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Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders reject Beijing-backed poll plan
Hong Kong, June 18: Pro-democracy leaders in Hong Kong have rejected an election reform proposal by China on Thursday.
They walked out of the Legislative Council as the bill looked to be defeated, reports said, BBC reported.
The bill got eight vote while 28 lawmakers voted against it. The bill needed at least 47 votes to pass.
"This motion has not gained a two-thirds majority vote," said Jasper Tsang, the president of the city's Legislative Council. "I announce that the motion has been vetoed."
[Protests in Hong Kong: All you need to know]
The reforms suggested by China would have given it the right to vet candidates in the election of the territory's leader.
The reform package has been labelled as "fake democracy" by Hong Kong leaders.
The
package
designed
by
China
would
have
given
all
Hong
Kong
citizens
the
right
to
vote
for
their
chief
executive
for
the
first
time
in
2017,
but
they
would
only
be
able
to
vote
for
candidates
that
had
been
vetted
by
a
pro-Beijing
committee.
OneIndia News
