Umbrella movement: Hong Kong electoral reform proposal ignores protester's demands
- 9 years ago
On Wednesday, Hong Kong's pro-Beijing government unveiled an election reform proposal for electing the city's next Chief Executive. The proposal, allows the 5 million eligible voters in Hong Kong to choose from a panel of three candidates in the 2017 poll.
However, the three candidates will be pre-selected out of 10 possible candidates by a 1,200-member electoral body comprised of pro-Beijing tycoons and other elites, using a secret ballot. The panel would reflect the current election committee, which up until now has chosen the city's leader.
The proposal will likely fail to obtain the necessary two-thirds majority, or 47 out of 70 seats, in Hong Kong's Legislative Council, as pro-democracy lawmakers control 27 seats. To pass the proposal, four of them would need to switch-sides, which is an unlikely scenario.
Opposition lawmakers, most wearing yellow Xs on their shirts and some holding yellow umbrellas, condemned the proposal as an attempt at creating fake democracy.
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However, the three candidates will be pre-selected out of 10 possible candidates by a 1,200-member electoral body comprised of pro-Beijing tycoons and other elites, using a secret ballot. The panel would reflect the current election committee, which up until now has chosen the city's leader.
The proposal will likely fail to obtain the necessary two-thirds majority, or 47 out of 70 seats, in Hong Kong's Legislative Council, as pro-democracy lawmakers control 27 seats. To pass the proposal, four of them would need to switch-sides, which is an unlikely scenario.
Opposition lawmakers, most wearing yellow Xs on their shirts and some holding yellow umbrellas, condemned the proposal as an attempt at creating fake democracy.
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