Legislative Council president Andrew Leung (centre) presides over a legislative session on November 12, after 15 pro-democratic lawmakers resigned in protest against the disqualification of four of their colleagues. Photo: EPA-EFE
Letters | Hong Kong lawmakers’ mass exit an act of egoism heedless of city’s well-being
- After years of filibustering tactics that only held back progress, Legco’s democratic camp have now chosen to simply walk out
- Instead of the hard work of negotiating with Beijing, legislators persist with their tantrums that have so far proven useless against the central government
Legislative Council president Andrew Leung (centre) presides over a legislative session on November 12, after 15 pro-democratic lawmakers resigned in protest against the disqualification of four of their colleagues. Photo: EPA-EFE
