RTHK^[?] has the news of Baron Chris "Fatty" Patten discussing Hong Kong and fulfillment of the Basic Law.

Hong Kong's last colonial governor, Chris Patten, says people in Hong Kong must accept that Beijing has the final say on universal suffrage.

The Basic Law and its "reinterpretations" by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress make it clear that the CCP^[?] has the final say on universal suffrage and other modifications of the system. There is no debating this.

The debate stems from the fact that the CCP is unhappy having just the last say. The CCP wants to have the first say and the last say (and if possible every say between the first and last). This isn't the way the Basic Law, as approved by the National People's Congress, is written. They want to pre-approve Chief Executive candidates prior to an election, not just approve or disapprove the Chief Executive candidate chosen by the Hong Kong people. Such a mechanism DOES NOT EXIST in the Basic Law. This desire runs counter to the Basic Law. They want to pre-approve the plan to attain universal suffrage and Donald Tsang Yam-kuen sets this as one of his three pre-conditions for his proposed Green Paper. Such a mechanism DOES NOT EXIST in the Basic Law. This desire runs counter to the Basic Law.

Though after the reinterpretations of the Basic Law that ran counter to the actual words contained in the Basic Law concerning Right Of Abode and Number of Years for a Chief Executive's term, very few Hong Kongers expect the CCP to faithfully uphold the Basic Law that the CCP approved.

As per usual, when the folks in Zhongnanhai screw up, the ones to be punished for the mistake are anybody but the folks in Zhongnanhai.