Hong Kong, Aug 31 (IANS) Chinese authorities have ruled out open nominations for elections to choose Hong Kong’s leader and now two to three candidates will be nominated by a “broadly representative” committee, BBC reported Sunday. The decision, expected to limit the selection of candidates to pro-Beijing figures, has prompted the pro-democracy Occupy Central movement to launch a sit-in in the city’s central business district in protest. The election for Hong Kong’s chief executive is due in 2017 and will be the first time the holder of the post is directly chosen by voters. While the election would represent “historic progress”, “the sovereignty, security and development interests of the country are at stake”, and therefore “there is a need to proceed in a prudent and steady manner”, the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress said announcing its decision.
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