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Secretary for Constitutional Affairs Stephen Lam says the Constitutional Development Task Force has not set any barriers for constitutional changes.
Speaking on a radio talk show this morning, Mr Lam reiterated that the nine guiding principles for amending the methods for selecting the Chief Executive and for forming the Legislative Council come from the task force's analysis of the views it collected in the past few months.
Mr Lam said when the National People's Congress Standing Committee endorses the Chief Executive's report, the task force will immediately study ways to amend the related selection methods.
Community consensus sought
It will consult the Legislative Council and the public on the issue and the related draft bill will be introduced to LegCo when a community consensus is reached.
Mr Lam is confident the task force has enough time to finish its work by 2007.
He stressed the task force's second report and all the views it collected in the past three months have been included in the Chief Executive's report submitted to the committee.
Mr Lam said the results of the opinion poll, which say 60% of respondents want to have universal suffrage in the 2008 LegCo Election and 50% want to have universal suffrage in the 2007 Chief Executive Selection, have also been submitted to the committee.
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