But legislator Jaw Shau-kong believed a formal vote would be more democratic and proposed election by secret ballot. Since in Jaw's view everyone supported Lee anyway, there would be no harm in making the process more meaningful.
但趙少康代表卻認為，經由正式選舉過程所產生的結果，比較符合民主的要求，因此在會期前，即積極推動「票選」的主張。