The Standard can today reveal the genesis of proposal for a pure presidential system of government adopted by the Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitutional Review. We established the system, ...

“The American System is, in many ways, more difficult, certainly far more expensive and much longer than parliamentary system, and I really admire the people who subject themselves to it. Even when I, ...

Suddenly, almost out of the blue, debate has begun over what system of government Nigeria should adopt or return to. It is not certain that the debate stands any chance of gaining sufficient traction, ...

According to preliminary results from the snap parliamentary elections held in Kyrgyzstan on 30 November, candidates formally standing as independents but closely linked to President Sadyr Japarov are ...

I will come back to the matter in some detail shortly. But let me preface my comments by asserting that the subliminal issue behind this request is the ongoing conversation about restructuring Nigeria ...

The ongoing debate in South Asia is part of a larger conversation about what type of democratic governance is best. With the notable exception of China, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, and a handful of ...

An aggregate of 60 members of the House of Representatives have jointly sponsored the bill aimed at amending the 1999 Constitution to transition from the current presidential system to a parliamentary ...