Photo courtesy of Constitutionnet The debate over parliamentary pensions has resurfaced in Sri Lanka, raising critical ...

When Tasmanian Speaker Sue Hickey spoke about senator Eric Abetz in State Parliament yesterday, she said things that — ordinarily — could get her sued. But because she was speaking in a parliament, Ms ...

This article is featured in the 2024 Winter Carnival special issue. Before the pandemic, the Dartmouth Parliamentary Debate team had been a steady-going team with dedicated members. According to ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Although parliamentary systems can thus seem less stable than presidential ones, they are held together by the fact that their heads of state provide an element of ...

1.What is a presidential system? A presidential system is a form of Government in which the chief executive or the head of the sector which manages the affairs of the State is directly elected by the ...

With the debate on the proposed bill to return the country to the parliamentary system of government, an elder statesman Alhaji Aminu Dantata, on Thursday, threw his weight behind the move. On ...

India is called the world's largest democratic country. The power to make law exists with the Indian Parliament. The members of the lower house of Parliament are elected from the direct election while ...

The first rung on the ministerial ladder for a government back-bencher normally comes when a Member of Parliament is asked by a Secretary of State or Minister of State to become his or her ...

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