The Democratic Party yesterday said it would ignore the proposed framework of electoral changes when submitting its views to the government.
Chairman Yeung Sum said the party would continue to insist on the introduction of universal suffrage for the elections of the chief executive in 2007 and Legislative Council in 2008.
'It's ridiculous that the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress vetoed universal suffrage before the third report came out,' he said, adding the decision had damaged the principle of 'one country, two systems'.
Dr Yeung said he saw little room for change within the proposed framework but called on the public not to give up the fight for democracy.
He added his party would not boycott the government consultation on constitutional reform.
'If the Democratic Party boycotts the consultation, we would lose the chance to vet the relevant bills when they are tabled at Legco for discussion later,' he said.
Reverend Chu Yiu-ming, chairman of the Democratic Development Network, which has snubbed the consultation process, said it would be meaningless to increase the members of the Election Committee without making more people eligible to sit on the body.