Chungking, Apr, 9.
The fifth session of the National People's Political Council is expected to close tomorrow.
The National Peoples Congress, which is scheduled to open at Chungking on November 12, for the purpose of adopting a Constitution and establishing a constitutional government, will probably have 1,681 delegates, it is learned here.
The delegates will be chosen by five methods, comprising 665 delegates elected on a regional basis, 30 by different professions and trades, 155 by "special methods," and 240 appointed by the National Government. In addition, all members and reserve members of the Central Executive and Control Committees of the Kuomintang will be ex-officio delegates. Since these Kuomintang leaders total 241, it is estimated that the total number of delegates to the Congress will be 1681, which will probably constitute the largest parliament in the world.
Delegates elected by "special will comprise those from ria, Mongoli Tibet, oversea Chinese and the fighting forces.
Nine hundred delegates have already been elected, since the Congress was originally scheduled to open on November 12, 1937. Election of the new delegates must be completed before the coming June.—Reuter.
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