parliamentary government a gateway to good governance
Parliamentary Government, a gateway to good governance.
The most stable and progressive countries in the world today have a parliamentary form of government. These include countries like Japan, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain, Norway, Sweden and also India, Singapore and Malaysia in Asia.
India and the US are undoubtedly the two biggest democratic countries of the world today, the basic difference between them being the parliamentary democracy of the former and congressional or presidential democracy of the latter. Ironically both these countries have their roots in the British parliamentary democracy which have a long and remarkable history of democracy. For a country that gave the ‘magna carta’ to the world it is a great reward for it when the proponents of democracy achieve greatly in giving the people what they need, their rights and freedom. If any distinctions and comparisons are to be made between the parliamentary and presidential forms of government, these two countries are the best examples.
In a parliamentary government, the parliament exercises both the legislative and the executive powers. Therefore, its power is unified and hence it ensures the co-ordinated, efficient and effective exercises of legislature and executive powers; the making of laws and policies and their implementation. The most commonly attributed advantages to the parliamentary system is that it is faster and easier to pass legislation because of the dependency of the executive branch on the direct and indirect support of the legislative branch and often includes members of the legislature. Thus, this amounts to the executive as the majority party or coalition of parties in the legislature possessing more votes in order to pass legislation.
Stalemates occur very often in the presidential form of government in passing legislations due to the difference of predominance of political parties in the legislative branch and the executive branch. This intense
The most stable and progressive countries in the world today have a parliamentary form of government. These include countries like Japan, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain, Norway, Sweden and also India, Singapore and Malaysia in Asia.
India and the US are undoubtedly the two biggest democratic countries of the world today, the basic difference between them being the parliamentary democracy of the former and congressional or presidential democracy of the latter. Ironically both these countries have their roots in the British parliamentary democracy which have a long and remarkable history of democracy. For a country that gave the ‘magna carta’ to the world it is a great reward for it when the proponents of democracy achieve greatly in giving the people what they need, their rights and freedom. If any distinctions and comparisons are to be made between the parliamentary and presidential forms of government, these two countries are the best examples.
In a parliamentary government, the parliament exercises both the legislative and the executive powers. Therefore, its power is unified and hence it ensures the co-ordinated, efficient and effective exercises of legislature and executive powers; the making of laws and policies and their implementation. The most commonly attributed advantages to the parliamentary system is that it is faster and easier to pass legislation because of the dependency of the executive branch on the direct and indirect support of the legislative branch and often includes members of the legislature. Thus, this amounts to the executive as the majority party or coalition of parties in the legislature possessing more votes in order to pass legislation.
Stalemates occur very often in the presidential form of government in passing legislations due to the difference of predominance of political parties in the legislative branch and the executive branch. This intense