the joint committee also demanded direct elections of the post-1997 chief executive and the legislative council to be included in the basic law. the group of 190 proposal was countered by the highly conservative cha proposal by louis cha and cha chi-ming backed by beijing. the joint committee launched a series of campaign against the cha proposal. as a result, szeto wah and martin lee became the only two drafters to vote against the proposal in the drafting committee.