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Hong Kong elections: ex-leader CY Leung says he’s undecided on whether to run for city chief executive
- Leung, a vice-chairman of China’s top political advisory body, also says he has not been offered the new role as Election Committee convenor
- Hongkongers seeking democratic changes to the electoral system should focus on winning Beijing’s trust, Leung adds
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Former Hong Kong chief executive Leung Chun-ying has said he is yet to decide whether to run in the next leadership race, while also urging the public to earn Beijing’s trust if it wants the electoral system to be more democratic.
Leung did not rule out a second bid for the top job when asked on Sunday about the relationship between the chief executive position and the newly created role of convenor of the Election Committee, the influential body further empowered under Beijing’s drastic overhaul of Hong Kong’s electoral system.
Leung and his predecessor Tung Chee-hwa, the city’s first chief executive, have been tipped for the convenor job by virtue of both being vice-chairmen of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, the country’s top political advisory body.
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Asked in a televised interview on Sunday about the positions, Leung said he had neither been asked to take up the convenor role nor had he reached a decision on whether to make a comeback in the leadership race.
“I have not made any decisions in relation to both of the roles,” he added.
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Despite being one of Beijing’s most trusted confidants, Leung said he had not received any information about the convenor role other than the details made public when the new post was announced two weeks ago.
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