I learnt Nigeria was using parliamentary president before the birth of the second republic.

What's the difference between the both?

Cc: Lalasticlala

google.com will be of great aid

That is the head of government and head of state. It is also similar to U.K system of government where BORIS JOHNSON is the head of government while QUEEN ELIZABETH is the head of state.

Ademola47:
I learnt Nigeria was using parliamentary president before the birth of the second republic.

What's the difference between the both?

Cc: Lalasticlala

Most, if not all executive President in a Presidential System of government are elected by the people, and the President in such system is not part or does not belong to the legislative arm of government (that is, he is not a member of the parliament), while in a parliamentary system, the Head of State is usually the president, he/she performs ceremonial functions (in the UK, it is parliamentary and Monarchical, where the Queen is the Head of State); the Head of Government is usually the Prime Minister, who is elected or appointed by the people's representative in the Parliament. Mostly the party with the majority (majority vote) in the Parliament form the government and it is from that party a Prime Minister emerges. The Prime Minister here is a member of the parliament/legislature. And he performs or carry out the basic function of government, that is the day to day activity of the state.




Note: If I remember very well, the Independence Constitution, we somewhat practiced the Monarchical/Parliamentary system but the first republic we practiced fully Parliamentary with the Head of State (President) and the Head of Government (Prime Minister) having their distinct functions.



I wish I could elaborate more, but I hope the little above helps.

Now to answer your question:



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And then, in executive President or Presidential system, there is the fusion of power in one and only person; that is, the president is both the Head of State and Head of Government, and performs both functions, while there are two people performing these functions under the offices in a Parliamentary system, as I explained above. (The President in a parliamentary system is just a figure head, and performs basically ceremonial functions as the Head of State.)

Buhari and Boris Johnson are Primus interpasse in their respective countries.

Why don't you Google it and educate others you servant of lucifer. Filled with evil and slothfulness. You people are really angering me on this worthless site called nairaland. A borng and uninspiring site.

one start with E, oyltger start with P

Awaiting more opinions.

Ademola47:
Awaiting more opinions.

The executive president pulls double duty as head of state and head of government, and more often than not is directly elected by the people. Because the whole country is his constituency, he has a mandate to implement laws, and is not accountable to the legislature but to the public. (Some exceptions include Botswana, South Africa and Micronesia where the President is voted for by the legislature). He is also expected to have stronger powers and while above the fray, he still plays a partisan role.

The president in parliamentary republics play a similar role to Constitutional Monarchs like Queen Elizabeth. While they are nominally supposed to be part of the executive branch, most of the executive power lies in the prime minister and the cabinet. That being said, parliamentary presidents theoretically have reserve powers but hardly exercise them without advise from the government. Instead, they tend to be non-partisan and apolitical figures who perform ceremonial functions, attend ribbon-cutting events, and would often be someone who can be trusted to unite or rally the citizens regardless of political views. To keep them non-partisan, they also tend to be indirectly elected, usually by an electoral college (I think Ireland is directly elected).

I have my thoughts on the merits of both systems. I prefer the parliamentary system to the presidential systems in general but I think the executive in theory but ceremonial in practice nature might be confusing and unfulfilling for the president in question. Given them powers to check the constitutionality of bills and the discretion to appoint integrity officers would be more worthwhile because the problem with executive president is that they can be hard to remove if absolute power corrupts.

The president in a parliamentary system of government can be liken to the function from that of the vice president in presidential system of government.

fineboynl:
The president in a parliamentary system of government can be liken to the function from that of the vice president in presidential system of government.

Can you elucidate this?

Ademola47:


Can you elucidate this?

the president is more or less powerless. Just like osibanjo for example.

rottable:
That is the head of government and head of state. It is also similar to U.K system of government where BORIS JOHNSON is the head of government while QUEEN ELIZABETH is the head of state.

But what are the main features differentiating both?