【时代论坛讯】香港基督教协进会主席苏成溢牧师与天主教香港教区宗座署理汤汉枢机，于六月十九日下午透过协进会网页及香港天主教社会传播处发表联名回应。他们认同特首林郑月娥在十八日下午的记者会上向市民公开道歉，承认自己的不足。他们呼吁政府需「考虑广大市民的强烈要求」，明确地撤回《逃犯修例》修订法案；同时从速成立独立委员会以彻查有关六月十二日警民冲突的真相。
该回应全文如下：
对特区行政长官林郑月娥女士昨午于记者会就「修例」事件的交代，我们有以下回应：
1. 行政长官向市民公开道歉，承认自己的不足，我们深表认同。
2. 我们呼吁特区政府从速成立独立委员会，彻查6.12警民冲突的真相，俾能鑑往知来。
3. 特区政府虽已表明「停止《引渡条例》立法程序」，我们仍呼吁政府考虑广大市民的强烈要求，明确声明「撤回法案」。天主教香港教区宗座署理
汤汉枢机香港基督教协进会主席
苏成溢牧师2019年6月19日
We wish to make the following response to the Press Conference held yesterday afternoon by Chief Executive Mrs. Carrie Lam on the Extradition Bill:
1. We accept the personal, public apology of the Chief Executive, with the admission of her own inadequacies.
2. We appeal to the SAR Government to launch a thorough independent inquiry into the clashes between the police and the protesters on June 12, as a lesson for the future.
3. While the Government has made clear that the Extradition Bill has already been “suspended”, we still opt for it to make an explicit, public statement that the Bill has been “withdrawn”, to meet the strong demand of the general public.Cardinal John Tong, Apostolic Administrator, Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong
Rev. Eric So Shing-yit, Chairperson, Hong Kong Christian Council
19 June 2019
