Which form of government is best for Pakistan? Presidential or Parliament? We have Parliamentarian System in Pakistan.

The circumstances in Pakistan make Parliamentarian System as a very bad choice for Pakistan. Main reasons are lack of education, cast system, feudal system and weak political parties. Today Pakistani People are fed up with present system, and they are confused and they dont know what to do in order to come over problems like corruption due to cast system, feudalism etc. In every election, the same corrupt feudal lords and big Political Families come to power again and again. Even the new parties like Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf are helpless to include these same corrupt feudal lords in order to win the elections (as we saw in the by election) in the rural areas. Anyhow, there is still one way left there is still one alternative left i.e. Presidential System. Sadly, the intellectuals, columnists and leaders of our Nation, they have not concentrated enough upon this alternative of Presidential System and although we hear few voices here and there about Presidential System, but still there is no good and serious study made about it according to the present circumstances of Pakistan. It is irrelevant if Nation adopts this new Presidential System or not, but still there should be serious study upon it and we have to look at positives and negatives of this system. If we today talk about it and make nation aware of it, only then we could hope that Nation could adopt it in next 5-10 years. So in my opinion Presidential form of Government is best for Pakistan.

Which form of government is best for Pakistan? Presidential or Parliament? In my opinion Presidential system is best for Pakistan because of the following reasons: 1) Feudal System In Parliamentarian system, every constituency becomes very importance. Every Member of Parliament not only does the Legislation, but also he is involved in Government-Making. In Pakistan, the cast system or feudal system are strong enough to get hold of small areas like one constituency, and get success there by unfair means, while a normal Pakistani, who is perhaps much more educated and loyal to Pakistan than that Wadayra, he has got absolutely no chance to win against these corrupt but powerful Wadayras. In comparison to Parliamentarian system, the role of MPs is not so important in Presidential system and they only legislate and dont from the government. Their role is limited only to doing Legislation for the country and they are no more involved in Government-Making. So, this Presidential system snatches the power of Government-Making from these feudals and gives it to the whole Nation so that they could directly elect the President themselves. Therefore, even if there come no Land reforms in Pakistan, or we dont crush this feudal system, still we would be able to minimize the importance of this feudal system by making it noneffective and powerless. Even if the results are not 100% (as in case of crushing them from root); still success rate will be much higher than in the present Parliamentarian system. 2) The decrease in importance of Provincial Assemblies after introduction of Local Body System Do you remember when the Local Body system was introduced and the Powers were transferred to the local Body system, then these wadayra and Jageerdars were not interested any more in becoming members of Provincial assemblies. In fact, many members of Provincial assemblies resigned from their seats and contested for the Local body elections.

Therefore, we could hope that we will witness the same thing in national assembly after the introduction of Presidential system when members will lose the right of Government-Making and there powers will be limited only to doing legislation. Therefore, at that time these seats of national assembly will be no more interesting for these corrupt Wadayras and Jagirdars while in Presidential system they are no more a duck which lays golden eggs. After that, only those people will contest for national assembly, who are serious and loyal in doing legislation for their country. 3) Cabinet Ministers are chosen only from the MPs in Parliamentarian system One of the biggest flaws in Parliamentarian system is this that Cabinet Ministers could only be chosen from among the Mps (who are mostly illiterate, corrupt, and incompetent and have become MP due to Wadayra power, or Baradari power). In case of Pakistan, the prime minister has to choose the whole cabinet from 342 members of NA (and perhaps 100 of Senate). Actually, these figures are also not true, while prime minister choose the ministers ONLY from his party which reduces this number to 100-150 members. Under the Presidential system, on the other hand, the President is not hampered by such considerations. He is not tied to, or subordinate to, the legislature. He is free to choose his cabinet of ministers from outside the members of the legislature. In this way, he can induct really competent, experienced and deserving people into the government. He can choose freely men of vision and integrity, of professional knowledge and practical experience. 4) Political Families and inheriting politics as business In Pakistan, there are few Political Families and they inherit the politics to their family members as business. For example: The brother of Nawaz Sharif. The son-in-law of Nawaz Sharif and then other relatives like Abid Sher Ali, Bilal Yasin etc. Chaudhry Shujaat and his family. Asif Ali Zardari, his sisters and in future his son Bilawal Etc.

In comparison to Parliamentarian system, when the right of Government-Making will be shifted to the people directly, then this will also reduce this Family Politics system too (or at least reduce its importance to great extent). Thus, it would not harm Pakistan too much as it is doing in Parliamentarian system at present. 5) The special quota seats for the women In Parliamentarian system these women (who come on these special quota seats), they also participate in this Government-Making process. Therefore their importance also increases many folds. Hence you will see that wives, sisters and daughters of big Politicians and Families and corrupt Wadayras sitting upon these special quota seats. They are absolutely not interested in legislation for women, but more interested in Government-Making. In Presidential system, this culture will come to an end as the role of these special quota seats will be limited only to legislation. 6) Horse Trading This Lotacrary is only the gift of Parliamentarian system, while in Presidential system there is no place for lotacrary. This lotacrary comes into being when one party has not got the decisive majority in the parliament and is unable to form the Government at its own. Therefore, small parties and independent members become Lotas and they have then a price tag for their vote. This lotacracy does not limit only to one time Government forming. No, during whole tenure of such government, they keep on blackmailing the government and doing corruption at their will, while Government has to stay quite upon their blackmailing. In presidential system, while it is AWAM which chooses the President directly, therefore such President is fully free of any type of blackmailing of such small parties and lotas. The president has public support at his back thus making him independent of these lotas.

In Parliamentarian system, you will see big army of Ministers in cabinet while small parties and lotas demand their share in form of ministries. For example we have almost 90 Ministers in present government of Pakistan. Another example is of JUI (Fazlur Rehman Group) which has 7 seats in national assembly, but almost 6 ministries in the cabinet. In Presidential system, once again we witness small number of ministers as small parties are unable to blackmail the President. 7) The presence of more small parties is not good for Parliamentarian System Unfortunately: We have MANY small parties and groups and independent candidates in our national assembly of Pakistan. The Parliamentarian system works best when there are only 2 or 3 big parties present in the parliament, otherwise these small parties start playing lotacrary. Second unfortunate thing for Pakistan is this that none of these Political Parties has the decisive majority seats. At end, they have to become victim of blackmailing of small parties. Third unfortunate thing is this that all of these parties are limited to some specific areas of Pakistan. This is not a good sign for democracy or Parliamentarian system. Due to these three problems, again Parliamentarian system is not good for Pakistan. 8) Is it blessing of Presidential System that Poor Person like Ahmadi Nejad became president of Iran? Perhaps there are minute chances in Parliamentarian system too for such wonders. Anyhow, in Pakistani political culture, it is very difficult that in presence of Parliamentarian system and 2 big parties like PPP & Nawaz League, any poor but sincere person could become President/Prime Minister of Pakistan. Even if any such wonder happens, still that Prime Minister will only prove to be an agent of these Rich and corrupt Pakistani Politicians. There is no chance he could run Pakistan according to his vision independently.

Only this presidential system could provide this chance to Pakistani AWAM (public) to choose any such talented and patriotic President for Pakistan, who will never come under pressure (/blackmailing) from these corrupt politicians. 9) Usage of Ghunda (Mafias) in Parliamentarian system to get votes In Pakistan/India, the Ghunda (Mafias) are used to bring the voters to caste their votes. They are also bribed with Money and with food. In Presidential system this evil will also be minimized. The Wadayrahs are not so much loyal to their parties to do all this for their parties. They do it only for themselves while they know they are doing a business while they could earn a lot of money if they win the elections in Parliamentarian system. In Presidential system only those people come out to vote who are really close to any candidate politically and ideologically i.e. No fake vote in name of money, food or force. During last Presidential Elections in Iran, then turn out was unbelievably high (i.e. 90 %). All that happened only due to the Ideological point of view and people came out at their own. In Pakistan people think there is no value of their vote while at end Wadayrah is going to win the race at every cost. Therefore turn out is very low in elections. By the grace of Allah, Pakistani Nation has always produced some extra ordinary Individuals. The nation knows them. But in case of parliamentarian system, these people could never reach to the Government.

Which form of government is best for Pakistan? Presidential or Parliament? According to present circumstances of Pakistan, the Presidential system has preference over parliamentarian system: 1) Firstly, the people will get the chance to directly select their leader (while in parliamentarian system President is chosen by corrupt parties and their corrupt politicians.

2) While President is DIRECTLY chosen by public, therefore no small parties would be able to blackmail him. 3) You also dont see any lotacrarcy and horse trading in the assemblies. All this lotacrary is the blessing of parliamentarian system only. Actually this thing is enough that Pakistan go for the Presidential system. 4) In parliamentarian system, the Jagirdaars win in their constituencies due to being land lord in that area or due to Baradari system. The biggest benefit of presidential system is this that corruption of such Jagirdaars will become ineffective in Presidential system while their role will be limited to only legislation i.e. no more Government-Making. 5) Pakistani Political Parties are very corrupt, and in form of present parliamentarian system, only these corrupt parties are going to come again and again and form government. While only Presidential system gives this opportunity to Pakistani AWAM (public) to choose any competent and non-corrupt President who could fight against these corrupt Politicians and do good for Pakistan. By the grace of Allah, Pakistani Nation has always produced some extra ordinary Individuals. The nation knows them. But in case of parliamentarian system, these people could never reach to the Government.