{"id":19226,"date":"2014-05-18T08:28:02","date_gmt":"2014-05-18T08:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=19226"},"modified":"2014-05-18T08:28:02","modified_gmt":"2014-05-18T08:28:02","slug":"presidential-governance-not-good-for-ghana-minority-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/05\/presidential-governance-not-good-for-ghana-minority-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential governance not good for Ghana – Minority leader"},"content":{"rendered":"
Minority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, has criticized the presidential system of governance being practiced in Ghana saying, it is a key contributor to corruption.<\/p>\n
The presidential system gives autonomy to the President over the Executive arm of government.<\/p>\n
It is a system of government where the Executive branch exists separately from a Legislature, to which in most cases; the former is generally not accountable to the latter.<\/p>\n
According Mr. Mensah Bonsu, the flaws in the presidential system outweighs its positives thus, the need to switch to a better model.<\/p>\n
He therefore recommended the Westminster system as the ideal model of governance for Ghana since it has been proven to be the best through several studies.<\/p>\n
The Westminster system is a\u00a0democratic<\/a>\u00a0parliamentary system<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0government<\/a> modelled after the\u00a0politics of the United Kingdom<\/a>.<\/p>\n It is used, or was once used by most Commonwealth<\/a>\u00a0and ex-Commonwealth nations upon being granted\u00a0independence.<\/p>\n