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(a) The Power to dissolve the Legislature could
be given to the Chief Executive.
(b) There
might
otherwise
be
a provision
review such
requiring the Executive to policies, and in the event of the Executive
deciding to maintain them requiring a vote
of confidence in the Legislature. In the
event of the Chief Executive failing to
obtain a vote of confidence, there are a
number of options, for example;
(i) there would be a dissolution; or
(ii) the Consultative College could be
called to adjudicate on whether there
should be a dissolution, or the Chief
Executive called on to resign; or both.
There are undoubtedly other options.
Presidency of the Legislature
28. Some provision will need to be made for the Presidency of the Legislature. Given the powers and duties of the
Chief Executive under the Joint
the Joint Declaration, and
and the
the fact
that he and the Executive authorities are to be accountable to the Legislature, it would not be appropriate for him to preside over it. Provision might therefore be made for the Legislature to select someone from among its own members to preside over its proceedings. If it were decided, in the context of the 1987 Review (see Paper III), that the Governor should cease to preside over the Legislative Council no problem of convergence would then arise.
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