The Debate Over Presidential System

 

Editorial on the debate over presidential system

Pakistan is a parliamentary democracy. A parliamentary democracy is a system where public chooses their representatives and those representatives then elect the country's prime minister. In such a system, prime minister is the head of the government.

Although our constitution has defined the form of government for us, but still few people think a presidential system is better.

The debate over presidential system and parliamentary system is not new. Very recently, PTI in its tenure had intensified this debate through its ministers and social media. Their is argument is not an academic one.

They argued that a presidential system would empower the president more than a prime minister in a parliamentary system. They went on to elaborate that a prime minister is susceptible to manipulation from the electables but a president would not be so. Their argument is simply a manifestation of their desire to see president Imran Khan more assertive than prime minister Imran Khan. They do not see the consequences of such an amendment to constitution on a broader level.

The problems with presidential system in short are not because of the system at large but its implementation in Pakistan and the consequences. A presidential system in Pakistan would mean that populist leaders like Imran Khan would bypass all saner minds. Secondly, removal of such leaders would be near impossible. All these problems would be a reality only because we do not have strong institutions here and the checks and balances for the various pillars of a state are significantly missing.

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