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Q. : DO YOU AGREE WITH LH HOU'S DEFINITION OF ACCOUNTABILITY?
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: WHAT MR. LA HOU SAND, ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS, SEEMS TO IDENTIFY 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 TEXTBOOK DEFINITION. (HT MS A WAY OF DESCRIBING THE OVERALL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND THE LEGISLATURE. THIS S ORGANIC, REFLECTING THE DIFFERENT OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES WHICH EACH BODY POSSESSES.
Q. WILL THE SUBJECT OF ACCOUNTABILITY BE DISCUSSED AT JLG?
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: MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION AT JLG ARE CONFIDENTIAL UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED BETWEEN TWO SIDES.
Q. : WHAT DID THE GOVERNOR MEAN WHEN HE SAID THAT THERE WOULD NEED TO BE FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THE FUTURE REATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND THE LEGISLATURE?
A. : THERE ARE A GREAT MANY FORA IN WHICH THIS MATTER MIGHT BE DISCUSSED, EG IN THE 1987 REVIEW AS REGARDS THE PERIOD BEFORE 1997 AND: IN THE BLDC AND BLCC, POST 1997.
3. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
YOUDE
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