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(1) A top legal body,with 2/3 of the judges parliament and the other third choosen by those the responsability of enforce laws, ordinances, decisions, judicial decisions, and so on, in order they respect the Portuguese Constitution

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elected by the elected. It has administrative. to guarantee

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(2) Macau's government has a Governor, appointed by the "portuguese president. The governor, actualy, can have up to seven "Under- Secretaries", in whom he delegates specific powers. This post corresponds to the post of 'Secretary",in Hong Kong government. One diference is that there is no post corresponding to "Chief-Secretary", in the local government structure. When Governor leaves the territory, for example, he previously appoints one of the "Under-Secretaries" as acting Governor.

Macau's Governor is accountable only to the President. This is the only executive responsability of the portuguese President.Other presidential powers are more or less honnoryfic powers. The

portuguese political system is usualy classified as more parliamentary than presidential, because all

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the executive powers relay on the government,wich depends from the majority. force In the Parliament.This situation #critisied, due to, for example,all matters concerning Foreign

Affairs are government responsability which means portuguese Government (of Lisbon) who appoints and works of the Joint Liaison Group.

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