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(C) MEMBERS ELECTED BY THE **GRAND ELECTORAL COLLEGE'' COULD BE CHOSEN TO FILL ANY GAPS IN REPRESENTATION ARISING FROM THE OTHER
METHODS OF ELECTION, THUS ENSURING THAT THE LEGISLATURE CONTINUED TO BENEF MT FROM THE WIDEST POSSIBLE RANGE OF TALENTS AND EXPERIENCE.
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*MT WOULD ALSO BE NECESSARY TO DECIDE WHETHER THE DIFFERENT.
GROUPS OF ELECTED MEMBERS SHOULD BE IN ROUGHLY EQUAL PROPORTIONS,
OR WHETHER ONE GROUP SHOULD BE IN THE MAJORITY. AS SUGGESTED IN
THE COVERING PAPER TO THE NOTES HANDED OVER IN OCTOBER 1986,1 HT WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE DESIRABLE FOR THE BASIC LAW TO ATTEMPT TO
PRESCRIBE THE EXACT NUMBER OF MEMBERS TO BE ELECTED IN EACH
CATEGORY, OR TO SET AN ABSOLUTE LIMIT ON THE TOTAL SIZE OF THE LEGISLATURE, ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT LAY DOWN THE MINIMUM AND/OR MAXIMUM PROPORTION OF SEATS TO BE FILLED BY EACH GROUP. SUCH AN APPROACH
WOULD ALLOW FLEXIBILITY FOR FURTHER ADJUSTMENT TO THE COMPOSIT BON
OF THE LEGISLATURE» DUR>NG THE 50 YEARS FOLLOWING 1997, F CHANGING
CIRCUMSTANCES RENDERED THIS APPROPRIATE.
THE FUTURE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
9.
PARAGRAPHS 13 AND 14 OF NOTE 2N THIS SERIES REFERRED
TO THE IMPORTANT ROLE PLAYED BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN THE WORKINGS
OF THE LEGISLATURE AND TO THE NEED TO CONSIDER HOW THIS CAN BE
MAINTAINED. THERE WOULD SEEM TO BE TWO POSSIBLE WAYS IN WHICH THILS
MIGHT BE ACHIEVED:
(A) IN LINE WITH THE SUGGESTION IN PARAGRAPH 10 OF NOTE 1, KEY SENHOR OFFICIALS COULD BE INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF CANDIDATES
NOMINATED BY THE CHEF EXECUTIVE FOR ELECTION TO THE LEGISLATURE
BY THE 'GRAND ELECTORAL COLLEGE'' (F THIS SYSTEM OF ELECTION WERE
TO BE INTRODUCED): OR
(B) SENHOR OFFICIALS COULD BE IN REGULAR ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS OF
THE LEGISLATURE TO INTRODUCE GOVERNMENT BUSINESS, MAKE STATEMENTS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT WOULD NO LONGER BE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND WOULD NO LONGER THEREFORE BE ABLE TO VOTE.
10.
THE ADVANTAGES OF OPTION (A) WOULD BE THAT GOVERNMENT OFF-IC WALS WOULD, AS NOW, BE FULL MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE. THEY COULD TAKE THE LEAD IN INTRODUCING GOVERNMENT BUSINESS AND
WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO PLAY A FULL PART IN ALL ASPECTS OF PROCEEDINGS. SUCH A SYSTEM MIGHT BE CRUTCHISED HOWEVER, AS BEING
MERELY A MEANS OF ''RUBBER STAMPING THE MEMBERSHIP OF KEY
OFFICIALS AND NOT A GENUINE FORM OF ELECTION AS STIPULATED IN THE
JOINT DECLARATHON. THE NEED TO SUBMIT THEMSELVES FOR ELECTION BY
THE GEC MIGHT LEAD TO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS BECOMING INCREASINGLY
DRAWN INTO THE POLITICAL SPHERE. FURTHER, PARTICULAR OFFICIALS FAILED TO BE ELECTED BY THE GEC LT WOULD UNDERMINE BOTH THE MR
STATUS IN THE ADMINISTRATRON AND THE EFFICIENT WORKING OF THE
LEGISLATURE.
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