Friday 29 May 2009

STP


BLOG: posted 2009-05-26

Until we acknowledge the fundamental flaw in the very concept of Parliamentary Democracy, there is little hope of meaningful reform.

And what is this flaw?  The fact that the executive is rooted in the legislature.

Parliament needs to be independent of the executive to have any relevance.  It is unacceptanble that the head of government is the leader of a political party, that members of the government sit in parliament, and that a political party can dictate the way an MP votes, yet none of these issues is addressed in any reform proposals put forward by the main parties.

There are many potential solutions to the problem, but until the agenda is rested from the parties, there is little chance that the real issues will be recognised, let alone addressed.

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