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(b) presented his executive to the legislature for a vote of confidence (see paragraph 14 of paper II). This confidence, however, would not necessarily survive for
the whole of the legislative session.
the
21. If, however, the assumption in para 7 above were not valid, and neither course (a) or (b) above were adopted, then it is necessary to consider where in the legislature
the Chief Executive could look for support for his
policies. The benefit of cross-membership between
executive and the legislature in this connection is discussed in a separate paper. But it could be argued that
such support could not be guaranteed unless at least a proportion
legislature was selected by the same electorate as would choose the Chief Executive himself.
of the
22.
A
possible
solution would
be to validate the
membership of the present appointed and official members by of election in order to comply with the
the Joint Declaration (see
some
form
of
provisions
above).
23.
paragraph
1
This could be done in several different ways. For
example:
(a)
as
were
used
as
the
regards official members, if
of means
the choosing
an electoral college
Chief
Executive, the Chief Executive could present a list of
his senior officials to the electoral college for
selection as full voting members of the legislature;
(b) as regards appointed members, if it appeared desirable that a component similar to the appointed members now in the council should continue to exist in the SAR
then either legislature,
separately or in the same
above, the Chief
to the
list
present
as
in (a)
list a
electoral
Executive
college.
could
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