In Hong Kong, Occupy Central Gains Momentum

Hong Kong.   Occupy Central with Love and Peace (OCLP), often abbreviated to Occupy Central, is an organization advocating the  nonviolent   occupation protest  for  universal suffrage  in  Central, Hong Kong  that started on 27 September 2014.  It had previously been scheduled to start in the second half of 2014.

In Hong Kong, Occupy Central Gains Momentum. Photo: Hong Kong Freelancers Network.

The campaign was initiated by  Benny Tai Yiu-ting , Associate Professor of Law at the  University of Hong Kong , in January 2013. He predicted that at least 10,000 citizens would join the protest to take over Central in July 2014 if the universal suffrage for the  2017 Chief Executive election  and 2020 Legislative Council Elections would not be carried out according to the "international standards".

Observers noted that the  occupy movement  campaign would likely occur after  Qiao Xiaoyang , chairman of the Chinese  National People's Congress  Law Committee, stated that chief executive candidates were required to love both the country (China) and Hong Kong, and not confront the central government, effectively excluding candidates from the opposition  pro-democracy camp .

This was confirmed on 31 August 2014 when the NPC stated that the election for the  Chief Executive  of Hong Kong, being a Chinese territory, would, in effect, be restricted to the candidates supportive of the Chinese central government.

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