This is the big sticking point! Beijing will point to this and their statement is simple; " it's not a human right to vote, but a political right, and we decide our political agenda"
Such a shame that all this is going on, but my feeling is that the support for the movement might strart to...
I've never seen a protest quite like this. No smashed shop windows, litter cleaned off the streets the next morning and no violence. I'm slightly worried that things might escalate over the next day or two though :-(