Admin & Civic Affairs

CE urges reform consensus

(March 07, 2014)

Chief Executive CY Leung has urged the community to be rational and pragmatic in discussing political reform, to reach a consensus on universal suffrage in 2017.
 
Speaking in Beijing today, Mr Leung said the constitutional context for political reform in Hong Kong is enshrined in the Basic Law.
 
 
Reform consultation should comply with the Basic Law and National People's Congress Standing Committee decisions.
 
He urged people with different views on constitutional reform to forge a consensus.