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Q. DO YOU AGREE WITH LI HOU'S DEFINITION OF 'ACCOUNTABLITY''?
A. WHAT MR. L HOU SAID, ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS, SEEMS TO
MIDENTIFY SOME OF THE KEY ELEMENTS OF CHECKS AND BALANCES THAT WOULD
NEED TO EXIST IN A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND THE
LEGISLATURE. HOWEVER, ACCOUNTABILITY IS NOT A MATTER OF A
DICTIONARY OR TEXT-BOOK DEFINITION. IT IS A WAY OF DESCRIBING
THE OVERALL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND THE LEGISLATURE.
THIS IS ORGANIC, REFLECTING THE DIFFERENT OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES WHICH EACH BODY POSSESSES.
Q. WILL THE SUBJECT OF ACCOUNTABILITY BE DISCUSSED AT JLG?
A. MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION AT JLG ARE CONFIDENTIAL UNLESS OTHERWISE
AGREED BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES.
Q. WHAT DID THE GOVERNOR MEAN WHEN HE SAND THAT THERE WOULD NEED
TO BE FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THE FUTURE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
EXECUTIVE AND THE LEGISLATURE?
A. THERE ARE A GREAT MANY FORA IN WHICH THIS MATTER MIGHT BE
DISCUSSED, E.G. IN THE 1987 REVIEW AS REGARDS THE PERIOD BEFORE
1997: AND IN THE BLDC AND BLCC, AS REGARDS POST-1997.
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