Unisa Study Notes
The two criteria that determines whether a state is a parliamentary or a presidential democracy is:Is there separation or overlapping of power?In which institution does formal sovereignty reside (supreme power)Now let’s look at characteristics of both democracies:Presidential Democracy eg : (USA)Parliamentary Democracy eg: (SA)President elected directly by citizens through voting processCitizens vote for a party not a person. The winning party nominates the President (usually the president of the ruling party)Does not have to be a member of the LegislatureMembers of the Executive are drawn from the Legislature or are members of the LegislatureThe legislature, Executive & Judiciary have equal power sLegislature has supremacy over executive ****There is separation of functionsThere is overlapping of functions ********To explain these 2 points further - It is the Legislature that grants powers to the Ministers (President and his cabinet). Therefore by passing a vote of no confidence in the President , the President together with his cabinet can be disbanded. (example of President Thabo Mbeki). If a vote of no confidence is passed only in the cabinet, then the President remains and a new cabinet is appointed.Due to the fact that in the South African government, the Legislature has supremacy over the executive and overlapping of functions (as explained above), SA is a Parliament Democracy. ................
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