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MIPT: CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
THE FOLLOWING IS OUR DRAFT TEXT FOR THE PAPER ON GRAND ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
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2. THE BRITISH SIDE REMAINS OF THE VIEW THAT ONE OF THE BEST WAYS OF ENSURING A SMOOTH TRANSFER OF GOVERNMENT IN 1997 WOULD BE TO PROVIDE THAT ALL MEMBERS ELECTED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN 1995 SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE IN OFFICE UNTIL 1999. TO THIS END THE BRITISH SIDE CONFIRM THAT THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO COOPERATE WITH THE CHINESE SIDE AND INTRODUCE THE GEC/ELECTION COMMITTEE METHOD OF ELECTION TO THE LEGISLATURE IN 1995, PROVIDING THAT THE TWO SIDES CAN REACH AN UNDERSTANDING ON SATISFACTORY ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH
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