SS1 GOVERNMENT
2nd Term
Collective
responsibility and individual responsibility
Both principles refer to the cabinet of ministers,
but they are features of two different systems of government: collective
responsibility is applied in parliamentary system while individual
responsibility is applied in presidential system. Collective responsibility
implies that for each decision reached in the cabinet, all its members are
responsible. If the prime minister dies or resigns, the whole members of the
cabinet must also resign, and that government ceases to be in power. The Queen
or President formally dissolves the parliament for a fresh election. Collective
responsibility also implies that when the parliament casts a vote of no
confidence on the cabinet, all the members are removed at once.
On the other hand, individual responsibility
implies that each minister is held individually responsible for any decision he
makes in his department or ministry if he is found wanting, he is dismissed and
his dismissal doesn’t affect the other ministers.
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