Opposition not excluded from election

China Forum | Leung Kwok-leung

'Pan-democrats' should correct the flaws in their thinking about the process for electing the chief executive by universal suffrage

The decision of the National People's Congress Standing Committee on the method for selecting the chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region by universal suffrage in 2017 has greatly upset the "pan-democrats". They believe this decision is designed to exclude them from the chief executive election by universal suffrage. But this is due to some major failings in their thinking.