Beijing won't let Hong Kong's leader, Carrie Lam, step down even if sh...
HONG KONG - Beijing won’t let Hong Kong’s leader, Carrie Lam, step down even if she wanted to, a senior city government official close to her said on Monday, adding that a divisive extradition law she delayed on the weekend was effectively withdrawn.
The bill, which will cover Hong Kong residents and foreign and Chinese nationals living or traveling through the city, has also sparked concern it would threaten the rule of law that underpins Hong Kong’s international financial status. “It’s not going to happen,” said the official, who has been involved in meetings on the political crisis.
“She’s appointed by the central government, so for her to step down requires a very high level of considered discussion and deliberation at the mainland level,” the official said.In 2003, after a protest against security laws that were eventually scrapped, Hong Kong’s then leader, Tung Chee-hwa, left office in the middle of his second term. His decision to step down, citing health reasons, came 20 months after the demonstration that drew half a million people.
With the crowd growing ever bigger on Sunday, and the chants for Lam to go echoing off the gleaming office towers of the Asian financial hub, Lam apologized, acknowledging that “deficiencies in the government’s work had led to substantial controversies and disputes in society”.The government official said the decision to postpone the bill had been made with Beijing’s consent, to the relief of many in the city administration.
The foreign ministry spokesman, asked about her fate, referred reporters to a statement issued on Saturday, in which the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office said the government had “always fully affirmed” Lam’s work and “will continue to firmly support the chief executive”.
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