No, that's fair enough if you're just asking. The answer then would be to look up "separation of powers" as it explains succinctly the importance of it.
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No, that's fair enough if you're just asking. The answer then would be to look up "separation of powers" as it explains succinctly the importance of it.
jimharri
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Trump? Putin?Why can't the Prime Minister be it?
Why have a seperate head of state at all?
After all in parliamentry democracies that have a president, they have no real power
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jimharri
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Yes, they are presidents. I named them in reply to your post stating that "After all in parliamentry democracies that have a president, they have no real power". I would say that those two do have real power. Arguably the two most powerful men in the world.Their presidents
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Yes, they are presidents. I named them in reply to your post stating that "After all in parliamentry democracies that have a president, they have no real power". I would say that those two do have real power. Arguably the two most powerful men in the world.
Neither of them are Parliamentary democracies to be fair. The US is a Presidential federated system with strict separation of powers between the legislature and the executive. Russia is sort of the same, without the democratic element.
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Yes, they are presidents. I named them in reply to your post stating that "After all in parliamentry democracies that have a president, they have no real power". I would say that those two do have real power. Arguably the two most powerful men in the world.
They don't have parliaments though they have senates.
Also the US senate and congress can block the president or stiffle them at least, as obama found when the republicans had majorities in both houses
jimharri
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They are still both democracies. Both presidents and parliamentary representatives are voted for by the great unwashed. How much faith you put in Russian democracy is entirely up to you, mind. But, on paper, it is a democracy.Neither of them are Parliamentary democracies to be fair. The US is a Presidential federated system with strict separation of powers between the legislature and the executive. Russia is sort of the same, without the democratic element.
They are still both democracies. Both presidents and parliamentary representatives are voted for by the great unwashed. How much faith you put in Russian democracy is entirely up to you, mind. But, on paper, it is a democracy.
Well, Russia being a democracy is highly questionable - but it wasn't that I was talking about, it was structure of the political systems in both. Neither are Parliamentary systems where the governing party is that which commands the confidence of the house. They are Presidential systems instead, with the head of state also being the head of government and directly elected.
Bill Walker
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I dont like it when the 'Head Of State' isnt voted for by the peopleEr. Because the Head of State appoints the Prime Minister for one thing. The Head of Government can't be the Head of State in a Parliamentary system, it's impossible. And that's before you even consider the one way ride to dictatorship without a separate office to stand outside of government. You CAN have a Head of State who is also the Head of Government, as in the United States and France for example. That's a Presidential system, is that what you're advocating?
To say Presidents in a Parliamentary system have no power is completely wrong. They have huge power - they just don't/can't exert it for as long as the government abides by the constitution.
Seriously, suggesting the PM be the head of state is insane on the one hand and consitutionally impossible on the other.
Just being born doesnt seem right to me.
I dont like it when the 'Head Of State' isnt voted for by the people
Just being born doesnt seem right to me.
Perfectly legitimate view.