TITLE:
Executive Accountability in Parliamentary Democracies: A Comparative Overview: Britain, Germany, India and Ethiopia
AUTHORS:
Andualem Nega Ferede
KEYWORDS:
Legal Framework, Executive, Accountability, Parliamentary Democracy, Separation of Power, Answerability
JOURNAL NAME:
Beijing Law Review,
Vol.9 No.5,
October
25,
2018
ABSTRACT: Democracies
especially parliamentary democracies must ensure that public bodies and
officials are performing to their full potential, providing value for money in
the provision of public services, building confidence in the society, and being
responsive to the community they are meant to be serving. The objective of the article
is to explain and compare on the functioning parliamentary democracies,
Britain, Germany, India and Ethiopia, to give an insight how the parliaments
account the executive to bring better governance. Britain is the oldest
parliamentary democracy; Germany with handy parliamentary democracy and
functional federalism and India is the largest parliamentary democracy. These
countries have much experience Ethiopia has to learn. Thus the article
considered the institutional structure of accountability; parliamentary control
strategies without jeopardizing the concept of separation of powers in a these
four countries. The parliamentary system is portrayed under FDRE Constitution
and other legislations. The article explored these laws and practical situations
and tried to associate with other parliamentary democracies.