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HONG KONG (AP) – Hong Kong´s embattled leader Carrie Lam refused to offer any concessions to anti-government protesters despite a local election setback, saying Tuesday that she will instead accelerate dialogues and identify ways to address societal grievances.
Lam said the central government in Beijing didn´t blame her for the election outcome. Nearly 3 million voters cast their ballot in a record turnout that gave the pro-democracy bloc a landslide victory with 90 percent of seats and control of 17 out of 18 district councils.
The low-key race was viewed as a barometer for public support for more than five months of pro-democracy protests.
Lam said Sunday´s election may have reflected unhappiness with the government handling of the unrest but it also showed that many people want a stop to violence.
In early September when she withdrew an extradition bill that sparked the unrest, Lam said she had also given a detailed response to protesters´ other demands including free elections for the city´s leader and legislature, as well as a probe into alleged police brutality.
She said the government hopes to take advantage of the current lull in violence to implement measures listed then including accelerating public dialogue and setting up an independent review committee to identify deep-seated societal issues to find a way out. Pro-democracy supporters celebrate after pro-Beijing politician Junius Ho lost his election in Hong Kong, early Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. Vote counting was underway in Hong Kong early Monday after a massive turnout in district council elections seen as a […]
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