Hong Kong: Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Tuesday rejected suggestions that China was stopping her from stepping down from her post, adding that it was her choice to stay as she wanted to solve the cities ongoing problems.
Lam's remarks come a day after the leaking of an audio recording, suggesting that she had said in a closed-door meeting that she would quit given the choice, for causing 'unforgivable havoc' to the city.
"About resignation, I said on several occasions previously and also affirmed by my colleagues in the Chief Executive's Office in response to media enquiries that throughout this period... I have never tendered resignation to the central people's government," she told the media.
"I have not even contemplated discussing resignation with the central people's government. The choice of not resigning is my own choice."
