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M)
UNQUOTE. WE DO NOT SHARE EXCO'S PERCEPTION (POINT E))
THAT THE SITUATION DESCRIBED IN PARA 13(B) WOULD BE SO
UNLIKELY AS TO WARRANT ITS OMISSION.
WE THINK PARA 15 GOES INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL AT THIS STAGE,
AND SUGGEST DELETION OF THIRD AND FOURTH SENTENCES.
N)
IN PARA 16 WE SUGGEST QUOTE REMOVAL UNQUOTE IN PLACE OF
QUOTE DISMISSAL UNQUOTE.
0)
P)
HOWE
AT THE END OF PARA 17 WE SEE ADVANTAGE IN YOUR INCLUDING
THE IDEA THAT THE NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE SHOULD CONTINUE FOR
THE RESIDUE OF HIS PREDECESSOR'S TERM.
AS GENERAL POINTS WE WONDER IF REFERENCE SHOULD NOT BE
MADE ALSO THE QUESTION OF IMPEACHMENT/DISSOLUTION IN THE
EVENT OF A CONFLICT BETWEEN CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND
LEGISLATURE (WHO ACTS FIRST?) AND ALSO THE NEED FOR AN
ACTING CHIEF EXECUTIVE IN THE EVENT OF SUDDEN REMOVAL,
INCAPACITY OR DEATH. (WE NOTE THAT EXCO HAVE ALSO
RAISED THE LATTER POINT).
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