DAB chairwoman Starry Lee says Exco resignation will let party work on Hong Kong’s problems ‘more clearly and neutrally’
Once more refuting claims that she quit to prepare for chief executive race, lawmaker lists upcoming Legco elections and heavy workload among reasons for departure
Starry Lee Wai-king has said her walkout on the Executive Council will help her party give its take on the city’s problems “more clearly and neutrally”.
The chairwoman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong said as much on the same day Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah said it would be a “good thing” for the city to have a female chief executive.
Lee said she resigned to plan for the Legislative Council elections in September. Those elections are expected to feature intense rivalry between, and within, political camps.
Amid voters’ calls for fresh faces in city politics, the DAB is launching its first ever internal primary in the party’s history today, to find a young successor for lawmaker Ip Kwok-him, who will retire in the summer.
Lee, 42, revealed on Thursday that she had quit Exco. Ip promptly filled her vacated seat.
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Some asked if Lee was abandoning Leung Chun-ying’s administration amid political and social turmoil.
