article_snippet.sent: The catch, of course, is candidates would have to be approved by a mostly pro-China committee.
article_snippet.sent: Their fake universal suffrage is an insult to everybody's intelligence; that's why we refused to stay in the chamber.
article_snippet.sent: Part of that deal included establishing an election system based on the principles of universal suffrage.
article_snippet.sent: Now all you have is a vote, and the candidates must be vetted by a committee consisting of business and political elites.
highlights_snippet.sent: But candidates would have to be approved by a mostly pro-Beijing committee .
  