Lawmakers yesterday rejected a motion by grassroots lawmaker Antonio Ng Kuok Cheong to express a “wish” – his “wish” was that Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On would launch a political reform process for universal suffrage for the chief executive election in 2019.
According to the Legislative Assembly Procedure Rules, lawmakers can present a motion to “express a wish”. Article 52 of the rules says that the “wishes” a lawmaker can express include congratulations, grief, protest, greetings, praise and censure.
Ng’s motion to express the “wish” was rejected, with 24 lawmakers opposing the motion, while four lawmakers including Ng approved it.
Grassroots lawmaker Antonio Ng Kuok Cheong appears to be in a pensive mood during yesterday’s plenum in the legislature’s hemicycle. Photo: Tony Wong
