Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A shekara ta 2004, Kwamitin Dindindin na Majalisa na Jama'a (NPCSC) ya yi watsi da kuri'un gama gari a zaben Shugaban Kasa na 2012, amma a shekara ta 2007 ya yanke hukuncin cewa za a iya aiwatar da zaben Shugaban kasa na 2017 "ta hanyar hanyar jefa kuri'a ta gama gari". A ranar 31 ga Agusta, 2014, duk da haka, NPCSC ta sanya yanayin da ba shi da ma'ana cewa "Babban Daraktan zai zama mutumin da ke son kasar da kuma son Hong Kong" kuma cewa za a ci gaba da zabar 'yan takara biyu ko uku ta hanyar kwamitin da ba na dimokiradiyya ba. 'Yan jam'iyyar pan-democrats sun dauki tsarin gabatar da takara mai tsauraran matakai a matsayin keta ka'idojin kasa da kasa don zaben' yanci, kamar yadda 'yan takarar da ba su goyi bayan gwamnatin tsakiya ba za a iya tantance su. "Hukuncin 831", kamar yadda aka kira shi, ya haifar da zanga-zangar aji a Hong Kong wanda ya karu zuwa wani yunkuri na kwana 79 da ba a taɓa gani ba.
, da aka sani a duniya a matsayin "Umbrella juyin juya hali".