donnypool: Hello Guys

[s]I was just wondering if any body has knowledge on parliament vs congressional system of government, and tell us which is preferable with proof

where are all my politicians?[/s]

Thank You

ilohemmy: @Donnypool, politically i must let u know the fact that any system of government is perfect is perfect and preferable when it has a good runing by the government,,, so weda parliamental or congressional is preferable

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bushdoc9919: Well, here it is briefly

In the British system....the people vote for their representatives, who take their seats in parliament, the equivalent of our national assembly.
Then said represntatives from the Party which has the higher number of seats choose the Party Leader(who is also a member of Parliament) as the Prime Minister.

Also, the British system is bi-camereal...two houses...the House of Commons which is referred to as the Parliament, and the House of Lords , which is made up of the hereditary Lords (or traditional chiefs, roughly speaking). Commons chooses the Prime Minister...who is then approved by HM the Queen.

The Americans have Congress, which is bicameral...the House of Representatives and the Senate. The Representatives and Senators are chosen by direct election. The President of the US is chosen by a separate election. Unlike the UK...the President need not come from the majority party in Congress....and the majority party in the Senate may be different from the majority party in the House. (Like right now...the Democrats control the Senate...and the Republicans the House)

I have no preferences. Though in the Nigerian setup, the American system works better because the Parliamentary system unfortunately gets easily compromised by tribalism.The Aerican system also forces the Opposition to compromise with the Ruling party or vice versa.