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Basic Law both make plain, it is the
Legislature which is the main constitutional
element that must be developed. That is,
therefore, my major concern.
A Separate ExCo
122.
With a changed
and much more
what' are the
representative Legislature,
options for the development of Exco and for
its advisory role? Among the various
proposals which have
have been canvassed, there
only seem to me to be two which are credible
first, a coalition ExCo, OF second,
complete separation of ExCo and LegCo.
123.
The coalition approach was to some
degree attempted after the 1991 LegCo
elections.
It failed to get fully off the
ground.
confidentiality
Perhaps
and
understandably,
collective
members.
responsibility were seen as too onerous a
burden for some of the potential joint
And for those LegCo Members who
did join the Executive Council, the
responsibilities of having to stand up for
government policies at a time when they were
competing for community support and in some
cases to found a political party proved
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