y discipline include the observations that parties and stable party coalitions within parliament can be held accountable to the public based on their promotion of the party platform, the Prime Minister can be made accountable to his/her party and the parliament as a whole by a vote of no confidence at any time, and highly organized parties can act as a link between party leaders and constituents at local levels. One disadvantage of the parliamentary system with respect to party discipline that can be argued, however, is that in deeply divided societies, the parliamentary system can lead to one party controlling the state and locking other ethnic or regional groups out of power.While it has been shown that both the presidential and the parliamentary systems have both strengths and weaknesses, the political thinkers in any country are likely to be conscious of the defects of their peculiar institutions and to view with admiration the practices of foreign governments with which they are much less familiar with. What must be realized is there is no government that offers a “magic bullet” that can assuredly solve all of the modern day problems a country faces. What must be done if a country wishes to have significantly higher prospects of success is to weigh the strengths and weaknesses of certain political systems to discover the superior system. The weaknesses of the presidential system, including the lack of direct connection between the branches of government, which creates a lack of unity in action, and execution, seem paramount when compared to the advantages of the presidential system. Contrary to this, is the parliamentary system where the weaknesses seem insubstantial compared to the advantages, which include the direct connection between the legislative and executive departments and the fusion of powers between them. In summary, although the American presidential system and the parliamentary system both have their stren...
