NEW DRAFT CONSTITUTION FOR CHINA
Recciyud Tluirsdav, S.15 p.m. .\E\V Y ( ) K K, Nov. 27. The new draft of the Chinese Gonstitutiun which t li t? National Assembly has begun coiisideruig diflVrs in inqiortunt lespects from ihe original draft coinplet eil last -May, says the New York Tinies* Nanking correspondent. it embodies ideas from the American Constitutioii, the British system of Govern-li-eiit , other Eunipean ('onstitutions and the prim-iples of Sun Vat Sea. The litain departurcs from the draft of May are: 1'irstly, a popularly eleeteil legislati\e Yuan l.»y a two-thirds ma.jority rau eompel Ihe exerutive Yuan to earrv out a law or resign. In the original dralt the legislative Yuan liad iiii siie h authority; seeoiul, tlie pro\inees will have the right to elect their own governmejils, make their own laws and exereise wide autbiioinous powers; lliirdly, the National Assembly will eleet the president and vice-president, and initiale or liold referemla 011 amendjneiits to the 'onstitul ion; fourthly, the president 's powers include the eominand of the land, sea and air forees and the right to deelare war, eonelude treaties, negotiate peaee. deelare niartial law and rule by iiiandate in emergelieies.
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Chronicle (Levin), 29 November 1946, Page 5
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