政制及內地事務局長林瑞麟宣布，修改立法會出缺的遞補機制，由原先最大餘額名單替補，改由辭職議員同一名單候選人接替。

林瑞麟表示，他們提出條例草案後，收到不少意見，有不少議員及黨派提出，如在任議員過身或患重病，由另一黨派候選人替補，這不公道。他們亦指出，原先提出的遞補機制，是由另一黨派接任，這不符合原先選民意投票意願，令他們的投票失效。

林瑞麟強調，經過深思熟慮後，提出修改建議，如議員日後辭職，可由原有名單其他候選人接任，這可保留比例代表制的原意，而選民投票時亦可清楚知道支持誰人。

他指出，如原有名單的其他候選人不願接任或喪失資格，就由最大餘額名單接任，最後也沒有人接任，就要進行補選。

他強調，新修改制度可更快替補出缺議員的位置，節省公帑，並令立法會的運作更好。

(1) Say something is good in a hard-sell manner; no alternative given (努力推銷)

(2) Without providing concrete evidence (leaving alone convincing one) (無實質理據支持)

(3) Only give AO-style rhetorics. It just loves quoting international examples whenever it is in favor of their policies. (得個講字)

(4) Impermeable to all commentaries and critics, which are considered as noise (無視一切反對聲音)

(5) The more heavily the policy is criticized, the more reluctant the government to change its policy (越多批評, 政府越抗拒改變)

(6) If public resentment elevates to an unacceptable level, the government will retreat somewhat but this only gives further elevation in resentment (our government really has expertise in making people furious (政府作出讓步, 但反而引來更多怨言)

(7) Finally, the government all along abandons the policy, which, if subject to some refinement in the early stages, may be worthwhile to purse. But i admit for most polices, they should not be pursued. Of course, no apology for wasting time and effort. (政府放棄有關政策)