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M)

UNQUOTE. WE DO NOT SHARE EXCO'S PERCEPTION (POINT E))

THAT THE SITUATION DESCRIBED IN PARA 13(B) WOULD BE SO

UNLIKELY AS TO WARRANT ITS OMISSION.

WE THINK PARA 15 GOES INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL AT THIS STAGE,

AND SUGGEST DELETION OF THIRD AND FOURTH SENTENCES.

N)

IN PARA 16 WE SUGGEST QUOTE REMOVAL UNQUOTE IN PLACE OF

QUOTE DISMISSAL UNQUOTE.

0)

P)

HOWE

AT THE END OF PARA 17 WE SEE ADVANTAGE IN YOUR INCLUDING

THE IDEA THAT THE NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE SHOULD CONTINUE FOR

THE RESIDUE OF HIS PREDECESSOR'S TERM.

AS GENERAL POINTS WE WONDER IF REFERENCE SHOULD NOT BE

MADE ALSO THE QUESTION OF IMPEACHMENT/DISSOLUTION IN THE

EVENT OF A CONFLICT BETWEEN CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND

LEGISLATURE (WHO ACTS FIRST?) AND ALSO THE NEED FOR AN

ACTING CHIEF EXECUTIVE IN THE EVENT OF SUDDEN REMOVAL,

INCAPACITY OR DEATH. (WE NOTE THAT EXCO HAVE ALSO

RAISED THE LATTER POINT).

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