Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has again invited students to meet. Photo: Felix Wong
Frank Fang, Epoch Times: Hong Kong Leader Carrie Lam Has Offered to Resign Over Extradition Bill Protests But Beijing Says No: Reports
As protests in Hong Kong continue over a controversial extradition bill, there has been much speculation over embattled leader Carrie Lam’s grip on power—particularly as to whether her backers in Beijing still trust her.
According to a July 14 article in the Financial Times, Lam has offered to resign, but Beijing is rejected her offer. The report cited two unnamed sources with direct knowledge of the situation.
“[Lam] has to stay [in her position] to clean up the mess she created,” one source told the Financial Times. “No one else can clean up the mess and no one else wants the job.”
Public discontent against Lam’s pro-Beijing government has been building since it first proposed the controversial extradition bill in February. If passed, the bill would allow people of any nationality to be extradited to mainland China from Hong Kong, and then subjected to trials in courts controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.
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WNU Editor: According to the Financial Times the reason why Carrie Lam is still the leader of Hong Kong is the following .... “No one else can clean up the mess and no one else wants the job.”
I agree.
