“So long as it is universal suffrage implemented in that jurisdiction, it is genuine universal suffrage.”

— Leung Chun-ying

on being asked specifically whether Burma and North Korea have genuine universal suffrage. (2015)

Source: Cheng, Kevin (27 March 2015). "Leung defends poll reform amid Legco uproar" http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=155645&sid=44154809&con_type=1. The Standard

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