Thursday, 18 June 2015

Hong Kong lawmakers reject Beijing backed proposal for electoral reform

Hong Kong lawmakers reject Beijing backed proposal for electoral reform

Hong Kong’s legislature has vetoed a Beijing-backed proposal for electoral reform that would have seen the territory’s leader elected from a shortlist chosen by the authorities. The “universal suffrage” package had been criticized by opposition pro-democracy lawmakers and activists as flawed and undemocratic. Hundreds of Beijing supporters had converged outside…
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