Introduction to the ministerial form of governmentIAGorgph
Introduction to the Ministerial Form of Government presented by Ms. Cristita Marie Giangan, Konrad Adenauer Foundation program manager, to the Bangsamoro Transition, Cotabato City 12th August 2013
This gives an outline of forms of governments like parliamentary, presidential, unitary. and federal. The merits, demerits are also outlined along with the characteristic features. This is highly student-friendly and is quite suitable for students preparing for their early course in Political Science
Introduction to the ministerial form of governmentIAGorgph
Introduction to the Ministerial Form of Government presented by Ms. Cristita Marie Giangan, Konrad Adenauer Foundation program manager, to the Bangsamoro Transition, Cotabato City 12th August 2013
This gives an outline of forms of governments like parliamentary, presidential, unitary. and federal. The merits, demerits are also outlined along with the characteristic features. This is highly student-friendly and is quite suitable for students preparing for their early course in Political Science
a proposal for a constitutional commission authorized to review and confirm/reject key presidential appointees; to replace the existing Commission on Appointments which is composed of politicians from the house of representatives and senate; the proposed CA will be composed of representatives of 20 national sectors; ex-officio officers will be: CSC Chair as Presiding Officer/Chair, Ombudsman and COA Chair as CA Co-Chair. Members of National Sectors to be selected as citizen-juries shall comprise panels assigned to review key presidential appointees. the concept is based on empowering citizens to have direct role in governance and acting as a better "check and balance" mechanism than politicians confirming appointees of another politician.
a proposal for a constitutional commission authorized to review and confirm/reject key presidential appointees; to replace the existing Commission on Appointments which is composed of politicians from the house of representatives and senate; the proposed CA will be composed of representatives of 20 national sectors; ex-officio officers will be: CSC Chair as Presiding Officer/Chair, Ombudsman and COA Chair as CA Co-Chair. Members of National Sectors to be selected as citizen-juries shall comprise panels assigned to review key presidential appointees. the concept is based on empowering citizens to have direct role in governance and acting as a better "check and balance" mechanism than politicians confirming appointees of another politician.
1. Achieving SDG 16 in
Melanesia
Creating Political & Parliamentary Stability
Tess Newton Cain – TNC Pacific Consulting
2. (In)stability in Melanesia – trends
WHAT DO WE ALREADY KNOW?
Examples/manifestations/symptoms
Underlying causes
Attempts to solve the problem
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3. Examples/manifestations/sympto
ms
Numerous governments during parliament term
(Over) use of motions of no confidence
Floor crossing (grasshoppers)
Fracturing of parties
Court cases
Stop-start policy development/implementation
Cost to national budgets
TNC Pacific Consulting ~ www.tncpac.com
4. …but not
Failure to hold elections
Rejection of democratic
ideals and practices
Coalition governments
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5. Underlying causes
Pre-eminence of clientilism rather than policy-driven
politics
Lack of policy divergence among political parties
Lack of incentives for political leaders to move on
The influence deficit
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6. How to prevent/counter
instability
Manipulate constitution/legislation (e.g. to limit the use of
motions of no confidence)
Manipulate parliamentary practice (e.g. reduce sitting times)
Maintain a strong rule of law & observance of the separation
of powers
Strengthen bureaucracy to support ‘policy stability’ even
where political instability persists.
Seize the political moment – if people ‘vote for change’ then
take the opportunity to deliver it
Political will, including the will to forego security of tenure
TNC Pacific Consulting ~ www.tncpac.com
8. Limitations of external (donor)
interventions
Variable track record of investment in political economy
analysis
Low appetite for risk makes it hard to work with
political parties but these are likely to be the engines of
reform
Lack of ability to be nimble and responsive so ‘political
moments’ can be missed
Nationalist agendas and suspicion of ‘outsider’
influences
TNC Pacific Consulting ~ www.tncpac.com
9. Learning from each other
“… we’ll have to register political parties
so that those political parties will be able
to declare any gifts they receive during
election so that things are transparent
and accountable.” ~ Solomon Islands
“I think it’s a question of balance. We
should be able to remove any government
that’s become unpopular. We should not
entrench a government in office just
because they want to be in office.” ~
Papua New Guinea
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10. TNC Pacific Consulting ~ www.tncpac.com
‘Institutions’
Decision-makers
The whole community
