Explain six power of prime minister
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The Prime Minister has several powers as the head of the government. He chairs cabinet meetings, and assigns work to the other ministers. He also has the power to dismiss ministers. If the Prime Minister resigns, the entire ministry is supposed to have resigned. The Prime Minister is the most powerful member in the cabinet. The power of the prime ministers has increased so much that parliamentary democracies are sometimes called the Prime Ministerial form of government.
The Prime Minister has wide ranging powers. These are:
1. the prime Minister is free to choose ministers as long as they are members of parliament
2. He chairs and takes most of the decisions in the cabinet meetings
3. He coordinates the work of different departments and his decisions are final in case disagreements between departments
4. He exercises general supervision of different ministers and all ministers work under his leadership
5. He distributes and redistributes work to the ministers
6. He also has the power to dismiss ministers. When the prime ministers quits, the entire ministry quits.