Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cikin hira da kafofin watsa labarai a lokacin mulkin mallaka na dimokiradiyya
, Leung ya yi ƙoƙarin ba da hujjar tsarin zaɓen mai ra'ayin mazan jiya na Hong Kong ta hanyar bayyana "idan gaba ɗaya wasan lambobi ne <unk> wakilcin lambobi <unk> to a bayyane za ku yi magana da rabin mutanen Hong Kong [waɗanda] ke samun ƙasa da dalar Amurka 1,800 a wata [aƙalla albashi a HK]. Za ku ƙare da irin wannan siyasa da manufofi". Bayanan sun tabbatar da rikice-rikice kuma an dauke su marasa tausayi da girman kai. Mawallafin "South China Morning Post" Alex Lo ya ce game da wannan hira: "Leung ya kafa mizanin zinariya kan yadda ba za a yi hira da kafofin watsa labarai ba ga al'ummomin 'yan siyasa masu zuwa". Lord Patten, gwamnan Biritaniya na karshe na Hong Kong, ya yi shakkar kwarewar Leung da iyawarsa a matsayin Babban Jami'in Hong Kong na yanzu. A watan Disambar 2014, ƙididdigar shahararrun Leung ta faɗi zuwa sabon ƙarancin, zuwa kashi 39.7, tare da rarar kashi -37%. An danganta wannan ga fahimtar jama'a game da rashin son Leung don warkar da raunuka, da kuma sauya laifinsa ba tare da dalili ba ga laifuffukan da ke cikin al'umma a kan abokan adawar. Leung ya kuma yi iƙirarin mummunan tasiri ga tattalin arzikin ba tare da bayar da hujja ba, kuma ƙididdigar hukuma ta saɓa da iƙirarinsa.