Parliamentary vs Presidential
“A democracy is a government by the people. The supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections. A democracy must allow the people to be represented by having mechanisms and procedures to limit the power of the executive (leaders) and to hold office-holders accountable” (Merriam Webster 2004). The following two forms of democracy will be discussed in this paper, the Parliamentary system in Canada and the Presidential system in the United States of America (USA). The strengths and weaknesses of each system of government will be discussed. Which one is more democratic? Are the strengths of one the weaknesses of the other? Which one represents the people the best? By definition, a parliament is the supreme legislative body of a major political unit that is a continuing institution comprising a series of individual gathering (Margach, 1972 p.23). The term parliament is also derived from the French adjective parle, which is to speak. Parliamentary governments originated in Great Britain in the 18th century. It is a form of government that is widely found today in countries such as Canada, Aust
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Approximate Word count = 2288
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page double spaced)
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