PARLIAMENTARY VS PRESIDENTIAL

POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS DIFFERENCES

1. THE -PARLIAMENTARY In a presidential form of government, the
EXECUTIVE •Prime Minister president serves as the head of state and the
BRANCH • Cabinet head of Government while in the parliamentary
-PRESIDENTIAL form, the head of state which is more of a
• President ceremonial role shall be vested to the Monarch
• Cabinet and the head of government is elected by the
parliament and has the title of Prime Minister.
Cabinet Officials of a parliamentary form may
come from the parliament or may be a member
of the parliament since the executive branch of
a parliamentary form government is not
independent of the other branches of
government, while in a presidential form of
Government, Cabinet officials should not come
from the legislative branch of government since
the presidential form's branches of government
is independent from each other and serves as
co-equal branch of one another.
2. THE -PARLIAMENTARY In a parliamentary form of government, the
LEGISLATIV •Parliament (may be Legislative branch is supreme than that of the
E BRANCH unicameral or bicameral) executive and judiciary while in a presidential
-PRESIDENTIAL form of government the legislative branch is a
•Congress (may be co-equal branch of the other branches of
unicameral or bicameral) government. All members of Congress in a
Presidential form of government shall be
elected by the people while in a parliamentary
form of government, a seat in the second
chamber of the parliament, the House of lords,
is not elected by the people but inherited.
3. THE -PARLIAMENTARY In a Presidential form, Supreme court justices
JUDICIAL •Supreme Court are appointed by the president, while in a
BRANCH -PRESIDENTIAL parliamentary form of Government, the
•Supreme Court Supreme Court Judges are not appointed by the
Prime Minister but rather by the Monarch or
the Ceremonial head of state.