Coalition Politics

ADVANTAGES OF COALITION POLITICS 1. Government will be more consensus-based:

resulting policies will be broadly approved of all the parties, since There has been a remarkable blending of tradition and modernity in the Indian society in which various identities have found democratic channels of expression in the political process. The political accommodation is a democratic barrier against manifestations of extremism. And coalition politics is the sharing of power in which different interests are democratically accommodated

2. Better representation of the electorate's wishes:

The type of Government depends on the type of election result and a fractured verdict by the electorate can only result in a coalition. And a verdict given by the electorate

cannot be visualized as any violation of the electorate's mandate. It cannot be treated as undemocratic. Since even if a political party wins few seats in a parliament they have won because the voters have shown faith in them, their policies. May be the voters of that constituency may have some minority political interest but it will be represented in coalition government.

3. Better quality of policy: enhanced scrutiny and increased attention paid to Each policy, since the coalition government consists of different political parties With different ideologies every decision taken by the government will be be scrutinized each coalition parties from their own point of view representing particular ideology, which will lead towards better quality decision.

4. Increased continuity: election does not lead to dramatic overhaul which can Produce fragmented rule, its difficult to seek unanimous agreement of all people on one policy of government so there will be always disagreement among certain people with regards to specific policy resulting to fragmented election results in the absence of coalition politics it will be difficult to continusly won the elections, with the help of coalition politics consensus can be built possibility of continuity increases

DISADVANTAGES OF COALITION POLITICS 1. Tendency to be fractious and prone to disharmony: coalitions would necessarily include different parties with differing beliefs and who, therefore, may not always agree on the correct path for governmental policy. As a result there is always a possibility of collapse of government at any time if the coalition party takes away the support of government with regards to disagreement to any government decision

2. Infeasible ideologies :Often coalitions are made just to form

a government irrespective of their ideologies resulting to fight among themselves, so the government due to fear of losing its majority is unable to take right & quick decision due to resistance from its coalition parties

3. Ability of minor parties to play kingmaker: In close elections minor parties gain far more for their support than their vote would otherwise indicate. i.e. if major parties have diverse ideologies & they need support of minor parties to form a government . they get immense importance even after being a minor party they undue influences the government policies

4. Sustaining of consensus is needed: it’s the nature of the coalition government that wide consensus has to be built for taking a decision. To forge a consensus, the leaders of ruling coalition parties can agree to silence their disagreements on an issue to unify the coalition against the opposition. The coalition partners, if they control the parliamentary majority, can collude to make the parliamentary discussion on the issue irrelevant by consistently disregarding the arguments of the opposition and voting against the opposition's proposals even if there is disagreement within the ruling parties about the issue.

5. Powerful parties can act in an oligocratic way: Powerful parties can also act in an oligocratic way to form an alliance to stifle the growth of emerging parties. Of course, such an event is rare in coalition governments when compared to two-party systems, which typically exists because of stifling the growth of emerging parties, often through discriminatory ballot access regulations and plurality voting systems, etc.

HOW TO MAKE COALITION POLITICS BETTER

1. Majority in parliament should not be needed: coalition is formed to get majority in parliament, its unnecessary the party which has maximum votes should be allowed to form a government. the MP/MLA doesn’t need the support of majority voters to win the election then why it is needed to form a government of course to pass the bill government need majority but legislator should be given free will either to vote in favors or against irrespective of their party command.

2. Encouragement of debates in parliament: It’s often seen that coalition partners have to compromise on the policies for the benefit of other coalition partner resulting into loss of faith of supporters ,with the help of public debate supporters will get better idea about the policy its pros & cons .also it will lead to better understanding among coalition partners.

3. Transparency & disclosure: we need a massive push for

enforceable ethics reforms among political parties, how parties raise funds, how they spend them, how much of it needs to be transparent and other related issues. So that voters can punish the most corrupt political parties & can take better decision

4. Internal democracy inside politics:

political parties has fallen in the citizens’ esteem, it is because the political parties and leaders, who shoulder the responsibility to man public offices, have sought to make their organizations their families’ preserve to the exclusion of different segments of society and their aspirations and dreams. This results into offended senior leader making separate party also taking with them their own supporters. There should be a election among party members to select the right candidate which will help to avoid splits in particular party EG in us presidential elections voting was done among democrat members to select president candidate among hillary Clinton &barrack obama

5. compulsory voting : voting should be made compulsory as good voting percentage will help to select the right &more acceptable candidate ,its often the case where due to lower participation in voting many small parties won the election.

ALTERNATIVE TO PARLIAMENT POLITICS PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM

A presidential system is a system of government where an executive branch exists and presides (hence the name) separately from the legislature, to which it is not accountable and which cannot, in normal circumstances, dismiss it. ADVANTAGES OF PRESEDENTIAL SYSTEM

•

Direct mandate — in a presidential system, the president is often elected directly by the people. To some, this makes the president's power more legitimate than that of a leader appointed indirectly.

•

Separation of powers — a presidential system establishes the presidency and the legislature as two parallel structures. Supporters claim that this arrangement allows each structure to supervise the other, preventing abuses.

•

Speed and decisiveness — some argue that a president with strong powers can usually enact changes quickly.

•

Stability — a president, by virtue of a fixed term, may provide more stability than a prime minister who can be dismissed at any time

DISADVANTAGES

•

Tendency towards authoritarianism — some political scientists say that presidentialism is not constitutionally stable. According to some political scientists, such as Fred Riggs, presidentialism has fallen into authoritarianism in nearly every country it has been attempted.

•

Separation of powers — a presidential system establishes the presidency and the legislature as two parallel structures. Critics argue that this creates undesirable gridlock, and that it reduces accountability by allowing the president and the legislature to shift blame to each other.

•

Impediments to leadership change — it is claimed that the difficulty in removing an unsuitable president from office before his or her term has expired represents a significant problem.

FUTURE If the current situation prevails then coalition politics is going to be more prominent in future ,we have to make certain

.