Hong Kong's day of reckoning comes

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HK’s day of reckoning comes
Timothy Chui
China Daily

HONG KONG: -- Hong Kong lawmakers are set to embark on their historic mission today (Wednesday) - debating the city’s constitutional reform package for electing its Chief Executive in 2017 by universal suffrage for the first time in the city’s history, with the outcome of the vote in the hands of only a few opposition legislators.

Three days have been set aside for the likely acrimonious debate which, in the event of the government’s electoral proposals being passed, would end more than three decades of political wrangling over allowing residents the right to vote for their leader.

Voting on the motion to grant universal suffrage in the 2017 CE election under the provisions of the Basic Law and a framework endorsed by the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) on Aug 31 last year, could come in the evening at the very earliest.

Passage of the package would require a two-thirds majority, or 47 votes, in the 70-member legislature. While 42 of the legislators have pledged support, a crucial margin of five votes is all that’s needed to allow the SAR’s 5 million eligible voters to decide who will run the city in 2017.

The proposals call for candidates to be vetted by a 1,200-strong committee made up of representatives of various economic, political and social sectors, who may support multiple candidates and will be allowed to nominate at least two candidates.

The successful candidates must secure the backing of at least half of the Nominating Committee members before they can qualify for the popular vote.

In the event of the package being vetoed, the election status quo will be retained, with responsibility for electing the next CE to be handed back to 1,200-strong Election Committee that chose the SAR’s leader in 2012.

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[chainarong]

So far the Elite and Privileged have ruled H.K. since the handover , I back the people electing their own leader as anything anointed from Beijing would just be a mouthpiece for the Mainland commo spiffs , freedoms have slowly eroded to a point where fair play is now a thing of the past and the iron rule of Beijing is creeping in , the legislators of Hong Kong must do as the people want not what Beijing want and wouldn't it be nice if an 76 year old street sweeper is elected chief Executive. .