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MY FOURTH IPT: STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT: LONGER TERM ISSUES THE
LEGISLATURE
1.
FOLLOWS:
(A)
(B)
OUR COMMENTS ON YOUR TELNO 2490 (LEGISLATURE) ARE AS
WE SUGGEST IN VIEW OF THE OVERLAP BETWEEN THIS NOTE AND
NOTE 2 THAT YOU PREFACE THIS NOTE WITH A FORMULA ON THE
LINES THAT QUOTE A NUMBER OF ISSUES REGARDING THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LEGISLATURE AND THE EXECUTIVE
HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN NOTE II. UNQUOTE.
WE THINK PARA 3 IS A LITTLE STARK, GIVEN OUR LINE ON THE
1987 REVIEW, IN ASSUMING THE SAR LEGISLATURE WILL
NECESSARILY INCLUDE MEMBERS ELECTED BY DIRECT ELECTIONS
AND THE GEC. WE NOTE THAT EXCO HAD A SIMILAR THOUGHT
(POINT (J)). WE THEREFORE SUGGEST THE FIRST SENTENCE
SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH TWO SENTENCES ON THE FOLLOWING
LINES QUOTE. THE EXISTING LEGISLATURE COMPRISES MEMBERS
ELECTED OR APPOINTED BY A VARIETY OF MEANS. DEPENDING ON
THE OUTCOME OF THE 1987 REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, AND HAVING REGARD TO THE
IDEAS WHICH ARE EMERGING IN THE PROCESS OF CONSULTATION
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