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Internal strife in the League of Social Democrats could come to a temporary end in two weeks, possibly with the overthrow of the party's  leadership.  
The conflict between two league factions - one led by rising star Edward Yum Liang-hsien and the other by chairman Andrew To Kwan-hang - started over whether the league should still take part in the carve-up of electoral constituencies with the pan-democrats. 
The crack widened when Yum and some members opposed the party's decision to set up the Island and Kowloon East branches, saying the members had not voted on the issue so it infringed party statutes.
An emergency general meeting on November 7 will either end with To  overthrown or Yum lowering his profile, because members will vote on whether the party's leaders should resign en masse followed by a new election.
The member's conference was triggered by the two  factions each collecting more than 40 signatures, in accordance with party  rules.
Yum, who gave up his post as an executive committee member last Friday, led one of the campaigns, with 42 signatures, in  a bid to  'clarify the party's direction'.
But a special meeting was already approved before Yum submitted the signatures because another 44 members had called for an emergency meeting last Friday. Those members called for the meeting to discuss district council elections and the creation of district branches.  
After Yum submitted his petition on Saturday, the resignation item was added to the November 7 meeting agenda. 
'No one knows who initiated the other campaign and how they could collect enough signatures so quickly,' Yum said. 'Our  submission to table the leadership re-election at the meeting was approved, so we hope, through a meeting for all, members can forge consensus on the electoral carve-up and the legitimacy of setting up district branches.'
He added that if the request for a mass leadership resignation was vetoed, he would not challenge the  leadership.
'I would stay as a normal member,' Yum said.



Date set for showdown over Social Democrats' leadership