As it happened: Andrew Leung elected Legco president 38-0 over pan-dems’ objections in dramatic ending to raucous day
Pan-democrats tear up ballots and storm out of chamber at contentious meeting in which the pro-Beijing candidate produced a letter confirming he renounced his British nationality
Key points:
> Two localist lawmakers who pledged loyalty to “the Hong Kong nation” and a third who inserted words into his oath had their oaths rejected, while four localist legislators either inserted their own remarks before or after their oaths as the city’s 70 lawmakers were sworn in at the first meeting of the new Legislative Council term
> Pan-democrats and localists sought to defer the Legco presidential election for a week over a controversy surrounding the British nationality of Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen, the pro-Beijing camp’s choice to lead the body. But Leung prevailed 38-0 after his ally Abraham Razack assumed the chairmanship of the election proceedings and called for a vote. Almost all the pan-democrats tore up their ballots and stormed out
Watch: three Hong Kong lawmakers have oaths rejected
5.37pm – Andrew Leung wins Legco presidency over pan-democrats’ objections
