The Presidential System is a dangerous American export

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• published: 26 Sep 2011
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Visit: http://correctphilippines.org to learn more! This segment came from the popular American TV series "The West Wing." In it, Toby Ziegler raises the fact that the prevailing academic consensus in the Presidential versus Parliamentary debate is that Parliamentary Systems are superior, more stable, more efficient, more accountable, and more flexible than Presidential Systems. Worse, the Presidential System is extremely prone to breakdown and disruption. Most of the research behind the statements made by the character "Toby Ziegler" come from the body of work of the late Dr. Fred Riggs, Dr. Juan Linz, and includes the work of other well-known international political scientists such as Stepan, Skach, Gerring, Thacker, Ackerman, and Lijphart. It is in fact the prevailing consensus in America's Ivy League political science faculties - Yale included, where Dr. Linz is based - that America should shift over to the Presidential System. What about the Philippines? When will we learn our lessons from history and realize that the Presidential System just isn't working for us? Even the Presidential countries of Latin America and Africa are now working to discard it and move to Parliamentary. Visit: http://correctphilippines.org to learn more!