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it.
accountable to the legislature, it would not be appropriate
for him to preside over
AC President in would tot
_intervene in the proceedings of the legislature.
might,
Provision
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 No. 2), that the Governor should
cease to preside over the Legislative Council no problem of convergence would then arise.
TERMS OF OFFICE
water of
29.
The terms of office of the Chief Executive, members
아 of the Executive Council, and the legislature would need
to be specified. There could be a case for extending the
present term of office of the Legislative Council beyond 3
years.
30.
There are two possibilities for the term of office
of the Chief Executive.
This could:
(a)
coincide with the term of the office of the
legislature; or
(b) be staggered to provide for the selection of
the Chief Executive at a date different from that of
elections to the legislature.
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