Acting Chief Executive Carrie Lam says the Government will make its best effort to garner support for the upcoming constitutional reform proposal.
Speaking before the Executive Council meeting today, Mrs Lam said although the pan-democrats have vowed to reject any reform proposal based on the National People’s Congress Standing Committee decisions made last August, the Government will continue to try winning theirs and other lawmakers’ support.
She has been meeting lawmakers from different parties in the last week to personally stress the importance of the political reform, and try to gain their approval.
More than half of the public has been looking forward to electing the Chief Executive by one-man-one-vote in 2017, Mrs Lam said, adding that the Government will continue to work towards this goal.
She also reiterated that political reform must unfold in accordance with the Basic Law and the relevant NPCSC decisions, which are the principles at its foundation, adding that the Government’s proposal must abide by these provisions.
