Many parliamentary systems include a tradition that the Brits call the “Question Period” wherein the prime minister and his cabinet members face tough questions from members of the opposition party.

In a typical parliamentary system, there is either just one house of parliament or (more commonly) one house has most of the power. So you wouldn’t get a standoff in which the two houses couldn’t ...

Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola has explained why his administration adopted the parliamentary system of government for local government administration. Speaking at the swearing-in ceremony for ...

I’ve written before that America is in danger of adopting de facto parliamentary rule, but within a presidential system that never developed the parliamentary norms to make this work. A regular reader ...

For years, Hamid Karzai has wielded tremendous power as the president of Afghanistan -- all while heading off discontent by doling out government positions to prominent members of long-warring ethnic ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) There are, of course, advantages to the American system – the checks and balances have been very useful on ...

I will come back to the matter in some detail shortly. But let me preface my comments by asserting that the subliminal issue behind this request is the ongoing conversation about restructuring Nigeria ...