Lawmakers are likely to vote on the bill next week, said Andrew Leung, the president of Hong Kong’s legislature, despite mass protests over the weekend.

The measure is likely to pass in the legislature, where pro-Beijing lawmakers hold 43 of 70 seats.

Catch-up: Here’s some background on the measure and the tense relationship between Hong Kong and the central government in Beijing.

Related: A New Zealand court blocked a murder suspect’s extradition to China, the latest repudiation of the Chinese legal system.

Perspective: The protests are about more than an extradition law, The Times’s Editorial Board writes.