Carrie Lam has shown little inclination to make any more concessions to protesters
six months of unrest in Hong Kong, involving increasingly violent protests, vandalism and transport chaos, the government had reason to hope that public opinion might have turned against the demonstrators. No such luck. Instead, voters handed a stunning victory to pro-democracy candidates in district elections on November 24th. The message was plain: for all the recent mayhem, Hong Kongers strongly dislike their government and its backers in Beijing.
That will surprise few of the protesters. Mrs Lam—probably at the urging of officials in Beijing—has shown little inclination to make further concessions after her decision early on to abandon the draft extradition bill that triggered the unrest . But democrats will take heart nonetheless. They hope the outcome of the elections will help their side gain strength in other, more important, bodies.
Opposition politicians also hope to increase their hitherto minuscule influence over the selection of chief executives. This is done by an “election committee” comprising 1,200 people chosen by methods designed to marginalise democrats, who have previously made up less than 30% of the membership. But nearly 10% of the seats are reserved for district councillors. That bloc will now be controlled by supporters of greater democracy.
Mrs Lam appears safe, for now. She says the central government does not blame her for the results. But she will find it tough to keep her grip amid widespread grumbling in the pro-establishment camp that her failings—including her handling of the extradition bill—caused the electoral rout. Her term is due to end in 2022. Some of the government’s supporters privately say they want her gone before then.
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