2nd Term
PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT
Meaning:
it is a system of government in which the head of state of the country is also
the head of government. In this system of government, all executive powers are
vested in one person called the president. He is assisted by the vice president
to whom he can delegate some of his duties. Presidential system of government
holds the principle of separation of powers among the three arms of government.
Features
(1) the executive president is both the head of state and the head of government.
(2) The president performs both ceremonial and executive functions.
(3) The president is chosen by general election.
(4) Members of the president’s cabinet are individually responsible to the president for their actions. So, he has control over them.
(5) The president appoints cabinet members but the appointment is subject to legislative ratification. (6) The president can dismiss or reshuffle members of his cabinet.
(7) The president is elected for a fixed term of office.
(8) There is separation of power among the three arms of government.
(9) The president can be removed by the parliament through the process of impeachment if found guilty of gross misconduct.
(10) The executive and the legislature are mutually exclusive to each other, i.e. a member of the legislature cannot be a member of the president’s cabinet and vice versa.
(11) Bicameral legislature
(12) Rule of law, Supremacy of the constitution
(13) checks and balance
(1) the executive president is both the head of state and the head of government.
(2) The president performs both ceremonial and executive functions.
(3) The president is chosen by general election.
(4) Members of the president’s cabinet are individually responsible to the president for their actions. So, he has control over them.
(5) The president appoints cabinet members but the appointment is subject to legislative ratification. (6) The president can dismiss or reshuffle members of his cabinet.
(7) The president is elected for a fixed term of office.
(8) There is separation of power among the three arms of government.
(9) The president can be removed by the parliament through the process of impeachment if found guilty of gross misconduct.
(10) The executive and the legislature are mutually exclusive to each other, i.e. a member of the legislature cannot be a member of the president’s cabinet and vice versa.
(11) Bicameral legislature
(12) Rule of law, Supremacy of the constitution
(13) checks and balance
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