Such legislation was last proposed in 2003 under Article 23 of the Basic Law, Hong Kong’s mini-constitution, bringing hundreds of thousands of the territory’s citizens out in protest. Opposition in Hong Kong’s Legislative Council, however, made it unlikely such a bill could pass at the local level. Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post newspaper said a draft resolution would be brought before the National People’s Congress on Friday afternoon and voted on at the end of its session on May 28. The congress’ standing committee that handles most actual legislation will then consider the details of the measure, the newspaper said. Thursday saw the opening session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, an advisory body.

Source: Huffington Post May 21, 2020 14:34 UTC