政策交流云云，說得冠冕堂皇，可是細看「連線」成員的主張，卻令人不禁懷疑，所謂公共政策交流僅屬幌子，是在「掛羊頭賣狗肉」。

台灣媒體報道，「連線」除了關注香港民主，也會對香港重大政治事件發出聲明，未來目標之一是修訂《港澳條例》，讓港澳人士可以到台灣尋求政治庇護。時代力量立委兼「連線」成員高潞以用提出，未來可以參照美國國會聽證會的形式，在立法院就香港事務召開公聽會，必要時還可透過立法來給予協助，在港人遇到政治、司法打壓時，通過決議要求台北當局行動。凡此種種均顯示，「連線」推動的並非兩地議員對等交流，而是有實質的政治和立法行動，插手香港事務，遠遠超出分享民主化經驗。

港爭民主非爭獨立 目標迥異不能混淆

去年旺角暴亂，18歲少女李倩怡被控暴動罪，最終棄保潛逃。黃國昌確認李倩怡身處台灣，獲得人權組織照顧，惟同時又含糊地稱他「個人」不太清楚李倩怡的個案，避談時代力量有否協助。目前《港澳條例》提到，台灣當局對於「因為政治因素，以致安全及自由受緊急危害」的港澳居民，可以提供「必要援助」，可是有民進黨立委坦言，《港澳條例》未必適用於李倩怡，除了要證明香港審訊不公和黑箱作業，還要確定李倩怡是否符合「政治難民」資格，由於《難民法》仍在立法階段，現在李倩怡被捕，必然會被遣返。綜觀香港法院對佔領運動、旺角暴亂等案件的裁決，公平公正獲得普遍肯定。「連線」成員高談支持香港民主自由法治等核心價值，卻未正視有人假借「人權」之名包庇本港潛逃通緝犯，實際是對香港法治的藐視。

《港澳條例》是台灣當局因應港澳回歸所制定，將港澳與大陸區分，以便與兩地維持緊密交往，惟同時也不將港澳視作「外國」，而是地位特殊的「第三地區」。台灣的《兩岸人民關係條例》與《港澳條例》，都不把大陸人士和港澳人士當作「外國人」，可是有深綠法律界人士聲稱，正是這一點令到大陸和香港民運人士難以被認定為「外國政治難民」，「正常情况下，中國與香港就屬 『外國』」，故此必須修訂這兩條條例。北京對於台獨力量透過修訂《港澳條例》推動「法理台獨」，肯定不會容忍。香港也要小心提防淪為別人的棋子。

2014年以前，香港民主運動從沒有扯上自決獨立，更不會被解讀為搞分離主義。應邀出席「連線」茶會的香港眾志秘書長黃之鋒和立法會議員羅冠聰均稱，台港兩地都面對來自北京的壓力，所以應「互相扶持」，然而這根本混淆了雙方一大差異：面對北京，港人爭取的是民主，可是台灣深綠政客爭取的卻是台獨！抱着「敵人的敵人是朋友」思維，與台獨力量打交道，實際只會幫倒忙，拖累香港民主運動，不利與港獨清晰切割。

Fight for HK democracy must not be linked to Taiwanese independence movement

THE "Taiwan Congressional Hong Kong Caucus at the Legislative Yuan" has been set up by lawmakers from the New Power Party and the Democratic Progressive Party, and a number of Hong Kong Legislative Council members attended the tea party celebrating the event.

Both Hong Kong and Taiwan people enjoy freedom of speech. Exchanges between citizens from the two regions should not be criticised as long as they are not illegal. In fact, every time the Taiwanese presidential election is held, members of Hong Kong political parties fly to Taiwan to study the election and visit the campaign headquarters of candidates from all the major parties. However, the invitation issued by the Caucus to Hong Kong lawmakers from the "localism" and "self-determination" camps is different in nature from those exchanges. First, the Caucus was set up by Taiwanese members of the Legislative Yuan, and the tea party was held at the Legislative Yuan. The interactions were thus of a higher level than ordinary exchanges between citizens. Second, according to Huang Kuo-chang, Chairman of the New Power Party, the Caucus was a cross-party alliance of members of the Legislative Yuan. However, one does not need to look further than the list of the Caucus's 18 members to realise that the so-called "cross-party alliance" was in fact made up of "deep-green" politicians from the Democratic Progressive Party and New Power Party only, with lawmakers from the Kuomintang and the People First Party not participating in the Caucus. This shows that the Caucus is not an alliance of lawmakers from across the political spectrum, and is instead a group with an obvious political leaning. If Hong Kong politicians want to compare notes with members of the Taiwanese Legislative Yuan, they should meet with people from different camps. They should not contact just a specific group of politicians and leave people with the impression that they are forming an alliance with those politicians.

For a long time, Taiwanese politicians were not particularly concerned about Hong Kong affairs. That was the case during the presidency of Chen Shui-bian and that of Ma Ying-jeou alike. However, since Tsai Ing-wen took office, Taiwan's policies towards Hong Kong have changed without many noticing. As pointed out by a Hong Kong expert on the field, the Democratic Progressive Party's advisers on cross-strait relations now take the view that Taiwan and Hong Kong can "fight shoulder to shoulder with each other to defend the core values that they share, including democracy, freedoms, and judicial independence". The Caucus was established against such a backdrop. Huang has claimed that the Caucus was set up to invite Legislative Yuan members from different parties to be concerned about and support Hong Kong's fight for democracy and to enable lawmakers from the two regions to exchange views on issues like young people and land justice. Despite such an ostensibly lofty goal, the actual proposals of members of the Caucus make one suspicious about their motive — are the so-called exchanges on public policies just a masquerade for promoting something entirely different?

Hong Kong's democratic movement before 2014 was never linked to topics like "self-determination" and "independence", let alone being interpreted as separatist. Joshua Wong, Secretary General of Demosistō and Nathan Law, a lawmaker, who were both invited to the Caucus's tea party, said invariably that both Taiwan and Hong Kong were under pressure from Beijing and as such should "support each other". But they have failed to understand one key difference: Hong Kong is fighting for democracy in the face of Beijing, while what deep-green politicians in Taiwan want is Taiwan's independence! Forging friendship with advocates of Taiwan's independence in the belief that "an enemy's enemy is your friend" is likely to backfire — it will complicate Hong Kong's fight for democracy and make it difficult to separate the democratic cause from the Hong Kong independence ideology.

香港民主自己爭 黏上台獨恐壞事

台灣時代力量與民進黨立委成立「台灣國會關注香港民主連線」（下稱「連線」），邀請多名香港立法會議員出席「成立茶會」。

香港和台灣都有言論自由，民間交流只要不涉違法成分，當然無可厚非。每逢台灣大選，本港政黨人士也會赴台觀摩，拜訪各大政黨候選人的競選總部。不過這次「連線」邀請本港本土派和自決派議員赴會，本質明顯有別。首先，「連線」是由台灣立委成立，「茶會」舉行地點是立法院，明顯超出「民間交流」層次。其次，時代力量主席黃國昌形容，「連線」是一個跨黨派立委同好會，不過只消看看「連線」18名成員名單，已充分說明所謂「跨黨派立委」，實際全是民進黨和時代力量的深綠人士，國民黨和親民黨立委都沒有響應，突顯「連線」並非包羅不同政治光譜意見的議員聯盟，而是一個有明顯政治傾向的團體。本地政界人士若要跟台灣立委交流議政經驗，理應廣泛接觸不同派別，而非只與某一派系人士打交道，令人有結盟的聯想。

長期以來，台灣政界對香港事務並不特別關注，不管是陳水扁還是馬英九時代亦然。然而隨着蔡英文上台，台灣對港政策悄然起了變化。本港學者指出，現在民進黨的兩岸政策幕僚認為，台港兩地可為「捍衛彼此共同的核心價值，如民主、自由、司法獨立等並肩而戰」。「連線」正是在此背景下成立。黃國昌聲稱，成立「連線」是想邀集台灣跨黨派立委關注和支持香港爭取民主，讓兩地議員就青年事務、土地正義等公共政策交流云云，說得冠冕堂皇，可是細看「連線」成員的主張，卻令人不禁懷疑，所謂公共政策交流僅屬幌子，是在「掛羊頭賣狗肉」。

2014年以前，香港民主運動從沒有扯上自決獨立，更不會被解讀為搞分離主義。應邀出席「連線」茶會的香港眾志秘書長黃之鋒和立法會議員羅冠聰均稱，台港兩地都面對來自北京的壓力，所以應「互相扶持」，然而這根本混淆了雙方一大差異：面對北京，港人爭取的是民主，可是台灣深綠政客爭取的卻是台獨！抱着「敵人的敵人是朋友」思維，與台獨力量打交道，實際只會幫倒忙，拖累香港民主運動，不利與港獨清晰切割。