BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Pro-democracy activists vowed on Sunday to bring Hong Kong’s financial hub to a standstill after China’s parliament rejected their demands for the right to freely choose the former British colony’s next leader in 2017.
The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) endorsed a framework to let only two or three candidates run in the 2017 leadership vote. All candidates must first obtain majority backing from a nominating committee likely to be stacked with Beijing loyalists.
The relatively tough decision by the NPC – China’s final arbiter on the city’s democratic affairs – makes it almost impossible for opposition democrats to get on the ballot.
“This is a legal, fair and reasonable decision. It is a dignified, prudent decision, and its legal effect is beyond doubt,” Li Fei, deputy secretary general of the NPC standing committee, told reporters after the decision.
image: familytraveldelights
Duuuh………….the second paragraph sounds a LOT like OUR elections!!!
Obviously Hong Kong’s electorate are significantly smarter than ours….
If the Chicoms had a brain they would have given
the Brits another 98 year lease on HK. Further
proof that commies are dumber than dirt.
“… likely to be stacked with Beijing loyalists.”
Sounds like the DNC.
What’s the over and under on how fast the Chi-Coms totally run Hong Kong into the ground?