Although this arrangement places a check to the assumption of too much: power by any one individual, General Chiang occupies an: im~ pregnable position through: being. Director of the Organization Department of the Central Kuomintang; which controls the Kuomintang branches in foreign countries as well as those in China. The Central. Organization Department, which is in the Central Party Headquarters at Nanking, has the power to organize and. approve the selection of the personnel of the various branch Party Headquarters. So to be Director of the Central Organization. Department of the Kuomintang is no mean position, for the Kuomintang controls the government.
In military matters President Chiang Kai-shek is supreme, for he.
Commander-in-Chief of the Naional Army and Navy. It is true that he has risen to his domment military position through being placed in command of the Northern Punitive Expedition, but it is no mere accident that the President of the Chinese Republic is also Commander-in-Chief of the National forces. The right of the President to be in supreme command of the Army and Navy of the whole country is vested in Article 32 of the Provisional Constitution of 1912, while this right is further specified in Article 9 of the Organic Law of the National Government The President of the National The Organic Law While in the Provisional Constitution the President has the right to declare war, negotiate peace and conclude treaties, these: rights' are not conferred upon the President! of the National Government but are vested in the Legislative Yuan.
The, Provisional Constitution declared that the "Provisional Pre-Sident. is empowered to make ap-Pointments and dismissals of civi and military. officials," but this Power is vested in the Executive Yuan, according to the. Organic Law.
"Another important* function of the President is the reception of foreign diplomats and envoys on behalf of: the country. The presentation of his credentials by Sir Miles Lampson, British Minister to China, "was considered a great event, for according to the Kuo Min Agency, the: British and Chinese vied with each other in the ex change of compliments and: greet ngs, 20. much so that 119 shots were fired by the British and Chinese navies at Nanking harbour. The Chinese navy played the B {sh National Anthem while the guns were being fired, At the reception given by President Chiang Kai-shole the National Capital, an elaborate ceremony was performed by the British Minister, The duties and functions of the President of China are of course more elaborate than what is speci ed. in. a written constitution, and this includes attending numerous dinners and banquets, while news: paper interviews are just part of the game, There are even numerous requests for him to autograph photographs, but I. daresay that these requests were refused many a time.
The President's main fun however, is to care for the welfare of the people and to carry out the principles of the San Min Chao 1 trid the wishes of the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen of a government of the people, by the people and for the people, The Medium That Makes Advertising
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