Explain the concept
1) Presidential system of Government
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Explanation:
A presidential system is a democratic and republican system of government where a head of government leads an executive branch that is separate from the legislative branch. ... In presidential countries, the executive is elected and is not responsible to the legislature, which cannot in normal circumstances dismiss
Answer:
The presidential form of govt is based on the principle of separation of
power between the executive and legislature. Under this system the
executive is independent from the control of legislature.
Definition: in the opinion of Gettell,” presidential government is that form
in which the chief executive is independent of the legislature as to his
tenure and to a large extent, as to his policies and acts. In this system, the
head of the state is real executive.”
According to D.V. Verney.” The term presidential has been chosen
because in this system the office of the head of the government and head
of state is combined in president.”
The above definitions summarize two features of the presidential
executive i.e its independence and non-responsibility to the legislature as
well as its definite tenure and united structure. At present countries like
USA, Brazil, Sri Lanka etc are having presidential form of government.