5.
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Paper 2 of the "Trilogy" says the following:
"Presidency of the Legislature
Legislature.
Given the
Some provision will need to be made for the
Presidency of the
powers and duties of the Chief Executive under
the Joint Declaration, and the fact that he and
the Executive authorities are to be accountable
to the Legislature, it would not be appropriate
for him to preside over it. Provision might
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 III),
that the Governor should
the
Legislative
should cease to preside over
Council, no problem of
convergence would then arise."
6.
The present powers of the President
as such of
Legislative Council and of the Governor in relation to
nnex A Legislative Council matters, are set out in Annex A,
tentatively in the following four groups.
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onwards comment on the significant powers.