PARLIAMENTARY AND PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT | LAW OF CONSTITUTION

1.0       INTRODUCTION  
Nation building therefore is the process of mobilizing socio-cultural, political and economic forces of a nation in order to transform the lives of the citizenry of the nation, while moving the state to a new level of civilization.


It therefore becomes the onus of every government and nation to decide on the best system of government through which this can be achieved. Indeed the various systems of government are as follows,-unitary, federal, confederal, monarchy, presidential and parliamentary. However, we are here to discuss only the parliamentary and presidential systems of government.

2.0       PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT         
            Known also as the cabinet system of government, is a democratic system of government where by the head of state is different from the head of government. The real executive powers are vested in the council of ministers known as the cabinet or executive headed by the prime minister and the legislative serves as the source of authority for the executive.

2.1 CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHIES        
            Here, the monarch, king or queen is the ceremonial head of state while the Prime minister is the head of government. Sweden, Japan.

22.       PARLIAMENTARY REPUBLICS   
            The president here is the ceremonial head of state while a prime minister is the head of government as found in Ireland, Germany, Italy, India. In South Africa and Botswana, the head of government is also the head of state.

3.0       PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT     
            In this system of government, the president who is popularly elected, directly or indirectly is both the head of state and the head of government. There is here the separation of power between the legislative and the executive. The U.S.A and Nigeria practice this system.

4.0       CONCLUSION   
            Be it therefore in the parliamentary or the presidential that one receives mandate, he/she sets out to promote positive human transformation of the people, avoiding therefore the situation described below;

As for as I can judge, men in every place-in the golden saloon, and in the busy mart of industry, in the port, and in the exchange, by the loom, or by the plough, every man says, “I suffer, and I see no hope”

REFERENCES
1.         Ani, Kelechi Johnmary, Politics about Failed state in Nigeria; Dialectics on the value of History to Nation Building Challenges, 1960-2010, Enugu: First Book Pub, 2011, P. 51.

2.         Benjamin Disraeli. The Wealth of England is not Merely material     wealth” in Andrew Burnet (ed) chambers Book of speeches, Edinburgh: Chambers, 2006, P. 257.    
Share on Google Plus

Declaimer - MARTINS LIBRARY

The publications and/or documents on this website are provided for general information purposes only. Your use of any of these sample documents is subjected to your own decision NB: Join our Social Media Network on Google Plus | Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin

READ RECENT UPDATES HERE