what are the advantage of horizontall power sharing
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The advantage of horizontall power sharing are-:
- Under the horizontal power sharing power is shared among different organs of government such as the legislature, executive and judiciary.
- Under horizontal distribution of power, organs of the government are placed at the same level to exercise different powers.
The advantages of horizontal power sharing are :-
(i) The power that is shared among different organs of government equally is known as horizontal power sharing.
(ii) Horizontal power sharing places all the organs of the government, i.e., legislature, executive and judiciary at the same level.
(iii) Under this kind of power sharing no organ can exercise unlimited powers.
(iv) This system is also known as system of checks and balances.
(v) For example, in India, though the ministers and government officials exercise power, but they are responsible to the parliament or state legislatures. Similarly, although the judges are appointed by the executive, but they can check the functioning of executive of laws made by the legislatures.
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