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4.
The "liberals"
the
may decide to attack
Bill for
allowing HKG (and, hence, the future SARG) to retain a very
considerable degree of control over the electoral process.
They may seek to raise the following "matters of principle":
(a) Why should LegCo's President or his nominee
The Speaker has
not
chair the Commission?
this role in the UK (even though his report is
submitted to the Home Secretary).
(b)
Why should the Chief Electoral Officer and his
staff continue to be civil servants instead of
creating a class of independent staff for the
elected
bodies (e.g., similar to the Clerks in
Parliament) and those organisations which deal
with electoral matters (especially since civil
servants are not barred from becoming members
of political organisations)?
(c)
Why should the Governor
Commission's
"pre-determine" the
conclusions by setting the number
(The districts are
of districts
in advance?
to
be
the
building
constituencies.)
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of
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