Semi-

presidential
system
Introduction :

• The semi-presidential system is a system of government in which a

president exists along with a prime minister and the Cabinet, with
the latter two being responsible to the legislature of a state.
Definition :
Semi-presidential system is where a constitution includes a
popularly elected fixed-term president and a prime minister and
cabinet who are collectively responsible to the legislature.
Features of the semi-presidential system :
• A combination of the presidential and the parliamentary perceptions.
• • The dual tasks of an elected president and a government which
nominated on the base of the partisan majority in the parliament.
• • The government bears the political responsibility because it emerged
of the parliament.
• • The government have the right of dissolving the parliament.
 Advantages :
• The government has the right of issuing bills and
present it to the parliament to discuss it and vote for
it by only yes or no.
•The parliament has the right of withdraw
confidence of a minister or another.
•This system restricted the power of the president in
dissolving the parliament and it is available for one
time per year.
Disadvantages :
• The main problem in this system represented in
the interests clash between the president and the
head of the government who came by the
parliament, this problem was nicknamed in France
as “ The double coexistence problem “. The
president can misuse of the right of people
referendum as it is now prevalent in some
countries.
A comparison with other system:
• The presidential system: in this system the executive authority is
independent of the legislature and it couldn’t be under its control and it
couldn’t dissolve the parliament.
• The parliamentary System: in this system the ministers represented as the
executive branch of the parliament. The legislature is so interpolated with
the executive authority. Also in this system the head of government of
course is the executive author and the great parliamentarians alike.
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