By Chris Yeung
Though ridiculed as “small-circle election,” the chief executive elections in Hong Kong have never seen a dearth of surprises, ironies and entertainment. The entry of “long hair” Leung Kwok-hung into the fray yesterday is a case of all three.
This year’s chief executive race kicked off, in a sense, with the surprise announcement by Leung on December 9, saying he would not seek five more years to prolong his rule at the end of his current term. Seen as a surprise decision before that date, Leung’s deputy Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor made an expected announcement on December 10 she would reconsider running for the top post.
The weirdness of the ongoing 2017 chief executive election thickened yesterday as Leung Kwok-hung, accompanied by four like-minded pan-democrat legislators, launched a civic nomination campaign for his election bid.
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