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With electoral reform plans only just unveiled, pan-democrats already fear they will be locked out of the process and issue a call to armsStorm clouds are already gathering, with pan-democrats and pro-government lawmakers split over whether the legal and constitutional principles emphasised in the administration’s consultation document on electoral reform will bar dissenting voices from running for chief executive.迷你倉將軍澳Pan-democrats called on the public not to feel limited by the parameters of the consultation paper and continue to fight for the right of ordinary voters to nominate candidates for the 2017 election – even after local and Beijing officials said the idea was not in line with the Basic Law.“We have to make the best use of these coming five months,” said Civic Party leader Alan Leong Kah-kit, referring to the period for which the consultation on electoral reform will run. “Let us ignore what [Basic Law Committee chairman] Li Fei said last month, as well as the framework set obscurely by [Chief Secretary] Carrie Lam [Cheng Yuet-ngor].”Democratic Party chairwoman Emily Lau Wai-hing said Hongkongers should voice their opinions “without self-censorship … and without worrying about what Beijing or Hong Kong officials said. People should speak their minds.“Let the Hong Kong government, the central government and the international community know what Hong K迷你倉尖沙咀ng people want,” she said.Questioned by lawmakers yesterday, Lam said it was “self-evident” that the chief executive must be a patriot.The idea that the chief executive must “love the country and Hong Kong” has long been touted by central and local officials. But it alarms pan-democrats, who fear it will be used to rule dissenters out of the race.Labour Party chairman Lee Cheuk-yan said Lam’s comments suggested the question of “patriotism” would be an obstacle on the path to democracy.“Is this a consultation about universal suffrage or about ‘screening’?” Lee asked. “Are we facing a straight road to universal suffrage, or is this a hurdles race?”But New People’s Party chairwoman Regina Ip Lau Shuk-yee said pan-democrats should not be surprised to see the government reiterate principles set down in the Basic Law.“I think people should also understand that for progress to be made, it has to be based on the Basic Law,” said Ip, also an Executive Council member. “I believe that if we negotiate [based on legal foundations], consensus can still be reached.”Ip said her party would hold internal meetings to develop reform proposals.Fellow Exco member Starry Lee Wai-king said the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, of which she is vice-chairwoman, would invite officials to explain the consultation paper, and would submit its own proposal.mini storage