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President or Prime Minister?Slide2
President or Prime Minister?
U.S. President Z. Taylor Russian President V. PutinSlide3
President or Prime MinisterSlide4
President or Prime Minister
UK prime ministers Sir G. Kneller and David CameronSlide5
President or Prime Minister?Slide6
President or Prime Minister?
Prime Minister Theresa May President of France Emmanuel Macron Slide7
President or Prime Minister?Slide8
President or Prime Minister?
US Presidents John Quincy Adams and John TylerSlide9
The Executive and the Legislature:
Presidential or Parliamentary?Slide10
Branches of Government
In the United States our government is formed like a tree
. There are branches that develop to identify the different jobs the government is
responsible
for carrying out.Slide11
Legislative branch
The Legislative branch of government is responsible for
making the laws for a country, state or town.In the US, our national lawmaking body is the
Congress
. In the United Kingdom their legislative branch is the
Parliament
.Slide12
Executive Branch
The Executive branch is responsible for carrying out or enforcing
the laws.The head of the Executive branch is considered the
head
of the country.Slide13
Judicial Branch
The judicial branch is set up in a country to have courts interpret
the laws and settle disputes.Slide14
How Do They Work Together?
Depending on the country, governments may be either set up as presidential ,
parliamentary or a combination of both forms One type
separates
the branches while the other combines them.Slide15
Presidential Government
The United States has the
presidential form of government
.
This
form
of government
is based on a separation
of powers.
The
executive
branch of government is
kept
completely separate from the
legislative
branch. Slide16
Presidential Restrictions
The President is elected by voters
. The members of
the
legislature
are also elected.
Usually the President and
legislators
are elected for
fixed
terms.
The
President
and
all government officials appointed by the
President,
are
prohibited
from serving in the legislature
while
serving in the executive branch.Slide17
Opposition
If the President’s party is not the majority party in
Congress, a “divided government” occurs. The executive and legislative branches come
under
the control of
opposing
parties.
This makes it hard
to pass legislation or to take
other actions. Each branch checks the other.Slide18
Whom else?
In addition to the United States, other countries with the presidential system of government include
Argentina, Brazil, Chile,
Mexico
and
South Korea.
President Enrique Peña NietoSlide19
Parliamentary Government
In a
parliamentary
government, there is
no
direct election of the executive branch by voters.
Voters
only
elect the members of parliament (the legislature).
Then the members of
parliament
elect the head of the executive branch—known as the “
prime minister
.”
The prime minister in turn selects other members of parliament to head executive
departments
and to serve on the
cabinet
. Slide20
Branches overlap
In this system of government, members of the majority party in the
legislature are placed in charge of the
executive
branch.
Since they also remain in the
legislature
, these ministers are available to explain their policies and to
answer
questions to other legislators at any time.Slide21
Prime Minister
A prime minister does not usually serve for a fixed term
of office. A prime minister serves for as long as he or she has the
confidence
of parliament
.
If a member of parliament believes the prime minister
no
longer has the
support
of parliament, the
member
calls for a “vote of no confidence.” If the prime
minister
loses the vote, the prime minister and the
cabinet
officers must
resign
their offices.Slide22
Working together
Because the Prime Minister is the leader
of the majority party in Parliament, there is never any
divided
government in which the executive
and
legislative branches are controlled by
different parties.
Passage
of legislation is
easier
because
the Prime Minister is the leader of the
majority
party in
parliament and they share his
views
.Slide23
In the UK…
The United Kingdom has a
parliamentary
form of
government
.
During
a general election, voters elect the
members
of the House of
Commons
(the lower house
of
Parliament).
These
members then choose the leader
of
the majority party in the House of Commons as
Prime
Minister
.
If
no party has a majority, then several
parties
will act together in a
coalition
government.
In the summer of 2017 no party had a
majority but the Conservative party joined
with the DUP, formed a coalition and
stayed in power.Slide24
Staying in power
The British Prime Minister then
chooses
other members
to act as
cabinet
ministers.
The
Prime
Minister
and cabinet remain in office until they
resign
, lose “a vote of no
confidence
,” or
lose
in a
general
election. Slide25
How long are you staying
Members of Parliament hold their seats until the
Prime
Minister calls another
general
election.
These are
held at least once every
five
years, but can be
more
often.
In
a general election,
every
seat in the
House
of
Commons
is up for election at once.Slide26
Whom else
?
Other countries with parliamentary systems include
Bangladesh
,
Canada
, Ethiopia,
Germany, India,
Ireland
, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, South Africa
,
Thailand
and
TurkeySlide27
The Combo deal
A few countries have tried to combine the parliamentary
and presidential forms of government.
France
,
for
example, has both an elected president and an appointed prime minister.
The
President serves for a
period
of
five
years. The President appoints the Prime
Minister
from the
majority
party in the French
legislature
—the National Assembly
.Slide28
Two Heads
The French President and Prime Minister share the duties of government.
If the Prime Minister loses control of the National
Assembly
, the French President must appoint a new
Prime
Minister from the new
majority party. Slide29
Whom Else?
Other countries with both a President and Prime Minister include Cameroon
, Kazakhstan, Peru, Russia and Uganda.