Grandfather's original plan is to have 犯婦人 act as the shadow candidate to Rubbish Tang. CY Leung is not a popular candidate in Grandfather's eyes b/c of the conflicts he has / will get into with the HK super rich.
Yip-Lau's CV looks better than 犯婦人's since she has a rich background serving the government, AND lived through the direct election process. That last part is important because it gives her a direct voter support base. But Grandfather usually like to plan their moves well in advance, and Yip-Lau was originally looking to be the next-next candidate in grooming, not the immediate candidate. Dropping her into the mix right now seems odd for Grandfather to do, but I take that as a sign that the power struggle within the CCP to settle the personnel arrangements in the CCP power core is taking up all of their attention.
-Lik |