Ashdown said the Council's system of rotating leaders who also have to run their own ministries is "a recipe for instability, inefficiency and muddle." He proposed a triumvirate made up of the Council chair and the treasury and foreign ministers.
Ashdown a prezentat sistemul Consiliului care prevede rotirea liderilor care au de asemenea de condus ministerele lor ca pe o "reteta pentru instabilitate, ineficienta si stagnare". El a propus un triumvirat format din presedintele Consiliului, Ministrul de Finante si Ministrul de Externe.