--- On Fri, 20/3/09, Kiran K Karthikeyan <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Kiran K Karthikeyan <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [silk] Prime Ministerial candidate
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Friday, 20 March, 2009, 1:29 PM
> >
> > Karat commented yesterday that this is due to the BJP
> yearning for a
> > presidential form of government, and always trying to
> fit our present
> > Westminster style parliamentary democracy with PM and
> cabinet responsible to
> > the house and determined by a majority in the house to
> a quasi presidential
> > system.
>
>
> Wouldn't a presidential system actually be better than the
> coalition
> goverments we've been getting? I.e. they can get things
> done?
No.
It's been debated to death elsewhere, we are highly unlikely to add fresh ideas
to that stale mix.
Think of Chaudhry Charan Singh remaining head of government for a fixed tenure.
Think of Deve Gowda.
Please, let's not even go there.
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