4.
The
Government's
We
British Government would welcome the Chinese detailed views on these points. For our part, believe that the following principles could best form framework for creating a Election Committee system for the legislature :
the
(a)
(b)
since the objective of the Election Committee is to return a proportion of the members of the legislature, it should not itself be an institution of government; it should cease to its main task of returning the
of the legislature has been
fresh electoral roll would
function once
members
accomplished.
be compiled for each new election;
Election
Committee
the composition of the
should be designed, as far as possible, to avoid direct duplication with the membership of other constituencies returning members of the legislature;
(c) the
Election Committee should be as
representative as possible;
(d)
the procedure for the
nomination by the
Election Committee
of
candidates to the
simple, open and
(e)
legislature should be
prescribed in the electoral law; and
voting should be by secret ballot.