Extensive Powers Placed in the Hands of the Chairman of the Council: Chiang Kai-shek's Demands Met by Compromise COMMAND OF MILITARY FORCES IN PEACE TIME
The new Government law, which is to be the. fundamental instrument of the Nationalist Gcvernmont, has been promulgated at It consists of a document es and is a compromise measure.
General Chi mands that the Chairman of the Government Council shall also Commander-in-chief of the "army, navy and air force in time of peace, have been recognized and such powers have been delegated to the Chairman, who will also be the authority to receive the representa tives of foreign Powers.
On the other hand, the Government Council will be subordinate to the Central Execative Committee of the Kuomintang, which remains the final governmental authority in the tand.
The Kuo Min News Agency issued -the following report con Jcerning the new law:—'The revised Law governing the Reorganization of. the Nationalist Government was formally. promulgated on Tuesday after its adoption by the Central Political Council. and the Standing Committee of the Central' Executive Committee of the Kuomintang.
The Law in its Gnal form differs sists of seven chapters with total number of 48 Articles as compared [with 53 Articles in the original draft.
The most important addition is the preamble which is of great importance as it gives the basis for the organization of the Ni tionalist Government and explains the relationship between the Party jand the Nationalist. Government. To those not familiar with the new political system of the Nationalist Government, the precise status of the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Nationalist Government is often confusing since the tendency is to think of them as being separate organs and unrelated teach other. The addition of this preamble to the Inw, however sets all doubts at rest as to the supremacy of the Party—the Kuomintang—which not only creates the Nationalist. Government, but also directs and supervises. its administration,
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