Cika wannan jumla: A wata hira da manema labarai a lokacin da
a matsayin mulkin mallaka na dimokiradiyya, Leung ya yi ƙoƙari ya ba da hujjar tsarin zaɓen mai ra'ayin mazan jiya na Hong Kong ta hanyar bayyana "idan gaba ɗaya wasa ne na lambobi <unk> wakilcin lambobi <unk> to a bayyane za ku yi magana da rabin mutanen Hong Kong [waɗanda] suke samun ƙasa da dalar Amurka 1,800 a wata [matsakaicin 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.