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OFFICE OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND THE LEGISLATURE TO
COINCIDE APPROXIMATELY. OTHERWISE A NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE ·
MIGHT FIND HIMSELF UNABLE TO WORK EFFECTIVELY WITH THE
LEGISLATURE WHICH HE HAD INHERITED. WE THEREFORE SUGGEST
A NEW PARA 6 ON THE FOLLOWING LINES:
QUOTE 6. ON FURTHER REFLECTION, IT IS CONSIDERED THAT
THERE WOULD BE ADVANTAGE IN THE TERM OF OFFICE OF THE
CHIEF EXECUTIVE COINCIDED APPROXIMATELY WITH THAT OF THE
LEGISLATURE. A CONVENIENT ARRANGEMENT WOULD BE FOR THE
CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO ENTER UPON HIS OFFICE FOLLOWING THE
ELECTION OF THE LEGISLATURE. THIS WOULD BE A PARTICULAR
ADVANTAGE IF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE WERE ELECTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OR A GEC WHICH INCLUDED MEMBERS OF THE
LEGISLATURE SINCE IT WOULD FACILITATE CO-OPERATION
BETWEEN EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATURE. FURTHER IF THE CHEF
EXECUTIVE WERE TO BE ELECTED OR SELECTED WHENEVER A NEW
LEGISLATURE WAS ELECTED, WHETHER THE LEGISLATURE HAD
PREVIOUSLY RUN FOR A FULL TERM. OR HAD
BEEN DISSOLVED PREMATURELY, THIS WOULD PROVIDE A USEFUL
CHECK AGAINST THE MISUSE OF THE POWER OF DISSOLUTION (SEE
PARA 13). UNQUOTE.
WE ARE NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF
EXCO'S POINT (C), BUT BELIEVE IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH OUR
THINKING.
IN PARA 7 FIRST SENTENCE WE SUGGEST INCLUSION OF QUOTE
UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF HMG UNQUOTE AFTER QUOTE GOVERNOR
UNQUOTE AND DELETION OF QUOTE IN FULL UNQUOTE AND
ADDITION AFTER QUOTE INSTRUCTIONS UNQUOTE OF QUOTE SOLELY
IN HIS DISCRETION UNQUOTE. IN THE SECOND SENTENCE WE
SUGGEST ADDITION AFTER QUOTE GOVERNOR UNQUOTE OF QUOTE
HAS FOR MANY YEARS UNQUOTE AND REPLACEMENT OF QUOTE ACTS
UNQUOTE BY QUOTE ACTED UNQUOTE. YOU WOULD THEN NEED TO
ADD A COLON AND QUOTE HE UNQUOTE AFTER QUOTE COUNCIL
UNQUOTE.
IN PARA 8 WE SUGGEST THE FIRST SENTENCE MIGHT BETTER
BEGIN QUOTE THE GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CHIEF
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