Cardinal Joseph Zen wants lawmakers to veto 'meaningless' election reform package
Voting in the 2017 chief executive under restrictive conditions laid down by Beijing would be meaningless, says a new group led by Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun.
Voting in the 2017 chief executive under restrictive conditions laid down by Beijing would be meaningless, says a new group led by Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun.
The Catholic political reform concern group yesterday also called on legislators to veto any reform package for the "universal suffrage" election that was based on the framework set by the National People's Congress Standing Committee last month.
The framework allows for only two or three candidates with majority backing from a 1,200-member nominating committee to run for chief executive.
Describing it as "naked and extreme", it said: "Voting in universal suffrage under such conditions is meaningless."
It said vetoing the package in the Legislative Council would preserve Hongkongers' dignity.
The group comprises former Hong Kong diocese head Zen, spiritual director of the church's Justice and Peace Commission Father Stephen Chan Moon-hung and director of Chinese University's Centre for Catholic Studies Father Louis Ha Ke-loon.