Advertisement

Advertisement

parliamentary system

  1. A system of government in which the power to make and execute laws is held by a parliament . Britain has a parliamentary system of government, one of the oldest in the world. The United States does not; its legislature, the Congress , passes the laws, and a separate part of government, the executive branch , carries them out.


Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

Hitler argued that the economic interests of capitalism were best served by the destruction of Germany's parliamentary system: "Private enterprise cannot be maintained in the age of democracy."

From

Clad in a civilian suit and tie rather than his Nazi stormtrooper's uniform, Hitler outlined plans to purge the government of leftists and eliminate trade unions, arguing that the moneyed assemblage's economic interests were best served by assertive militarism and the outright destruction of Germany's parliamentary system.

From

Do you think this country would be better off with something more like a multiparty parliamentary system?

From

It is a largely ceremonial role but includes key constitutional and security responsibilities alongside the archipelago's parliamentary system.

From

Opposition parties, led by the Congress, have called simultaneous polls "undemocratic" and argued that they undermine the country's parliamentary system of government.

From

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


parliamentary secretaryParliament clock