ex-judge Woo Kwok-hing said that among the three powers, the court is the most powerful. As a candidate for the top job, his remark could have been the last straw, or at least it has been most untimely. And in the Right of Abode case, the CFA said that it has inherent jurisdiction to rule that the NPCSC/NPC is wrong, which is most unthinkable in constitutional law, BL, common sense and reality.
As you said, and I believe, the CPG has been wary of this mindset of the judiciary (and the legal profession, notably the civic party) for a long time, but CPG has to put up with it, until this time. As I see it, not only CPG, but if you read the Chinese paper and browse the Chinese internet, you would find that so many HK people and columnists (all local) have been extremely disappointed and even angry with the judiciary in their lenient treatment of protesters (which has failed to stop the instability and chaos in HK). Many people are concerned that HK's rankings in many aspects, such as university rankings, innovation etc have been lagging behind. Having said that, no one queries about the fair judgments as regards commercial cases, which is fine.
P.S. ex-judge Woo Kwok-hing even said that occupy central is good fun, and that he would have participated in it were he 50 years younger. Again, this is unthinkable, and it's only natural that CPG, I think, has doubts about the mindset of the judiciary. By the way, Judge Thomas Au who presides over this case is/was a civic party member.
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