真我。日誌

The government decided not to seek a court review on the behaviour of the Legislative Council in the event of expanding the landfill in Tseung Kwan O.

From my point of view, the decision of the government is not for sake of keeping a good relationship with the Legislative Council. Justice review is an important tool to clear the confusions of laws. If the government seeks a court review and wins the case, the Legislative Council cannot do such things again. That is to say, the power of Chef Executive, the head fo the government,  will be stronger than he has now if the government wins the review. I cannot believe that the government, which usually has a bad relationship  with the Council, gives up this valuable opportunity just because she wants to keep a good relationship with the Council.

I think that the most possible reason for the government decision is the government is unsure that she can win the case. If the government loses the case, the Council after that can undo orders from the chief executive, which will discrease the government power.

Therefore, the government prefer to not to fight against the Council in order to get out of the situation I mentioned above.