Following the recent announcement that the term of Hong Kong's next chief executive will be shortened from five years to just two, a group of democrats have revealed that they will take legal action.
According to reports in the regional media, the Grassroots Democratic Society has argued that the authorities should respect the terms of the jurisdiction's mini-constitution.
"To cut short the term of the chief executive would damage the rule of law," president of the Society, Chung Lok-suen announced.
He additionally called for the new Hong Kong leader to be elected by a popular vote, rather than appointed by the election committee, which is comprised mainly of officials loyal to the Chinese government.
Commenting on the widely held view that former leader Tung Chee-hwa was something of a puppet leader, echoing the views of the Chinese authorities to the detriment of the people of Hong Kong, Mr Chung observed that:
"The same problem would occur if we have the same 800 people to select the new chief executive. This person would be like Tung, who would only listen to China but not the Hong Kong people. This would only slow down democratic reforms here."
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