Hong Kong will monitor new electoral systems before considering direct voting for leader or lawmakers, official says
The Hong Kong government will observe the outcome of major electoral overhauls before considering direct voting to elect the city’s leader or legislature, an official in charge of constitutional affairs has said. Universal suffrage, or the direct elections of Hong Kong’s chief executive and Legislative Council, has been a key demand for the city’s pro-democracy movement, with activists calling for the right to choose their leader and lawmakers in large-scale protests in 2014 and 2019. Such calls, however, have been muted since Beijing imposed a national security law in 2020 to quell dissent. M...