Chief executive Leung Chun-ying dodged the resignation question and told legislators the city was at a “critical juncture”, urging them to support the roadmap for leadership elections in 2017 -- the first ever public vote for the chief executive.
Pro-democracy lawmakers have vowed to block the package when it goes to the vote in June, calling it “fake democracy” as candidates for leader will be vetted by a loyalist committee, a stipulation laid down by Beijing.
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