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The Hong Kong government has retreated. Hong Kong Executive Chief Carrie Lam yesterday suspended the process of approving the extradition law to China. The pro-Peking leader therefore opposed the mbad demonstrations of the opposition, who decided to maintain the mobilization until the total withdrawal of the text.

"The government has decided to suspend the process of changing the legislation in order to reactivate our communication with all sectors of society, to work more (…) and to listen to the different points of view of society" Lam said to the press. However, the remarks of the head of the executive did not convince the opponents of the bill, grouped around the Civil Rights Front, who called for the protests to continue and to to mbadively go to the streets to demand their resignation and the definitive withdrawal of the legislative project. "The suspension is not acceptable because the government could resume the bill in five days at any time," Jimmy Sham, of the Civil Front for Human Rights, told reporters. "We must tell the government that the people of Hong Kong will persist and maintain its protests until the executive withdraws the law," added the official.

Another Front leader, Wong Yok Mo, explained that if necessary, they would organize more demonstrations and other demonstrations until their demands are met, including the removal of all charges against those arrested during events. They also demand that the marches be considered a legitimate right and not a revolt.

Proposed in February and with a final vote scheduled for Thursday, the law would allow Hong Kong's executive and courts to process extradition extradition requests to jurisdictions without extradition without prior consent, including with China and other countries. Taiwan. Hong Kong has extradition agreements with 20 countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, but has never signed with China. Opponents fear that local activists, critical journalists or dissidents living in Hong Kong will be sent to Mainland China for trial.

Last Sunday, a million people – one in seven – protested against a huge mobilization, demanding the suspension of the law which, according to critics, would leave the people at the mercy of the judicial system of mainland China, considered opaque and which works. under the influence of the Communist Party in power. Opposition to the project brought together influential legal organizations, lawyers, industry leaders, chambers of commerce, journalists and foreign diplomats. Three days later, on Wednesday, a demonstration of tens of thousands of people was brutally suppressed by the police with the help of gas bullets and rubber bullets.

A new protest planned for today – at the end of this edition was still standing – had put Lam under pressure, even in his ranks, where some voices had asked him to turn back. Yesterday, at a press conference, the executive announced the suspension of the bill, stating that no date had been set for reintroducing it. "The council will stop working on the bill until we have finished our explanations and heard the opinions" on this subject, he said. "We do not intend to set a deadline for this work," he added.

According to Lam, the extradition law was needed to resolve the loopholes and prevent Hong Kong from becoming a haven for criminals, but admitted that the government had underestimated the reaction of the public.

While some parliamentarians felt that the bill should be deferred, others, closely related to China, had advised not to give in to prevent "Hong Kong is ungovernable". According to the New York Times, the government runs the risk of citizens, especially younger ones, starting to think that the only way to stop unwanted political initiatives is to get going. That is why Lam rejected the fact that his decision was related to the intention of preventing more violence today. "Our decision has nothing to do with what could happen tomorrow," he said.