Presidential vs. Parliamentary
By: Maggie Torrance and Hannah Davison
Pros
Parliamentary
- Flexible
- Larger capacity to ensure stable government
- More Efficient
- More responsive to people
- More stable
Presidential
- Elected by the people
- Fixed terms
- Separation of powers
- Each structure supervises others to prevent power abuse
Cons
Parliamentary
- One sided
- No term limits
- Change may result in stopping functions in government
- Prime Minister may abuse its power
Presidential
- Harder to remove
- Minority issues
- More prone to dead lock
- Destroy weak democracy
About
In a parliamentary government they have two executive leaders, the Head of State, and the Chief Executive. The Head of State is the monarchy, the King or Queen. The Chief Executive is the Prime Minister.
In a presidential government they have one executive that is both the Head of State and Chief Executive, the leader is the president.
Presidential
In this system citizens elect the positions of chief executive and head of state
Parliamentary
The British parliamentary has a House of Commons that serves as their legislative branch
Graph of Govenment Types
Yellow is parliamentary
Purple/Blue presidential
Examples
Presidential
- U.S.
- Mexico
Parliamentary
- Germany
- Britan