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What will happen in case Bill is passed by the Parliament but not sent to President for approval?
Case specific to : India
What is the law/rule/protocol/convention in case when a bill is passed from both Houses of Parliament and is about to be sent to the President for his approval but is held ...
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Was a Czech president ever successful in having a legislation proposal dropped after his veto or threat thereof?
The Czech constitution gives the President a veto power on legislation, but this can be overridden by 50% (+1 I assume) of the absolute number of parliamentarians, which may be slightly difficult in ...
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What are the arguments for having a democratically-elected, ceremonial President?
Some countries, particularly those governed by the parliamentary system, tend to have a ceremonial head of state.
In constitutional monarchies, those tend to be Kings or Queens. But in parliamentary ...
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In parliamentary republics, why can't the parliamentary election and the presidential election happen on the same day?
You would think that it is more efficient for both the parliamentary election and presidential election to happen at the same time so voters don't become fatigued with politics.
I'm curious if there ...
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What is the purpose of initiating the recent changes in the Russian Federation resulting in the "Russian Government Resigning"?
Recently (mid January 2020), there has been much press about the government of the Russian Federation "resigning".
From what I understand, these changes were initiated by current Russian Federation ...
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In parliamentary democracies, why does the President have a term limit, while the Prime Minister does not?
As an example, German Presidents are limited to two terms of five years and have little power in practice. However the German Chancellor is not limited by term limits despite having more power and ...
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Can a parliamentary system function properly with a prime minister acting as both head of government and head of state?
The system I am describing is currently only used in South Africa.
After every election or when there is a vacancy, the parliament elects a person (in the same way that prime minsters are elected in ...
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Backsliding (Parliamentary v. Presidential)
Is a parliamentary system less likely to backslide into electoral authoritarianism than a presidential system just because of the PM being accountable to the legislature and the ease of a no ...
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Why do many Parliamentary democracies require the formal consent of the Head of State for governmental appointments?
As an example, in Germany the President appoints and dismisses the remaining members of the Federal Government upon the proposal of the Chancellor. The President doesn't have a say in the process and ...
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Which US-style presidential democracies have survived long-term?
In an episode of The West Wing, Toby remarks (IIRC) that "only four US-style presidential democracies have lasted longer than thirty years" -- he was arguing that a parliamentary democracy is an ...
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Can you name some countries that had gone / is currently going through a change of form of government?
I'm currently researching about correlations of government types and its possible effects.
As of late, I've just finished parsing some wiki pages and basically made tables of indicator rankings ...
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Why do some parliamentary systems have two head of states?
Consider the example of Russia having a President and a Prime Minister. What is the purpose of having two "potential" head-of-states? Constitutional monarchies have essentially powerless royalty but ...
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Transition from parliamentary to presidential Republic?
Did any country in recent century successfully transitioned from parliamentary to presidential Republic (both of them reasonably unambiguously democratic - I'm pretty open as far as inclusiveness)?
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What is the difference between parliamentary and presidential governments?
What are the main differences between the parliamentary system of government versus the presidential system? For example, Germany's parliamentary system versus Mexico's presidential system. I'm ...
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