From AP. via Taipei Times:
An opposition lawmaker said yesterday he plans to challenge in court the government’s decision that Hong Kong’s next leader should serve two years instead of five — a step some see as caving in to pressure from Beijing.
The term length dispute erupted after Hong Kong leader Tung Chee-hwa resigned earlier this month and the government announced that his successor, due to be chosen July 10, would only finish the two years remaining in Tung’s term.
The announcement shocked some legal experts and pro-democracy lawmakers because Hong Kong’s Basic Law, or mini constitution, says the territory’s chief executive serves for five years.
