Hong Kong Lawmakers Say China-Backed Election Plan Will Fail
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Two of Hong Kong’s top lawmakers said a China-backed plan for the city’s first direct election for chief executive would fail to pass amid growing public opposition to the bill.
“As we are sitting here talking, I have no doubt about a veto taking place,” Alan Leong, leader of the Civic Party, which opposes the legislation, said in an interview Monday on Bloomberg Television. The bill will be presented to the legislature Wednesday with a vote expected this week.