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{{html{}{L{I {{head{}{L{I  {{title{}{L{IAdministr
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side administrative decisions required to be reco
rded.{{br{}{L{I{{br{}{L{IATTORNEY GENERAL - Peter
 Hickey advice to Speaker Neil Spall, 15 August 2
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he short answer is no.{{br{}{L{I{{br{}{L{IOne has
 to look at the legal requirements incumbent on t
he President in {L{Ithis {L{Isituation.  First, u
nder Article 5.18 of the Constitution, "The {L{IP
resident {L{Imust, at the beginning of each sessi
on, and may at other times, give {L{Ithe {L{INati
onal Assembly information concerning the affairs 
of the {L{ICommonwealth and {L{Irecommend the mea
sures they consider necessary."  The only time th
e {L{IPresident is required to give information i
s at the beginning of the {L{Isession.  Kerns' re
quest comes in the middle of a session{z thus, th
e {L{Iprovision of info to the Assembly by the Pr
esident is optional.{{br{}{L{I{{br{}{L{ISecond, u
nder Article 4.27(2), "Every public officer must 
give any {L{Ievidence {L{Ior produce any document
 required by a deputy before the National {L{IAss
embly {L{Iunless the Speaker certifies that produ
ction of the document is {L{Iinjurious to {L{Ithe
 public interest or prejudicial to national secur
ity."  Kerns is not {L{Ia {L{Ideputy.  Because he
 is not a deputy, he has no standing to request a
 {L{Isubpoena from the Speaker.  If a deputy were
 to request such a {L{Isubpoena, you {L{Iwould be
 obliged to grant it.  But these requests come fr
om a Chief {L{IJustice {L{Iwhom I am seriously co
ncerned is overstepping the requirements of {L{Ij
udicial {L{Ineutrality by his active participatio
n in Assembly debates.  My advice {L{Ias AG {L{Ii
s to deny the Chief Justice's requests and to adm
onish him concerning {L{Ihis {L{Iimproper partici
pation in political matters.{{br{}{L{I{{br{}{L{IR
egards, Peter{{br{}{L{I{{br{}{L{INeil Spall wrote
:{{br{}{L{I{{br{}{L{IPeter{{br{}{L{I{{br{}{L{IIn 
you opinion, as Attorney-General, are there groun
ds for either of {L{IKens {L{Irequests?{{br{}{L{I
{{br{}{L{INeil{{br{}{L{I{{br{}{L{IKen Kerns wrote
:{{br{}{L{I{{br{}{L{IMr Speaker,{{br{}{L{I{{br{}{L
{IIt is only arrogant for the President to assume
 that, as President, he can{L{Ideliberately ignor
e questions that will prove his proposals unneces
sary.{{br{}{L{I{{br{}{L{II ask that you subpoena 
the President's response to these issues, or impe
ach{L{Ihim for nonfeasance{z I'm pretty sure he'l
l offer his opinion if given the{L{Ilegal alterna
tives.{{br{}{L{I{{br{}{L{IKen Kerns{{/body{}{{/ht
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