The Basis of Government (Lebanon)




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Lebanon - The Basis of Government The basis of government The Constitution and National Pact together form the framework of Lebanon's parliamentary democracy. The Constitution provides for three branches of government: an executive, a legislature, and an independent judiciary. The president of the republic, who appoints the prime minister, is elected by the Chamber of Deputies, the legislative body. Although this system resembles that of a Western democracy, because of the National Pact and its legitimization in the Constitution, the president, ministers, and deputies act as members of their respective confessional communities and not as atlarge representatives. More about the Government of Lebanon. The Constitution The National Pact Zuama Clientelism The President The Prime Minister and the Cabinet The Legislature The Judiciary The Bureaucracy
You can read more regarding this subject on the following websites: Lebanon: Constitutional Law and the Political Rights of Politics of Lebanon - Wikipedia The Lebanese Constitution - WIPO World Report 2017: Lebanon \| Human Rights Watch Lebanon - Government and society \| Britannica.com
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Lebanon - The Basis of Government