Advantages Of Separation Of Government

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The separation of power is the idea that a government functions best when its powers do not rest in a single authority but are instead divided among different branches. Malaysia is known as a country that practices Parliamentary Democracy and Constitutional Monarchy since achieving independence from the British rule back in August 31st of the year 1957. The structure for the government in Malaysia is very similar to what is practised in in the United Kingdom. This is due to the fact that the Malay Peninsula, as Malaysia was formerly known, was part of the former British Colony and prior to its independence a commission was appointed to draft the Federal Constitution based on the system of parliamentary democracy as practised in the United Kingdom. This …show more content…

Malaysia’s parliamentary system is the only form so far planned in any representative democracy, which guarantees peaceful collaboration between executive and legislative branches of government. Ministers are the heads of the several executive departments, as may be found in the United States of America when the president belongs to one party and the majority in congress to another. In contrast, under parliamentary system, there is full and peaceful collaboration between the law making and the money-granting authorities, on the one hand and the law enforcing and money spending authorities on the other. There are few changes of conflict of power and authority. With authority focused, the full power of the administration can be punctually brought to tolerate any emergency. Being in continual touch with the opposition, the ministers can feel the rhythm of the assembly and through it the rhythm of the public, and can thus get valuable critic, in an approachable way, of their actions. The members of the parliament can also call the attention of the government any complaint felt by their citizens and protect quick

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