Different+Political+Systems


 * < Country ||= Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (LAKAS-Kampi-CMD Party) ||
 * < Type of Government ||< Representative Democracy/Presidential Democracy ||
 * < How are leaders selected? ||< Executive positions and Legislative positions are selected by popular vote by all of registered voters. President and Vice-Presidents and Senators are selected for a six-year term in office while Congressmen are elected for a three-year term. Judicial positions are filled in by selection of the President, Vice-President and the Cabinet which will be passed upon to the Senate and Congress to approve. The fact that two houses exists means that when a law or resolution is to be approved, the Congress gets to approve it first then it will be passed unto the Senate for approval to and then after it is approved, the President will review and sign the law or resolution. ||
 * < Is there consent of the governed? ||< There is "consent of the governed" seeing that the type of government the Philippines has is a democratic republic. Before laws are passed or resolutions are given approval, all are being canvassed for approvals of different districts through their legislative representatives. ||
 * < Is there a peaceful way to change the government? ||< In the current situation, there is no peaceful way to change the government. As the current administration is trying to change the government from democratic republic to a democratic parliamentary government, people are rallying and violently fight back law enforcers. Democratic republic is a government consisted of three divisions which consists of the executive branch, the legislative branch and the judicial branch. Parliamentary democracy on the other hand means "system of government wherein the ministers of the executive branch are drawn from the legislature, and are accountable to that body, such that the executive and legislative branches are intertwined. In such a system, the head of the government is both //de facto// chief executive and chief legislator." ("Parliamentary System"-accessed on 11/08/09 - Wikipedia) But there are certain events wherein the government has been changed peacefully like the time President Estrada was impeached in 2001 for graft and corruption. Another is the People Power in 1986 where millions of Filipino citizens rallied in EDSA and forced the military to peacefully stand down and fight back against Marcos which forced Marcos to go into exile. ||
 * < Do they follow the rule of law? ||< This type of government follows the rule of law as it has been witnessed and proven many times even in the current administration. Many high positioned officials were stripped of their authority and put behind bars for either graft, corruption, political malpractice, etc. ||

King and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud (Saud Royal Bloodline) ||
 * = Country ||= Saudi Arabia
 * Type of Government || Monarchy/Theocracy ||
 * How are leaders selected? || Leaders are selected through succession who are members of the royal family. They choose their king among themselves with the subsequent approval of the ulema. ||
 * Is there consent of the governed? || There is no consent of the governed because the king has absolute power and authority to interfere with different issues and affairs. ||
 * Is there a peaceful way to change the government? || There is no peaceful way to change the government because only another royal bloodline may change the structure of the government and people have no say of what they want. ||
 * Do they follow the rule of law? || No they don't follow the rule of law because again, the king has absolute power and authority over law and he can implement or remove anything even without the consent of other government officials. ||

Leader of the Revolution Muammar al-Gaddafi (Libyan Revolutionary Army) ||
 * = Country ||= Libya
 * Type of government || Dictatorship ||
 * How are leaders selected? || Historical revolutionary leadership is not elected and cannot be voted out of office. Every four years, the government selects or elects it's own leaders. ||
 * Is there consent of the governed? || No there is no consent of the governed because only government officials and the dictator have a say on what they want to do. ||
 * Is there a peaceful way to change the government? || No, there will be no peaceful way to change the government because the only way a dictator can be removed or stripped of it's power if they make another revolutionary uprising. ||
 * Do they follow the rule of law? || No, they don't follow the rule of law because the leaders and dictator make the law and they also break the law because they have total control of the law. They can implement the law on others and disregard the law if they disobeyed it. ||

President Hu Jintao (Communist Party Of China) and President Raúl Castro (Communist Party of Cuba) ||
 * = Country ||= Cuba/China
 * Type of government || Communism ||
 * How are leaders selected? || The government elects officials within their party. Members of the party work their way up to higher positions. Election is exclusive for members of the communist party (single party). ||
 * Is there consent of the governed? || There is no consent of the governed in a sense that only members and officials of the communist party has total authority over the people. ||
 * Is there a peaceful way to change the government? || There is no peaceful way to change the government as seen during the Tiananmen Square '89 incident. The people have no way to express their feelings without using violence or revolutionary uprising against the government. ||
 * Do they follow the rule of law? || In a sense, they follow the rule of law because they make the law and it is implied to all of them even to officials. Some officials have been already been impeached or ousted from their positions by basis to the law. ||

*"//**Consent of the governed**//" is a phrase synonymous with a political theory wherein a government's legitimacy and moral right to use state power is only justified and legal when derived from the people or society over which that power is exercised. ("Consent of the governed"-accessed on 11/08/09 - Wikipedia) *The //**rule of law**//, also called //**supremacy of law**//, means that the law is above everyone and it applies to everyone. Whether governor or governed, rulers or ruled, no one is above the law, no one is exempted from the law which includes party leadership, and no one can grant exemption to the application of the law. ("Rule of Law"-accessed on 11/08/09 - Wikipedia) Citation: 1. "Consent of the governed". Consent of the governed - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. 2009. Web. 08 November, 2009 2. "The Rule of Law". Rule of Law - Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia. 2009. Web. 08 November, 2009. 3. "Politics in the Philippines". Politics in the Philippines - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. 2009. Web. 08 November, 2009 4."Politics of Saudi Arabia". Politics of Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. 2009. Web. 08 November, 2009 5. "Politics of Libya". Politics of Libya - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. 2009. Web. 08 November, 2009 6."Chinese Government". Chinese Government - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. 2009. Web. 08 November, 2009 7."Politics of Cuba". Politics of Cuba - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. 2009. Web. 08 November, 2009 8."Parliamentary System". Parliamentary System - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. 2009. Web. 08 November, 2009