Leung Chun-ying issues reminder on 24th anniversary of Basic Law promulgation
All reform proposals must remain within mini-constitution's framework: Leung
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying yesterday said he hoped the public would put forward political reform proposals that lay within the framework of the Basic Law, as he commemorated 24 years since the city's mini-constitution was passed.
On a blog post published on the anniversary of the Basic Law's proclamation yesterday, Leung, who was formerly secretary general of the Basic Law Consultative Committee, wrote: "Today we will have to take an important step on political reform in accordance with the Basic Law.
"This refers to our moving forward on universal suffrage in the chief executive and Legislative Council elections. This is a meaningful and significant matter."
Leung said the Basic Law, which the National People's Congress passed on April 4, 1990, was the result of a long and comprehensive discussion between experts and many groups from a range of industries.
Today we will have to take an important step on political reform
The city's mini-constitution legally established the "one country, two systems" principle, with Hong Kong people running Hong Kong with a high degree of autonomy, he wrote.