On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 7:47 AM, Kiran K Karthikeyan <[email protected]> wrote: >> ITYM *execution*. The House and Senate in the USian system take care >> of the legislation. > Yes. And it is the legislative bodies which are pre-occupied with retaining > the majority in the gov't. Perhaps I wasn't clear, but the presidential > system seems more stable. With our current system any small regional party > can bring the governement down and maybe even force re-election which > effectively means an entire year or more wasted, not to mention the costs.
Aren't the Real Executive in the Westminister system - the bureaucracies in Whitehall and South Block - protected from the coming and goings of MPs to a certain extent? You do have a point about costs of elections. > If this has been discussed elsewhere, please do forward the links if > possible. I would like to know the arguments against a Presidential system > (with or without an electoral college). Africa is full of faltering democracies (de facto dictatorships) that chose the Presidential system. I suspect the Presidential system in a newly democratic country lends itself handy to strongmen (and they have all been men). Thaths -- "You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel." -- Homer J. Simpson
