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WAY FOR THEM. THE MAIN ARGUMENT FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD-ELECTORAL COLLEGE MEMBERS WAS TO PRODUCE A REASONABLY BALANCED GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF MEMBERS. THE MEDIA AND PUBLIC OPINION HAVE NOTED THAT THE MARCH 1986 URBAN COUNCIL AND REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS PRODUCED BROADLY SIMILAR MEMBERS TO THOSE PRODUCED BY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGES, THATS LARGELY SOCIAL WORKERS AND EDUCATIONALISTS. A BASIC DIMENSION OF THIS PROBLEM IS ARITHMETICAL: SHORT OF CONSIDERABLE ALTERATION OF THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTORAL COLLEGE BOUNDARIES, THE CHOICE US TO HAVE THE PRESENT TEN SEATS, OR NONE AT ALL SEMICOLON AND THE LATTER CHOICE WOULD MEAN ABOLISHING A TYPE OF REPRESENTATION ONLY INTRODUCED N
1985 WHICH MAY SEEM DRAMATIC AND UNSETTLING.
20. THESE POSSIBLE OPTIONS APPEAR IN TABULAR FORM AS FOLLOWS:
COMPONENT
1985
PRESENT POSITION
(A)
1988
(B) (C) (D)
FUNCTIONAL
12
16
16
16
16
OFFICIAL
10
14
14
14
14
ELECTORAL COLLEGES
12
12
12
12
2
APPOINTED
22
22
22
12
22
DIRECTLY ELECTED
0
10
10
10
56
64
74
64
64
(A) NO DIRECTLY ELECTED MEMBERS ADDED SEMICOLON
(B) 10 DIRECTLY ELECTED MEMBERS ADDED SEMICOLON NO REDUCTIONS
SEMICOLON
(C) 10 DIRECTLY ELECTED MEMBERS ADDED SEMICOLON APPOINTED MEMBERS
REDUCED BY 10 SEMICOLON
(D) 10 DIRECTLY ELECTED MEMBERS ADDED SEMICOLON ELECTORAL COLLEGE
MEMBERS REDUCED BY 10 SEMICOLON
(IN ALL OPTIONS FOR 1988, FOUR FUNCTIONAL AND FOUR OFFICIAL MEMBERS
ARE ADDED BY WAY OF ILLUSTRATION.}
21. THERE WILL BE GREAT INTEREST IN THE DELINEATION OF CONSTITUENCIES
AND THE QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED OF CANDIDATES, IF DIRECT ELECTIONS ARE INTRODUCED.
22. ON THE BASIS OF THE ABOVE ASSESSMENT OF OPINION AS IT STANDS
TODAY NO OPTIONS ARE LIKELY TO BE PUT FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION
IN THE 1987 REVIEW IN REGARD TO:
(A) THE POSITION OF THE GOVERNOR, EXCEPT AS PRESIDENT OF THE
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SEMICOLON OR
(B) THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS.
23. AMONG THE OPTIONS WHICH WILL BE FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE
REVIEW ARE:
(A) WHETHER THE 1988 ELECTIONS SHOULD BE CONDUCTED ON THE SAME
BASIS AS THE 1985 ELECTIONS WITH NO CHANGE SEMICOLON OR
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(B)
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