Presidential vs Parliamentary

Presidential vs. Parliamentary Form of Government  By: Dean Pacifico Agabin

Presidential

Parliamentary

I. Advantaged of the Presidential Form 1.

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II. Advantages of the Parliamentary Form Since the President is directly 1. The parliamentary form is more elected by the people, he has a suited for countries with deep strong claim to democratic ideological or religious cleavages legitimacy. or numerous political parties or  Direct election by the people gives sectoral factions him the resolve to govern 2. Parliamentary democracy provides independently and to disregard opportunity for the people to make  pressures from vested interests. a clear choice of political The President’s fixed term of  alternatives. office makes for stability and 3. The parliamentary form makes for  strength to push even unpopular  stability in mature democracies as   but necessary programs of  executive power depends on government and to accelerate legislative majorities constituted economic development after parliamentary election. The presidential system accords with personalistic culture of the Filipinos

III. Disadvantages of the Presidential IV. Disadvantages of the Parliamentary Form Form 1. The presidential system 1. The political development of the concentrates too much power in country has not yet reached that the hands of one man, and sets the level of maturity where political stage for personalistic rule.  parties have been strengthened 2. This personalistic culture impinges around clear-cut national adversely on the quality of other  alternatives and ideologies.  political leaders. 2. In the parliamentary form, the 3. A strongman rule undermines representatives of the people are   political programs and weakens sometime weakened as against the  political parties based on ideology. cabinet, which can threaten to 4. The President is under the make issues matters of  strongest temptation to usurp “confidence”. This can lead to   powers of the other main  paralyzation of governmental departments of government. functions. 3. Since the parliamentary form is  based on compromises and horsetrading, collective responsibility leads to a weak government.