曾蔭權道歉收回文革言論

曾蔭權道歉收回文革言論 (明報) 10月 13日 星期六 04:10PM

行政長官曾蔭權就昨日在電台訪問中有關文化大革命的言論，是不恰當的，他表示抱歉，又收回有關言論。

曾蔭權發表聲明：「昨日我在電台訪問中，有關文化大革命的言論是不恰當的。對此，我深感抱歉，並收回有關言論。香港市民深知民主之可貴，期望盡早落實普選。我和大家有著共同的期望。我重申我會信守施政報告中的承諾，在任期內，盡最大努力解決普選問題。」

曾蔭權昨日在電台節目上談及民主發展與管治效率的問題時，主動拿文革作比喻，指當民主發展走到「極端」，便會出現如文化大革命時期，「人民掌握一切，(政府)無法管治」的情。

以下是曾蔭權昨日於港台與主持人的對話英文原文：

主持人: 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?

特首: 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. And eh, the similar thing is...for instance...

主持人: But Cultural Revolution wasn't really an extreme example of democracy.

特首: 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.

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