3. IN LINE WITH THE PRINCIPLE OF BUILDING ON THE EXISTING (ANST UT- UT MONS, THE MAY 1986 AND OCTOBER 1986 PAPERS ENVISAGED THAT THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE FUTURE SAR WOULD HAVE THE ADVICE AND ASSIST- ANCE OF A BODY EQUIVALENT TO THE PRESENT EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. THIS NOTE PUTS FORWARD FURTHER THINKING ON THE COMPOSITION AND FUNCTIONS OF SUCH A BODY WHINCH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS NOTES DESCRIBED AS ''THE CHIEF EXECUTUNE'S COUNCIL'' (CEC).
THE CHIEF EXECUTIINE'S COUNCIL
(A) METHOD OF SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT
4. HT WAS SUGGESTED ON PAPER # OF MAY 1986 THAT THE CEC COULD
BE FORMED IN ONE OF TWO WAYS:
(A) BY SELECTION BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE HIMSELF FROM AMONG, OR OUTSIDE, PRINCIPAL OFFICALS AND THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE LEGISLATURE:
(B) N PART AT LEAST BY ELECTION FROM AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE THEMSELVES.
5. OPTION (B) WOULD HELP ENSURE THAT THE CEC ENJOYED THE SUPPORT AND CONFIDENCE OF THE LEGISLATURE. IN THE OTHER HAND IT MIGHT CREATE THE IMPRESSION THAT THE ROLE OF THE COUNCIL WAS SUBORDINATE
TO THAT OF THE LEGISLATURE.
6. HT MAY THEREFORE BE PREFERABLE FOR THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO BE ABLE TO SELECT THE MEMBERS OF HIS COUNCIL, WAHTH THE EXCEPTION OF EX-OFFICHO MEMBERS (SUCH AS THE FUTURE EQUIVALENTS OF THE PRESENT CHIEF SECRETARY, FINANCIAL SECRETARY AND ATTORNEY GENERAL) WHOSE MEMBERSHIP MIGHT BE STIPULATED IN THE BASIC LAW. TO GIVE THE COUNCIL THE NECESSARY AUTHORITY, THE MEMBERS MIGHT BE NOMINATED BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND APPOINTED BY THE CENTRAL PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT.
(B) COMPOSITION
7. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE WOULD BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL. NTS
MEMBERSHIP MIGHT INCLUDE, AS NOW :
(A) EX-OFFICO MEMBERS (SEE PARAGRAPH 6 ABOVE):
(B)
CERT MAN OTHER KEY PRINCIPAL OFFICIALS: AND
(C) **UNOFFICIAL * MEMBERS.
TO UNDERLINE THE ADVISORY FUNCTION OF THE COUNCIL, IT WOULD SEEM DESIRABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THE 'UNOFFICIAL'' MEMBERS TO BE IN A CLEAR MAJORITY, ALTHOUGH IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE NOT TO SPECIFY THE ACTUAL PROPORTIONS OF EACH CATEGORY OF MEMBER OR THE TOTAL SIZE OF
THE COUNCIL.
HIT WOULD ALSO SEEM DESIRABLE TO PROVIDE THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE WITH
THE DISCRETION TO RECOMMEND THE TERMS OF OFFICE OF MEMBERS WHO ARE
8.
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