 In 2010, the party launched the "Five Constituencies Referendum" to pressure the government to implement universal suffrage in 2012.After the flagship pro-democracy party Democratic Party made a compromise with the government over the constitutional reform proposal, the party suffered a devastating defeat as two of the three legislators left the party to form People Power over the dispute whether to spine the Democrats in the following 2011 District Council election.The League resumed a co-operative relationship with the People Power in filibustering in the legislature.