Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam stated on Monday she wouldn’t search a second five-year time period.
“There’s only one consideration and that is family. I have told everyone before that family is my first priority in terms of my consideration. They think it’s time for me to go home,” Lam informed an everyday press briefing.
She stated she had knowledgeable China’s leaders about her choice.
Hong Kong’s management election is because of happen on 8 May after it was postponed for six weeks in March in gentle of town’s worst coronavirus outbreak.
Thecity’s chief secretary John Lee, the No. 2 official within the international monetary hub, is the entrance runner to take over from Lam.
Hong Kong’s chief is elected by a committee made up of lawmakers, representatives of assorted industries and professions, in addition to pro-Beijing representatives like deputies to China’s parliament.
It is that this 1,500-member election committee, successfully tacked with Beijing loyalists, that can select the subsequent chief govt.
Lam’s tumultuous report
Lam, a former civil servant, was sworn into workplace as chief govt by Chinese President Xi Jinping on 1 July, 2017.
Hong Kong turned extra remoted globally throughout her time period because of a crackdown on pro-democracy protests and inflexible COVID-19 restrictions.
The metropolis was initially slated to carry the chief govt election on 27 March however the ballot was postponed for six weeks till 8 May in gentle of the pandemic.
Lam had been tipped because the race front-runner, however she stated her choice had been conveyed to the central authorities in Beijing final 12 months and was met with “respect and understanding.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
