Hong Kong Leaders Defies Protesters

Hong Kong Leaders Defies Protesters

Leung Chun-ying, the current leader of Hong-Kong did not follow the demands to step down of the thousands of protesters that have occupied downtown Hong-Kong for days. Protesters said they will not stop their actions and may even try to occupy government buildings if that is what is needed for their demands to be taken seriously.

Leung advised against any form of increased violence but said that any attack on government buildings will have dire consequences. Leung, who ignored his ultimatum to resign by Thursday said that Carrie Lam, Chief Secretary of State would arrange a meeting with the disgruntled students where serious political reforms would be negotiated. A clear date for the meeting or any political reform negotiations was not mentioned in Leung’s press address.

Protesters declared they will stand firm on their request for more transparency and a fully functioning and independent democratic system that isn’t under the control of the central authorities.

Some protesters are dismayed by the way the government, both local and central is reacting to the protests. They accuse government officials of trying to buy time in the hope that the protests would die out on their own without any real concession being made by the Chinese ruling party.

The “Occupy Central” movement is the biggest social, economic and political challenge that China has faced since the bloody 1989 protests that called for a democratic system to be instated in communist China.

Posted by James Fried on Friday October 03 2014, 6:16 AM EST. Ref: reuters. Link. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Featured News, World. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0