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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 the
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 а
the proportion of
legislature was selected by the
electorate as would choose the Chief Executive himself.
9.
same
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
provisions of the Joint Declaration (see paragraph 1
above).
some
form
as regards official
10. One possible way of doing this
members, would be to validate their choice through an
electoral college, if such a body were to be used as the means of choosing the Chief Executive. The Chief Executive
could present a list of his senior officials to the electoral college for election as full voting members of
the legislature.
to
11. If it appeared desirable that a
a component similar the appointed members now in the council should continue to exist in the Special Administrative Region legislature, the
Chief Executive could present them in a list to the
electoral college either separately or in a list together
with the officials. The electoral college would through an electoral process choose the required number of people from the list to fill the designated seats in the legislature.
12. Great care would need to be taken to strike the right
balance between the numbers chosen by the different methods
to avoid allegations that the Chief Executive had in
practice а majority of his Own appointees in the
legislature. To avoid this accusation, the total of
official and other members elected by the electoral college
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