The Executive (i.e. the political Executive the Council of Ministers) remains responsible and the administration accountable to Parliament. It is the function of Parliament to exercise political and financial control over the Executive and to ensure parliamentary surveillance of administration.
Q. What is the difference between Parliament and the executive?
Parliament has a legally unchallengeable right to make whatever laws it thinks right. The executive carries on the administration of the country in accordance with the powers conferred on it by law. The courts interpret the laws and see that they are obeyed.
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Q. What is executive government?
The executive is the branch of government that is responsible for the day-to-day management of the state. Under the doctrine of the separation of powers, the executive is not supposed to make laws (role of the legislature), nor to interpret them (role of the judiciary).
Q. What are the types of executive?
Types of Executive:
- Nominal/Titular and Real Executives: ADVERTISEMENTS:
- Hereditary and Elected Executives: When the executive assumes office by the law of hereditary succession, it is called the hereditary executive.
- Single and Plural Executives: ADVERTISEMENTS:
- Parliamentary and Presidential Executives:
Q. Who elects the executive?
President. The President is elected by members of an electoral college consisting of elected members of both Houses of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies of the states in accordance with the system of proportional representation, by means of single transferable vote.
Q. What power does executive order have?
Some policy initiatives require approval by the legislative branch, but executive orders have significant influence over the internal affairs of government, deciding how and to what degree legislation will be enforced, dealing with emergencies, waging wars, and in general fine-tuning policy choices in the …
Q. Who is the executive head of the state?
Governor
