Universal suffrage would give the government greater public support and legitimacy for its efforts to reach Hong Kong’s economic objectives and tackle social challenges, such as the socioeconomic and generational divides in Hong Kong society. The government’s political reform package, which proposed that candidates for chief executive, as the city's top leader is called, should be vetted by a nomination committee, was voted down in June 2015 by the Legislative Council.
Программа политических реформ правительства, предполагавшая, что кандидаты на пост главы исполнительной власти, главы города, должны проверяться и утверждаться специальной комиссией, была отвергнута Законодательным советом в июне 2015 года.